Hi

Just fixing the Moderation Hold plugin to update ‘Last Poster’ correctly when a post is approved.

I see the users table has 3 name fields for each user: user_login, user_nicename, display_name. (When integrated with WP, wp_users has the same fields).

It looks like the display_name field never gets populated, so which name should I use? What purpose does user_nicename serve?

Thanks!

[@sambauers Participant 16 years, 6 months ago]

We use user_login to identify users in display.

user_nicename is used for the url in the user’s profile page when using pretty permalinks. It is basically the user_login filtered to conform to URL standards.

display_name is not populated in bbPress at the moment.

[@jldean Member 16 years, 6 months ago]

Thanks for the answer!