[Mike]

Currently in the edit user profile section of our bbPress (we deny access to the dashboard), users have a choice between displaying their username or actual name elements. They also have the option to write in a nickname and display that instead.

Is there any way to remove the nickname portion so that users can only display their username or actual name? Our concern is that users may abuse this ability to constantly change what name is displaying for them and it will be hard for us to police if necessary.

Thanks for the amazing plugin!

[Stephen Edgar]

Quickest way in your child theme remove the nickname form the form-user-edit.php template.

https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/

Functions files and child themes – explained !

[Mike]

I’ll look into those links. However, I’m not very adept at changing stuff around like that. Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere I can follow to make it easier?

Thanks!

[Stephen Edgar]

Probably the best ‘step by step’ guide I know of at the moment is this one, though sssshhh, it’s not quite ready to published to the world and is still getting a few tweaks and updates 😉

https://make.wordpress.org/training/modules-in-progress/child-theme-module/

[marywen167]

good