Title: Require First and Last Name
Author: mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)
Published: <strong>March 13, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 29, 2011

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Require First and Last Name

 By [mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/require-first-and-last-name.1.2.zip)

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 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/require-first-and-last-name/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/require-first-and-last-name/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/require-first-and-last-name/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/require-first-and-last-name/)

## Description

Require first and last name from users who are editing their profiles.

The HTML5 `required` attribute is added, the text “(required)” is added next to 
the fields, and the data is verified to be non-empty on save.

Development of this plugin was supported by the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shakespeare Project](http://globalshakespeares.org/).

## Installation

Add the plugin to your `wp-plugins` directory and activate, and you’re done!

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Require First and Last Name” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/)

[Translate “Require First and Last Name” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/require-first-and-last-name)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/require-first-and-last-name/),
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or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/require-first-and-last-name/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/require-first-and-last-name/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2

 * Made localizable

#### 1.1

 * Initial upload
 * Added HTML5 `required` attribute

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/require-first-and-last-name/)
 * Tags
 * [name](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/name/)[profile](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/profile/)
   [ui](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ui/)[user](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user/)
   [users](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/users/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/require-first-and-last-name/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/)

## Support

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