Title: Smart Custom Display Name Author: Peter Raschendorfer Published: August 31, 2015 Last modified: April 17, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/smart-custom-display-name/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3071855) # Smart Custom Display Name By [Peter Raschendorfer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petersplugins/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smart-custom-display-name.5.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/#reviews) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/) ## Description The Smart Custom Display Name Plugin allows you to set your Display Name to anything you like ### Retired Plugin Development, maintenance and support of this plugin has been retired in october 2023. You can use this plugin as long as is works for you. There will be no more updates and I won’t answer any support questions. Thanks for your understanding. Feel free to fork this plugin. ### Usage The “Display Name” is the name shown as post author – e.g. “posted by John Doe”. WordPress only allows you to select from a few given values. This plugin changes the Display Name field to a regular text input field where you can type in anything you like. There are no settings. Just install and activate. ### Plugin Privacy Information * This plugin does not set cookies * This plugin does not collect or store any data * This plugin does not send any data to external servers ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b08b61781f12babd5621d0156e6f6298836673b9391002ad1a87bba33989283d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8761/)󠁿 [thepluginator](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thepluginator/) September 11, 2021 1 reply This plugin should be a default feature of Wordpress! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/241aed64fb9f038ed146d979d1fb92ebcb00411c2e59f3241edcaba5227c0ad5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Ultimate Add-On Privacy Protection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-add-on-privacy-protection/)󠁿 [webworkworld](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webworkworld/) December 14, 2020 1 reply Building a 5-multi-site network that stands on true member Privacy Protection mission so this plug-in and another of Peter’s Plug-Ins, Hide URL Slug, are crucial. My team created a list of “Web Super Heroes” – You’re in it … Thanks for all that you do good Peter. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6aae4ea308b2b530df37299390b2273c515f625c48c88e6c938d0792668ed336? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great tool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-tool-1501/)󠁿 [glaeskewpr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/glaeskewpr/) December 12, 2020 1 reply Thanks a lot! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5322a6fbc3adc1494a5c77b94cbbe4609bfe85b979e61d3ba1aef0af39ab6aab? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[works great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-3497/)󠁿 [Artemia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shimmshaw/) January 19, 2017 Does exactly what it says it will do. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aa8ef6462d305f0bee13fa4729e605f111709bdbd6386157349768d5d152634d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fantastic Job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-job-7/)󠁿 [sophiejo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sophiejo/) December 2, 2016 Hello This plugin is a great, and does what it claims and effortless. Recommended to anyone who wishes to show Display Name for any reason including an added security. Thank you for this plugin. Sophie [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Smart Custom Display Name” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Peter Raschendorfer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petersplugins/) “Smart Custom Display Name” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-custom-display-name/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Smart Custom Display Name” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-custom-display-name) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-custom-display-name/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/smart-custom-display-name/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smart-custom-display-name/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smart-custom-display-name/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 5.0.3 (2024-04-17) URGENT BUGFIX * Bugfix after Cleanup #### 5.0.2 (2024-04-16) CLEANUP * Cleanup #### 5.0.1 (2022-10-03) FINAL VERSION * removed all links to webiste * removed request for rating #### 5.0.0 (2022-06-01) * rewritten based on my Plugin Foundation PPF08, no functional changes #### 4 (2019-03-13) * UI improvements * code improvement #### 3 (2018-04-19) * minor code- & UI-improvements #### 2.1 (2017-11-16) * faulty display in WP 4.9 fixed #### 2.0 (2017-06-14) * redesigned admin interface * code improvement #### 1.2 (2016-10-11) * Some changes under the hood, no functional changes #### 1.1 (2016-06-23) * Code optimization, some UI work, no functional changes #### 1.0 (2015-08-31) * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **5.0.3** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.3.8** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/), and [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-custom-display-name) * Tags * [author](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/author/)[authors](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/authors/) [name](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/name/)[user](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user/) [users](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/users/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-custom-display-name/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Peter Raschendorfer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petersplugins/) ## Support Got something to say? 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