Opened 8 years ago
Last modified 6 years ago
#38960 new defect (bug)
Problem when user name is not alpha characters
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| Milestone: | Awaiting Review | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | 4.6.1 |
| Component: | Users | Keywords: | reporter-feedback |
| Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
I think there should be a check put in place to stop users from registering with none alpha characters, or at least this is what my annecdotal evidence suggests.
I had a member register with a user name of colon semicolon, for some reason they thought is was a joke so they put in a smiley face.
That user did not show up in my user list all member view, I was however able to see them in another view and I asked them to change their name to something sensible, but I still had issues finding them in the user list, then later the account broke completely with the user not being able to log in with the correct password. I ended up having to delete that member profile and start from scratch.
So I'm concluding that there is a problem with those characters in some way, or maybe the username was just too short.
Are you using a plugin on your site which alters the registration process at all?
WordPress doesn't allow you to register a username that consists of only non-alphanumeric characters.