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Email as Username for WP-Members

Requires WP-Members to be in use. Uses members' emails as their usernames. Removes the need to create a username (if wp-members is in use).

By Stevish·Users·Free
5(8 reviews)
·800 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Email as Username for WP-Members is a WordPress users plugin with 800 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Switching.

5/58 reviews
800active installs
9.2K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Requires WP-Members to be in use. Uses members’ emails as their usernames. Removes the need to create a username (if wp-members is in use). Changes or removes appropriate items from forms, and adds the email address as the username. If WP-Members is no longer in use, there are plenty of plugins that offer this capability for WP’s native registration and login functions

How it works:
This plugin doesn’t do much of anything with the login form. It deals with the WP-Members registration form, removing username as a field to fill out and filling it automatically with the email entered. For backward compatibility (for users that were created before this plugin was installed), the plugin will try looking up the username by email if they log in with that instead of their userna…

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Ratings & Reviews

58 reviews
5 ★
8
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3 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38
PHPfalse+ required

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Changelog

1.3

  • Add internationalization (Italian Language Files)
  • Add options page
  • General WP coding standard compliance
  • Thanks to realloc for all these additions and changes
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

StevishStevish
Plugin Info
Version
1.3
Last Updated
Dec 4, 2014
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
4.0.38
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
800
Downloads
9.2K+
Added
May 6, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

S
Stevish
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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