Is Smart Custom Display Name free?

Yes, Smart Custom Display Name is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Smart Custom Display Name?

Smart Custom Display Name has 200 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Smart Custom Display Name alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Smart Custom Display Name include Change Mail Sender, Rename Taxonomies by WebMan, Last Name First Name. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Smart Custom Display Name work with the latest WordPress?

Smart Custom Display Name has been tested up to WordPress 6.3.8. It requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 7.0+.

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Smart Custom Display Name

Name: Smart Custom Display Name
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Author: Peter Raschendorfer

Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string

By Peter Raschendorfer·Name·Free

5(5 reviews)

·200 active installs·Updated 1 year ago

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As of April 2026, Smart Custom Display Name is a WordPress name plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 10K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Change Mail Sender.

5/55 reviews

200active installs

10K+total downloads

11 yearssince 2015

Overview

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.