Allow users to login with their email, as well as use email address as username when a new user registers with WP Job Manager.
As of April 2026, WP Job Manager Registration Use Email is a WordPress user plugin with 50 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
This plugin will use the email address as the username whenever someone registers through WP Job Manager. This will also work with any other plugins or themes that use the job_manager_create_account_data filter.
Change the default label “Username” for all login screens to use a customized user-defined label.
Version 1.3.0 of this plugin includes a new feature for WP Job Manager and Jobify theme that removes the “Username” field from the Registration Form
Version 1.3.1 adds the ability for users to still login with their email address (in case they change their email)
The Jobify theme has been confirmed and tested to work correctly with this plugin.
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
November 18, 2015
New Feature: Fully compatible with WP Job Manager Resumes addon plugin
Tweak: Removed Generate Username from Email setting when use email as username is enabled
Tweak: Filter generate username from email to prevent Username field from showing on submit listing
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