Force username = email on signup

[TBrianJ]

I understand that USERNAME is a required field on the user registration form. Unfortunately for me, usernames are unnecessary overhead on my site and I'd prefer to allow the user to enter their email only and set USERNAME = EMAIL. Is there any way to do this?

Thanks, guys. I'm loving the plugin!

Brian-

[Jason Caldwell]

Thanks for the excellent question.

I'm not aware of any way to accomplish this without breaking core functionality already built into WordPress. I can appreciate the need to do such a thing, I'm just not sure you'll get that accomplished with WordPress. Usernames are expected to be in a certain format ( i.e. lowercase alphanumerics, in some cases, particularly on a Multisite Network ), and attempting to change this would likely lead to larger issues.

That being said, you might try Elance.com or job.wordpress.net, to see if you can find a developer that is willing to hack the WordPress core, or build a special plugin for your specific needs.