=== Smart Custom Display Name ===
Contributors: wpusermanager, petersplugins
Tags: display name, author name, user name, profile, author
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 7.1
Stable tag: 5.0.4
Requires PHP: 7.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

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

== Description ==

The Smart Custom Display Name Plugin allows you to set your Display Name to anything you like

Originally created by Peter Raschendorfer, maintained by WP User Manager since October 2026.

Questions or problems? Ask in the [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-custom-display-name/).

== 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.

== Plugin Privacy Information ==

* This plugin does not set cookies
* This plugin does not collect or store any data
* This plugin does not send any data to external servers

== Changelog ==

= 5.0.4 (2026-10-23) =
* Maintained again, by WP User Manager
* Fixed: a display name containing double quotes was cut short in the profile field, and lost when the profile was saved. The field is now built safely
* Fixed: the settings screen could run on another plugin's copy of the shared framework, such as 404page's
* Removed the retirement notice and dead help links
* Tested up to WordPress 7.1

= 5.0.3 (2024-04-17) URGENT BUGFIX =
* Bugfix after Cleanup

= 5.0.2 (2024-04-16) CLEANUP =
* Cleanup

= 5.0.1 (2022-10-03) FINAL VERSION =
* removed all links to webiste
* removed request for rating

= 5.0.0 (2022-06-01) =
* rewritten based on my Plugin Foundation PPF08, no functional changes

= 4 (2019-03-13) =
* UI improvements
* code improvement

= 3 (2018-04-19) =
* minor code- & UI-improvements

= 2.1 (2017-11-16) =
* faulty display in WP 4.9 fixed

= 2.0 (2017-06-14) =
* redesigned admin interface
* code improvement

= 1.2 (2016-10-11) =
* Some changes under the hood, no functional changes

= 1.1 (2016-06-23) =
* Code optimization, some UI work, no functional changes

= 1.0 (2015-08-31) =
* Initial Release

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 5.0.4 =
Builds the display name field safely: names with double quotes are no longer cut short. Recommended update.

= 5.0.0 =
* code rewritten, no functional changes

= 4 =
some improvements, no functional changes

= 3 =
minor code- & UI-improvements

= 2.1 =
faulty display in WP 4.9 fixed

= 2.0 =
unified admin interface

= 1.2 =
Some changes under the hood, no functional changes

= 1.1 =
Code optimization, some UI work, no functional changes