{"id":3763,"date":"2018-11-11T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rumbletalk.com\/blog\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2025-10-03T03:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:40:24","slug":"wordpress-members-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rumbletalk.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/11\/11\/wordpress-members-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"New Feature in WordPress Members Chat: Choose what Display Name users will see"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RumbleTalk <a href=\"https:\/\/rumbletalk.com\/plugins\/wordpress\/\">WordPress Members chat plugin<\/a> is constantly introducing new features. One of the latest additions is the display name feature. It enhances the option for members to log in with a specific name. Here is a quick overview of this new feature and how it can be used.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the display name feature?<\/h2>\n<p>The new display name feature is an easy way to control what name will show in the member&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/rumbletalk.com\">group chat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The name that will show in the <a href=\"https:\/\/rumbletalk.com\/members-chat\/\">members&#8217; chat<\/a> is taken from the WordPress database. The options are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>User Name (default) This is the login name of a user.<\/li>\n<li>Nick Name<\/li>\n<li>First Name<\/li>\n<li>Last Name<\/li>\n<li>First Name + Last Name<\/li>\n<li>Last Name + First name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d241b8qep9dzid.cloudfront.net\/20181111121229\/members-chat-displatname.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4009 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d241b8qep9dzid.cloudfront.net\/20181111121229\/members-chat-displatname.png\" alt=\"members chat display name\" width=\"757\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d241b8qep9dzid.cloudfront.net\/20181111121229\/members-chat-displatname.png 757w, https:\/\/d241b8qep9dzid.cloudfront.net\/20181111121229\/members-chat-displatname-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How does the new WordPress members&#8217; chat display name work?<\/h2>\n<p>After installing the chat plugin, you will see a new black arrow next to the member&#8217;s field, simply choose the option you like or leave it to use the default name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/001.blog\/wp-members-user\/members-name.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How does the member display name feature work?<\/h2>\n<p>As with all plugins, just having access to a lot of features isn\u2019t enough. You need to know how to leverage them effectively to justify integrating them into your membership site. Here is a quick overview of the new feature.<\/p>\n<p>When a user clicks on the member&#8217;s checkbox, the plugin is basically activating a code in the WordPress service that connects your WordPress user base with the chat, this can also be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rumbletalk.com\/support\/API_Auto_Login\/\">done manually<\/a>\u00a0if you do not want to use the RumbleTalk WordPress plugin.<\/p>\n<p>From this point, any user that logged in to your WordPress\u00a0site will be automatically logged into the RumbleTalk chat room. 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