https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames Gravity Support Forums Topic: Remove Spaces in usernames en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:57:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames#post-55132 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:06:58 +0000 Carl Hancock 55132@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>In the future, please go ahead and post a new thread in the support forum when you have a question or issue rather than replying to an existing thread. </p> <p>The guidelines Chris posted above are the WordPress guidelines for usernames. </p> <p>HOWEVER even though spaces aren't listed in the list of allowed characters that Chris listed above, WordPress DOES in fact allow usernames to contain spaces in them.</p> <p>WordPress also allows usernames that are only 1 character in length.</p> <p>This is why the Username validation for the User Registration Add-On allows both 1 character usernames and usernames that contain spaces to be used. WordPress allows it and therefore it isn't triggering any kind of validation issue.</p> <p>In this situation WordPress, Gravity Forms and the User Registration Add-On are behaving correctly and as designed. The usernames that the User Registration Add-On allows already fit and meet WordPress guidelines.</p> <p>If you don't like this default behavior, you can certainly customize how it works to suit your needs. You would need to implement your own custom validation using the gform_validation hook that checks both the length of the input as well as for the presence of spaces in the input and trigger a validation error if necessary.</p> <p>You can find a tutorial on how to use the gform_validation hook to implement custom validation here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_the_Gravity_Forms_%22gform_validation%22_Hook" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_the_Gravity_Forms_%22gform_validation%22_Hook</a></p> <p>ALSO you mentioned that you are only allowing unique entries, i'm assuming you mean the "No Duplicates" rule is enabled on the field you are using for the Username on your form. If so, there is no need to enable the "No Duplicates" in this situation. The User Registration Add-On is going to handle validation of the username field and isn't going to allow duplicates to be used. Therefore there is no need for you to enable the "No Duplicates" option on that field. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames#post-55128 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:52:01 +0000 taradel 55128@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Rob,</p> <p>Thanks for the response, however I'm still not quite sure how to write this in. </p> <p>Per Chris' response above, it seems like this is supposed to be a built in function of the User Registration add-on. Am I misinterpreting what he's saying? </p> <p>All I really want to accomplish is a username that fits Wordpress's guidelines (A-Z, 0-9, underscores and dashes) and more than 5 characters long. Is this something that can be easily accomplished? I am using a field for the username, so I don't need to combine fields or randomize numbers after it (I am only allowing unique entries). </p> <p>Thanks again! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames#post-55096 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:27:00 +0000 Rob Harrell 55096@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>See if this helps you out:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_username" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_username</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames#post-55063 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:47:56 +0000 taradel 55063@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, I figured I should just post here instead of a new thread. Anyways, here's my situation:</p> <p>I'm using GF plus the user registration add-on to handle user registration for my site. However, I noticed that I'm able to create usernames with spaces. I'm also able to register 1 character long usernames. </p> <p>It appears I've got everything mapped and working properly, however I really do not want to let users register with spaces and short usernames. Any idea on what's going on/how to fix? </p> <p>Many thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames#post-31145 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:18:09 +0000 Chris Hajer 31145@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Are you using the User Registration Add-on? If so, the username there is already validated to be consistent with WordPress guidelines for usernames:</p> <p><strong>The username can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9), underscores and dashes</strong></p> <p>If you're using another type of field and not using the User Registration Add-on, then you will either need to check for valid names (let the visitor know what they entered is not valid) or just modify their submission to remove the spaces.</p> <p>I would suggest not allowing the spaces in the field. Please post more information about your use so we can help you with the validation. Thank you. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/remove-spaces-in-usernames#post-31120 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:35:39 +0000 deafle 31120@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>how can I have it so that when the form submits it removes all spaces in a username or doesn't let spaces be imputed for a username? </p>