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The RealName module allows the administrator to choose fields from the user profile that will be used to add a "real name" element (method) to a user object. Hook_user is used to automatically add this to any user object that is loaded. It will also optionally set all nodes and comments to show this name.
The module underwent a major rewrite and simplification for Drupal 7 and later and now depends on the core token API and the Token module for its functionality. See https://drupal.org/node/1068734 for more information about the changes.
- Drupal 7 core provides a central function that should be used to output a user's display name format_username().
- Drupal 8 core provides getDisplayName() to output a user's display name.
Supporting organizations:
Drupal 10 maintenance and development
Project information
Minimally maintained
Maintainers monitor issues, but fast responses are not guaranteed.- Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers. - Module categories: Content Display, Access Control
23,294 sites report using this module- Created by NancyDru on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
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Releases
2.0.0-beta2
released 2 March 2023
Works with Drupal: ^8 || ^9 || ^10
✓ Recommended by the project’s maintainer.
Install:
Development version: 2.x-dev updated 2 Mar 2023 at 16:43 UTC
7.x-1.4
released 31 January 2019
released 31 January 2019
Works with Drupal: 7.x
✓ Recommended by the project’s maintainer.
Development version: 7.x-1.x-dev updated 7 Jun 2022 at 12:39 UTC
