That will display whatever the user has set as their display name in this field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nIf the user hasn't specifically set anything as their display name, it will default to their username. So you don't have to worry about fallbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is saved in the wp_users<\/em> table under display_name<\/em> for the particular user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a few ways to access the WordPress User object, depending on what information you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you just want to display the current user's name, use wp_get_current_user()<\/em>. This will only work for the currently logged in user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have an ID of a specific user who may or may not be logged in, or you're looping through a list of IDs, my preferred way is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have some other information for the user, maybe an email or a username, use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change the fields according to what information you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are times when you want to personalise a user’s experience, perhaps in a membership site or in a marketplace style site. In those cases, it’s handy to be able to display a users name. You probably don’t want to display the actual usernames, especially when WordPress provides a way for people to customize how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to get the User object<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
$user = wp_get_current_user();<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n$user = get_userdata( $user_id );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n$user = get_user_by( 'email', 'user@domain.com' );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n