It looks like “name” was included in the relevant serializer at one point, but was removed:
With that in mind, is it cool if I submit a PR with “name” back in place if the “prioritize full names” setting is enabled? Or is there a deeper reason to exclude this from core that I’m not aware of?
It was added in this commit and I removed it because I was adding more overhead to the BasicUserSerializer when I only needed title/name in one spot of the app.
That reasoning makes sense. So with that in mind, what do you suggest as the most ideal solution to my problem? Is it worth doing a PR to include it once again for those concerned with prioritizing the full name of a user in any UI customizations, or is this something that should be restricted to a plugin? If you have any other suggestions on how to tackle this that I haven’t thought of, that would be great as well.