# Wp discourse username generation
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454
**Category:** WordPress
**Tags:** sso
**Created:** [March 9, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454 "2025-03-09T05:50:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Mira\_Iranpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mira_Iranpour)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454/1 "2025-03-09T05:50:04Z")
Hi I successfully connected [wp discourse](https://github.com/discourse/wp-discourse) and made it a provider for my discourse however it automatically fetches the username from wordpress when someone logs in for the first time into discourse.
I know this makes sense because its using wp as the database but in our use case. its a bit tricky due to privacy concerns.
Is there anyway to make a step after a user logs in for the first time using wordpress to be asked for a username?
Can i turn wordpress to auth provider using plugins and use openid2? would this make it the same as signing up with google which prompts users to choose a username?
thanks!
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### Author:  [@Mira\_Iranpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mira_Iranpour)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454/2 "2025-03-09T07:46:29Z")
I used DIscourse OpenID connect + wp auth server plugins and solved my problem! now everyone is asked to provide a username. there is a username suggestion in the format of user1 etc but that’s fine because now people have control over using their own usernames and I don’t have to worry about their privacy.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454/3 "2025-03-09T07:51:04Z")
How did you do that username prompting?
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### Author:  [@Mira\_Iranpour](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mira_Iranpour)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454/4 "2025-03-09T07:52:46Z")
I didn’t do anything, just the default of those two plugins seemed to work this way!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-username-generation/356454/5 "2025-04-08T07:53:33Z")
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