i found this simple plugin to resolve this issue
it is OK but the issue now that maximum number of special characters member can use is 8 only , how can i increase it ?
when i use more than 8 characters in username ,it’s not register and not get any message !
could you help me please to increase characters no. in username ?
thanks a lot
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: WordPress Special Characters in Usernames
Plugin URI: https://www.oneall.com/
Description: Enables usernames containing special characters (russian, cyrillic, arabic) on your WordPress Blog
Version: 1.2
Author: Claude Schlesser
Author URI: https://www.oneall.com/
License: GPL2
*/
/**
* Overrides the WordPress sanitize_user filter to allow special characters
*/
function wscu_sanitize_user ($username, $raw_username, $strict)
{
//Strip HTML Tags
$username = wp_strip_all_tags ($raw_username);
//Remove Accents
$username = remove_accents ($username);
//Kill octets
$username = preg_replace ('|%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])|', '', $username);
//Kill entities
$username = preg_replace ('/&.+?;/', '', $username);
//If strict, reduce to ASCII, Cyrillic and Arabic characters for max portability.
if ($strict)
{
//Read settings
$settings = get_option ('wscu_settings');
//Replace
$username = preg_replace ('|[^a-z\p{Arabic}\p{Cyrillic}0-9 _.\-@]|iu', '', $username);
}
//Remove Whitespaces
$username = trim ($username);
// Consolidate contiguous Whitespaces
$username = preg_replace ('|\s+|', ' ', $username);
//Done
return $username;
}
add_filter ('sanitize_user', 'wscu_sanitize_user', 10, 3);
