Remove “Forgot Username” Link

Found a solution to this although I’m sure there is a more elegant way. Inserted this PHP code to override the username lookup link:

add_filter( ‘wpmem_username_link_str’, ‘my_username_link_str’, 10, 2 );
function my_username_link_str( $str, $link ) {
return “<font color=red>Please use the Contact Form if you have forgotten your Username</font>”;
}

This still left the possibility of direct URL access, so I handled that with an htaccess rule. Based on another support post, I also blocked direct access to the password change URL with htaccess.

BTW, the reason I asked about this is that I was getting quite a few really annoying password reset attempts from non-members. I’m hopeful that forcing the use of a Contact Form to retrieve the username will curtail a lot of this.

I hadn’t really worked in the possibility of removing the forgot username link, so it’s a new thought (but a good one – like everything else in the plugin, there should be at least one way to change it).

I’ve noted this in the development list for the 3.2 release to review.