Best last name plugins for WordPress
The most popular last name plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Force First and Last Name as Display Name leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of BuddyPress Real Names (30+) and First name Last name (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “last name” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 last name plugins
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Force First and Last Name as Display NameThe most installed last name plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 18 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
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BuddyPress Real Names30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago.
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First name Last name10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 3 plugins tagged “last name”
Force First and Last Name as Display Name
Down in the last 7 days:24#4,836by Andrew Lima3 months ago
Force the user field "display_name" to be set as the user's first and last name.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(18)
- Downloads
- 19/day
BuddyPress Real Names
#24,944by grosbouff13 years ago
BuddyPress Real Names allows you to change the regular nickname displayed for a user to anything you want.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
First name Last name
Down in the last 7 days:5,754#45,555by slee16 years ago
Adds First name and Last name to registration form.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day