[Resolved] Woo product reviews disclose customer's full name

[Sven]

Hi there,

I may have found a potential privacy issue with the theme being the product reviews show the customer’s full name. I suggest to only display the first name as that should suffice for a public review? I’m using the Statement child theme.

Best regards

[Tom]

Hi there,

That should be handled by WooCommerce, not the theme. If there’s no option in the WooCommerce settings for that, it might be worth asking their support if they have a solution.

[Sven]

Ah, I see! Sorry for the hickup then.

[Sven]

If anyone else is stumbling upon this, here’s the code to fix it:

add_filter('get_comment_author', 'my_comment_author', 10, 1);

function my_comment_author( $author = '' ) {
// Get the comment ID from WP_Query
$comment = get_comment( $comment_ID );
if (!empty($comment->comment_author) ) {
if($comment->user_id > 0){
$user=get_userdata($comment->user_id);
$author=$user->first_name.' '.substr($user->last_name,0,1).'.'; // this is the actual line you want to change
} else {
$author = __('Anonymous');
}
} else {
$author = $comment->comment_author;
}

return $author;
}

Credit:
https://silicondales.com/tutorials/woocommerce-tutorials/woocommerce-change-review-author-display-name-username/

[Tom]

Thanks for posting the solution! 🙂

[Author]

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