Login using Email Address

Users can login using EITHER email address or username.

The login prompts are established in …\language\overrides/en-GB.override.ini which must be setup using a text editor (there is no Joomla interface for doing this.

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This was setup, as follows:

We have configured the site to permit users to login using EITHER their registered username, OR their registered email address, using this extension

 

 

We need to configure the output labels, to show something meaningful, as described on the installation screen:

“ATTENTION: This plugin does not alter the wording of your login page or your login module. You must implement a simple output override to accomplish the login module label in my attached screenshot. The constants to override are:

COM_USERS_LOGIN_USERNAME_LABEL

COM_USERS_FIELD_RESET_CONFIRM_USERNAME_LABEL

MOD_LOGIN_VALUE_USERNAME”

 

The process for doing this is described here in the Joomla documentation and here in a more specific and digestible form

 

Specifically, for this override, in English, we modified…. …\language\overrides/en-GB.override.ini