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Secondary default role not assigned to new users

New users receive no secondary default role after registration, even when one is set in the settings.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 26 February 2024 · last reported 17 January 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who set a secondary default role for new sign-ups find that the role is never given, whether registration uses the standard form or a form from another membership plugin.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.