Hi Sean.
By now you know that the information question is a showstopper for me. And generally I put up with a modest amount of bumpiness because a host is free. The quick rule from my project side is as long as the bumpiness is reported, on the White Bar level there's a lot of leeway for how long it takes to fix - I just rotate my spread to stick another host on "Lead" for the daily jump-page. It's up to you if you still want a White Bar. DGCWO is doing fine on that slot.
Meanwhile for a feature, it's not clear what panel you are using, but I wondered about a "service-hack" where you/host maintains a "null" panel that permits longer usernames, then import it over. I've had a couple variants of this 10 letter username for 20 years on the web, so it was a little sad to get to the free host side of things and have chopped variants of it.