init is probably a good hook to do the API call, if you need know somehting about the current WP user as the user is authenticated by that time. You can check the WP user login status with is_user_logged_in(), if needed. Or if you need to do some redirecting, then template_redirect could also be a … Read more
Link Users to external login db
WP login admin name incorrect send to another page or site
Go to MAMP pro and click on the localhost icon (it should be the top of the list) then to the right there will be a series of tabs – the first one being “General” The second section down in that tab will show the “Document root” path. You can define where the files/dirs are … Read more
WordPress has a Codex page on this exact subject: https://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Login_Form The Codex is always a good place to start!
Does it make sense to check a nonce on user log in?
if you want to check username and password fields, try below code if (isset($_POST[‘submit-btn’])) { $username = filter_var($_POST[‘username’], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); $password = filter_var($_POST[‘password’], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); if(empty($username)) { echo “Username empty”; return false; } if(empty($password)) { echo “Password empty”; return false; } if($username && $password) { $login_array = array(); $login_array[‘user_login’] = $username; $login_array[‘user_password’] = $password; $verify_user = wp_signon($login_array, … Read more
Yes, you can customize the login page by using the plugin. Some of the famous plugins are mentioned here: Theme My Login LoginPress Tailored Login Login Designer
wp-cron event doesn’t run when custom login API is enabled
In default-filters you’ll see // Default authentication filters add_filter( ‘authenticate’, ‘wp_authenticate_username_password’, 20, 3 ); add_filter( ‘authenticate’, ‘wp_authenticate_email_password’, 20, 3 ); so you just need to remove_filter( ‘authenticate’, ‘wp_authenticate_username_password’, 20 );