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Action wp_login_failed not working if only one field is filled out

Add this filter to change how blank username/password is treated: add_filter( ‘authenticate’, ‘custom_authenticate_username_password’, 30, 3); function custom_authenticate_username_password( $user, $username, $password ) { if ( is_a($user, ‘WP_User’) ) { return $user; } if ( empty($username) || empty($password) ) { $error = new WP_Error(); $user = new WP_Error(‘authentication_failed’, __(‘<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or incorrect password.’)); return $error; } … Read more

Programmatically log in a wordpress user

Do this on template_redirect hook. You can use wp_safe_redirect to redirect to different page in the blog. I can’t give you the code because I don’t from where you are getting the $user

My login form does not work

If you read the documentation on wp_login_url, you can specify a redirect URL without having to use that hidden input field. Alternatively, you could just use the wp_login_form function to do exactly what you want: <?php wp_login_form(); ?> Just toss that in there in place of your form, and read the documentation on that function … Read more

Receiving “This content cannot be displayed in a frame” error on login page

Since version 3.4 (or earlier?) WordPress sends a special HTTP header (not in HTML) on login and admin pages: X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN So your browser will show you some text built into the browser, not sent from WordPress. From wp-includes/default-filters.php: add_action( ‘login_init’, ‘send_frame_options_header’, 10, 0 ); add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘send_frame_options_header’, 10, 0 ); You could create a … Read more

Front-end login: Redirect user to the post they had created

If I were you, I would use the wp_login_form function to create your form, but it looks like you got everything right, and maybe you have a good reason to use a manual form. <?php wp_login_form(); ?> Either way, you can use this action to update the login redirect, add it to functions.php: add_action( ‘login_redirect’, … Read more

How do I check if a post is private?

When a POST is set to private, non-logged in users will receive a 404 message. If you dump the global variable $wp_query, var_dump($wp_query); ..you will notice that no post_status is present in the parameters returned therefore using the slug (or name parameter of query_vars array for example) we can get the post status of the … Read more

Email address or username used to login in wordpress

As of WordPress 4.5, logging in with the email address instead of username has been added to core functionality. It was introduced in ticket 9568. If you are running a version of WordPress older than 4.5, the following small small plugin will work. If you don’t (or can’t) use a plugin, this should – in … Read more

custom login page redirect to logged in user profile page

If you’re using the built in function to create the login box, one of the parameters is redirect. wp_login_form function reference To get your profile link, check when you’re logged in as admin. The link is the same, but the options presented are different. Default is yoursite.com/wp-admin/profile.php

I want to disable E-Mail verifcation / activation when a user signs up for my WordPress site

You can use plugins for do that also have a lot of plugins for this purpose below some of them may be useful for you Remove Email Verification Plugin BP Disable Activation Plugin REMOVE EMAIL VERIFICATION

Stop users from logging in from multiple locations

We had a similar problem where we needed to give access to partners and “membership” or “subscription” plugins seemed to offer what we needed. The problem we had was that the plugins we found were all for-pay, not free or freemium. Understanding this, the MagicMembers and aMember Pro plugins both had functions that could prevent … Read more

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