First of all, I would advise against editing the core files as it will be overwritten when you next update WordPress. Also, you should update WordPress, because it will often include security updates. (It’s recently been reported that there has been a spate of attacks on sites using outdated WordPress versions) In order to achieve … Read more
get_currentuserinfo() didn’t work for me. I’ve written about this problem and solution at my blog: http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/programming/wordpress-wp_signon-current_user-is-not-populated/ Cheers, Rhys
The Result Username You can declare the form field value global and prefill it. This will override any setting done via the “Remember me”-Checkbox. /** * Changes the default user name to “DEMO” * * @return string $user_login */ function login_form_username() { global $user_login; return $user_login = ‘DEMO’; } add_action( ‘login_head’, ‘login_form_username’ ); Password I … Read more
The login form is a simple html form sending username and password to wp-login.php. This is the simplest way to create a custom login form: <?php $redirect_to = ”; ?> <form name=”loginform” id=”loginform” action=”<?php echo site_url( ‘/wp-login.php’ ); ?>” method=”post”> <p>Username: <input id=”user_login” type=”text” size=”20″ value=”” name=”log”></p> <p>Password: <input id=”user_pass” type=”password” size=”20″ value=”” name=”pwd”></p> <p><input … Read more
The variable $interim_login is TRUE when the log-in session of a user expires while she is working in the back end, for example during an auto-save action. In this case a message asking to log in again appears at the bottom of the editor: The same can happen in the theme customizer. The $_REQUEST variable … Read more
Yes it’s possible. You have to create three filters for this. Admin stuff inside a class class WPSE29338_Admin { public static function setup() { add_filter(‘login_url’, array(__CLASS__, ‘modifyLoginURL’), 10, 2); add_filter(‘lostpassword_url’, array(__CLASS__, ‘modifyLostPasswordURL’), 10, 2); add_filter(‘register’, array(__CLASS__, ‘modifyRegisterURL’)); } public static function modifyLoginURL($loginUrl, $redirect=””) { $loginUrl = site_url(‘login’); // Link to login URL if(!empty($redirect)) { $loginUrl … Read more
Short introduction After quick look inside WP source code, I think I’ve found solution… WordPress uses two functions to set and parse auth cookies: wp_generate_auth_cookie wp_parse_auth_cookie There is a filter in wp_generate_auth_cookie called auth_cookie which you probably could use to change the contents of cookie, but there is no filter inside wp_parse_auth_cookie, but… Both of … Read more
The JavaScript function wp_attempt_focus is causing this issue. The function fires shortly after page load, clears the form and focuses on it, forcing users to manually enter their login information. Chrome is filling in the username and password automatically, just milliseconds before the JS function clears the field. Chrome does not properly pick up the … Read more
Try disabling all your plugins by moving or deleting them from your /wp-content/plugins/ folder. Do this by FTP or by your host’s control panel. If this doesn’t work, log in to the server via FTP, and upload a fresh copy of WordPress. This will fix your wp-admin, and any other folders or files that have … Read more
great answer, to take this a step further and for anyone looking to apply this to all non-admin users (e.g. contributers, editors etc.) // ===== remove edit profile link from admin bar and side menu and kill profile page if not an admin if( !current_user_can(‘activate_plugins’) ) { function mytheme_admin_bar_render() { global $wp_admin_bar; $wp_admin_bar->remove_menu(‘edit-profile’, ‘user-actions’); } … Read more