User Validation Before Form Launch

[fohlhorst]

Is there any way to check for WordPress function is_user_logged_in() and redirect to the wp-login.php if the user is not logged in / registered and then come back to the form after the user logs in?

[Ally]

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[fohlhorst]

Thanks – I did what was in the guide and that does effectively prevent the form from showing if the user is not logged in – what I would really like to do is offer a way to login / register as part of the logic – but, I am no coder!

so is there some way to put a hyperlink into the text that is shown from the function: code below like making the $content look like this? $content = ‘This content is for members only, please log in or register first. by clicking http:\\www.website.com\login.php’;

Simply put, I want the text that is stored in the content variable to be a hyperlink to a login page

or, better yet if I can make the logic place a widget on the post for social login

Below is the original code that has been added to the functions.php for the theme – so, I would want to modify that to either have a plugin show (Social Login widget) or at the very least, offer a hyperlink to the wp-login.php

function my_members_only_shortcode($atts, $content = null)
{
if (is_user_logged_in()) {
$content = do_shortcode($content);
} else {
$content = ‘This content is for members only, please log in or register first.’;
}

return $content;
}
add_shortcode(‘members_only’, ‘my_members_only_shortcode’);

[Ally]

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[fohlhorst]

Ally – this works great!

$content = ‘This content is for members only, please log in or register first.’;

one question though, can the hyperlink be setup to return to the calling page using something like a &redirect_to= command, once the user logs in?

[Ally]

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[fohlhorst]

This is perfect – thank you so much!

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