Return Users to the Page They Were On After Login
After logging in, visitors land back on the page they came from instead of the dashboard, which suits membership and community sites.
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// Set to true to send administrators back to the previous page too (instead of the dashboard).
$wpide_return_admins_too = false;
add_action( 'login_form', function () {
$referer = wp_get_referer();
if ( ! $referer || false !== strpos( $referer, 'wp-login.php' ) || false !== strpos( $referer, '/wp-admin' ) ) {
return;
}
$referer = wp_validate_redirect( $referer, '' );
if ( $referer ) {
echo '<input type="hidden" name="wpide_return_to" value="' . esc_attr( $referer ) . '">';
}
} );
add_filter( 'login_redirect', function ( $redirect_to, $requested, $user ) use ( $wpide_return_admins_too ) {
if ( ! ( $user instanceof WP_User ) || empty( $_POST['wpide_return_to'] ) ) {
return $redirect_to;
}
if ( ! $wpide_return_admins_too && user_can( $user, 'manage_options' ) ) {
return $redirect_to;
}
// Only override the default destination, never an explicit redirect_to.
if ( '' !== $requested && admin_url() !== $requested ) {
return $redirect_to;
}
return wp_validate_redirect( esc_url_raw( wp_unslash( $_POST['wpide_return_to'] ) ), $redirect_to );
}, 20, 3 );Notes
Some browsers or privacy settings do not send the referring page; those users get the normal destination.
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