Redirect Users on Their First Login
Sends each user to a welcome or onboarding page the first time they log in, and to the usual place after that.
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Code
// Where first-time users go.
$wpide_first_login_url = home_url( '/welcome/' );
add_filter( 'login_redirect', function ( $redirect_to, $requested, $user ) use ( $wpide_first_login_url ) {
if ( ! ( $user instanceof WP_User ) || get_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_first_login_done', true ) ) {
return $redirect_to;
}
update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpide_first_login_done', time() );
return $wpide_first_login_url;
}, 30, 3 );Notes
Existing users count as first-timers on their next login after you activate this.
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- Install WPIDE on your WordPress site (it is free) and open Code Snippets.
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