Standard / Admin login redirect not working

#1

I have the latest versions of Buddypress and S2 Member installed but am having an issue with users being redirected after log in.

Standard Users: Menu system changes to reflect they are logged in but they are redirected to the last page they were on before login. Not the Login Welcome page I have selected in the General Options.

Admin Users: Menu system does not change, user not directed to dashboard, but simply to the last page they were on before login.

I have read the forums and knowledge base and believe I have tried averything suggested with no luck. My website is www.voiceatthetable.com, I would appreciate any help or suggestions.

Many Thanks

#2

You have a redirect set in your menu option to Sign In to send the user back to the page they were on when they clicked Sign In.

For example, when I clicked Sign In from your Events page, the login URL looked like this: http://voiceatthetable.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fvoiceatthetable.com%2Fevents%2F.

When I clicked Sign In from your Member Options page, the redirect was to the Member Options page.

This is being done on the menu or by another plugin, not by s2Member.

#3

Ah,ha! That would definitely explain things. I will investigate. Many Thanks.

#4

I have been investigating.

The login redirect_to appears to be standard behavior for WordPress?! I have created a brand new WordPress installation (login.ellbrandon.com), with default Twenty Sixteen theme and only 1 installed plugin of buddypress.

The log in / Log out menu buttons both include the redirect_to parameter:

http://login.ellbrandon.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Flogin.ellbrandon.com%2F

Is this normal behaviour? Does anyone have this on their WordPress installations?

I’m a bit confused by this so any help appreciated.

#5

Are you using the “Sign Up” menu item from the BuddyPress options on the Menu creation page? THAT might be standard with the redirect, but a menu item for a “link” to the sign up page would not have that redirect.

#6

Sorted! Many thanks, that was the issue.

I was using the BuddyPress sign in / sign out menu options as they came with built in show/hide depending on log in functionality. They never showed the full url so I wasn’t aware they included the redirect function.

I have now created two custom links;

Sign In -/wp-login.php
Sign Out -/wp-login.php?action=logout&redirect_to=URL

I then used the Menu Item Visibility Plugin with this code to show or hide the the menu items;

 !current_user_can('access_s2member_level1')

And all now works as expected. Thanks again.

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