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Posted by Tyler Groskreutz
Tyler Groskreutz
14,793 Points

Creating a login with PHP or using a WordPress plugin

Scenario:

A local newspaper wants a WordPress backed website built so that newspaper subscribers can login to read a full story online. While I feel this is a bad experience, its what the customer wants as a business requirement.

Problem:

Is there a good plugin to handle such functionality or should this be something that is built from scratch using PHP?

If plugin: what are plugins that I should look at?

If built from scratch: what are some good resources to learn to build such a login?

2 Answers

Tyler Groskreutz
Tyler Groskreutz
14,793 Points

I found what I was looking for using the WordPress Codex. The login info can be found here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in

Zac Gordon
STAFF
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

There are some login plugins that give you shortcodes you can embed in a page and then control where people are taken once they login so they don't see the backend of WordPress either. Try some of these perhaps