[Resolved] Login Form Redirect Issue

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[Zach Jones]

We are having issues with our login form. We currently have two user roles set up: Client and Legal Professional. Each of these user roles have different access groups configured.

Both user types are using the same login form. Here is the code for the login form:

[wpv-conditional if="('[wpv-current-user info='id']' eq '')"]

Login
[wpv-login-form]

Forgot Password?
[wpv-forgot-password-form]

[/wpv-conditional]
[wpv-conditional evaluate="false" if="('[wpv-current-user info='id']' eq '')"]

You are logged in.

[/wpv-conditional]

When a user logins, the site should redirect them to the appropriate dashboard (/wp/client/dashboard) OR (/wp/legal-professional/dashboard). Here is the code being used for the redirect:

function my_login_redirect20( $url, $request, $user ){
if( $user && is_object( $user ) && is_a( $user, 'WP_User' ) ) {

if( $user->has_cap( 'administrator' )) {
$url = admin_url();
} elseif ( $user->has_cap( 'client' )) {
$url = home_url('/wp/client/dashboard/');
} elseif ( $user->has_cap( 'legalpro' ))  {
$url = home_url('/wp/legal-professional/dashboard/');
} else {
	$url = home_url();
}
}
return $url;
}
add_filter('login_redirect', 'my_login_redirect20', 10, 3 );

Currently, the site always redirects the user to /wp/legal-professional/dashboard, regardless of the user type. The Client user role does not have access to this page, so they are shown the 404 page.

I can’t find the setting or problem that is redirecting all users to the same URL. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Shane]

Hi Zach,

Thank you for contacting our support forum .

Could you try adding this

$user = wp_get_current_user();
if ( in_array( 'author', (array) $user->roles ) ) {
    //The user has the "author" role
}

You may not need this line $user = wp_get_current_user(); but you can still try and let me know.
Thanks,
Shane

[Zach Jones]

Thanks Shane. That helps, but it still isn't redirecting to the correct URL. The $user = wp_get_current_user(); line seems to be necessary, because now that I have that added, every login is redirecting to the homepage (found in the else brackets). Therefore, I'm thinking the code used to specify user roles is not working correctly. I checked the slugs (see attached) and everything appears to be correct.

I wasn't sure where to add the if statement that you provided, and if I would be doing that for every user role (administrator, legal professional, & client).

Any ideas?

[Shane]

Hi Zach,

I took a look at the wordpress doc example and will be using it as a base.

First you can test this exact to see if it works.

function my_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $request, $user ) {
	//is there a user to check?
	if ( isset( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {
		//check for admins
		if ( in_array( 'administrator', $user->roles ) ) {
			// redirect them to the default place
			return $redirect_to;
		} else {
			return home_url();
		}
	} else {
		return $redirect_to;
	}
}

add_filter( 'login_redirect', 'my_login_redirect', 10, 3 );

Then if that works then we customize it like this.

function my_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $request, $user ) {
	//is there a user to check?
	if ( isset( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {
		//check for admins
		if ( in_array( 'administrator', $user->roles ) ) {
			// redirect them to the default place
			return $redirect_to;
		} elseif ( in_array( 'client', $user->roles ) ) {
			return home_url('/wp/client/dashboard/');
		}elseif( in_array( 'legalpro', $user->roles ) ){
return   home_url('/wp/legal-professional/dashboard/');
}
	} else {
		return $redirect_to;
	}
}

add_filter( 'login_redirect', 'my_login_redirect', 10, 3 );

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[Zach Jones]

Hi Shane,

Thanks for this information. The first block of code works. As for the second block of code, the legal professional role is redirecting to the correct location, but the client user role does not redirect to the correct location. When I login as a client, I am redirected to /wp/legal-professional/dashboard when I should be redirected to /wp/client/dashboard.

[Shane]

Hi Zack,

I tested this on your site and it worked flawlessly.

Could you try again and let me know if it works for you.

Thanks,
Shane

[Zach Jones]

I know it wasn't working yesterday, but looks like everything is working as it should now. Not sure why but glad it's working. Thanks for your help!!