[Resolved] When I create a user – it is not kept logged in

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[Mario]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I create a new user and redirect to create a new post for this author.
The form creates the user but is not loggin in and so when page is redirected to create the post access is denied.

Is there any documentation that you are following?

Is there a similar example that we can see?

What is the link to your site?

[Christian Cox]

You can use this code snippet to automatically log in the new User. Add the following code to your child theme's functions.php file, or create a new code snippet in Toolset > Settings > Custom code:

add_action( 'cred_save_data', 'tssupp_cred_autologin', 10, 2 );
function tssupp_cred_autologin( $post_id, $form_data ){

	if ( 12345 == $form_data['id'] ) { // Edit as required

		if ( !empty( $_POST['user_login'] ) && !empty( $_POST['user_pass'] ) ) {

			// get the user credentials from the $_POST object
			$user = array(
				'user_login'	=>	$_POST['user_login'],
				'user_password'	=>	$_POST['user_pass'],
				'remember'		=>	true
			);
			$login = wp_signon( $user, false );

			if ( is_wp_error($login) ) {
				error_log( $login->get_error_message() );
			}

		}
	}
}

Change 12345 to match the numeric ID of the new User Form.

[Mario]

1st Thank you for the quick response.
I have changed the id taken from the create user form.

when it redirects to the create post it still not logged in.

[Christian Cox]

Which fields are included in your Form?

[Mario]

This is just a test user form will end up with just email and password

[Mario]

inspect view

[Christian Cox]

Okay let's use this snippet instead, since the user_login is unknown:

add_action( 'cred_save_data', 'tssupp_cred_autologin', 10, 2 );
function tssupp_cred_autologin( $post_id, $form_data ){
   
    if ( 12345 == $form_data['id'] ) {
   
        if ( !empty( $_POST['user_email'] ) && !empty( $_POST['user_pass'] ) ) {
   
            $user = get_user_by( "email", $_POST['user_email'] );
 
            $signon = array(
                'user_login'    => $user->user_login,
                'user_password' => $_POST['user_pass'],
                'remember'      => true
            );
 
            $login = wp_signon( $signon, false );
   
            if ( is_wp_error($login) ) {
                error_log( $login->get_error_message() );
            }
        }
    }
}

Change 12345 to match the Form ID and let me know if this version does not work. I'll take a closer look.

[Mario]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!