WP Login Flow

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Completely customize the flow (and look) of the core WordPress wp-login.php, including background, logo, custom permalinks (instead of wp-login.php),

Author:Myles McNamara (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.4.0
WordPress version tested:5.5.5
Plugin version:3.1.1
Added to WordPress repository:01-12-2014
Last updated:07-10-2020
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:88
Rated by:7
Plugin URI:http://plugins.smyl.es
Total downloads:3 965
Active installs:100+
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WP Login Flow is a complete solution to make wp-login.php not suck! Below are all the features organized by what they relate to. This plugin is completely open source, and has NO ADS OR UPSELLS

Registration

  • Enhances Registration flow and wording for “Activation” (more below)
  • Custom notices and wording to match “Activation” instead of “Reset Password”
  • Allow users to register and set a password (includes password strength)
  • Auto Login users after registration
  • Hide Username field and use Email as Username
  • Loading spinner after clicking Register
  • Add unlimited custom text fields to Register form (saved to user meta)
  • Notice shown to user when attempt to login with unactivated account

Permalinks/URLs

  • Customize Login, Register, Activation, Lost Password, Reset Password, and Logged Out URLs
  • Custom “Activation” URL permalink for Registration (instead of default Reset Password)
  • Setting to auto disable using custom URLs if .htaccess or web.config does not exist

Redirects

  • Custom Login/Logout default login redirect URL
  • Custom Login/Logout redirects based on User Role
  • Custom Login/Logout redirects based on specific User

Page Customizations

  • Background, Font, Link, and Link Hover Colors (with Color Picker)
  • Custom CSS with Code Editor
  • Customize Logo URL, and Title
  • Upload custom Logo
  • Customize Login Box Font and Background Colors
  • Custom Border Radius for Login Box
  • Enable Responsive Width for Login Box

Email

  • Customize Outgoing WordPress From Name and Email
  • Customize New Account Activation Required Email (WYSIWYG Editor)
  • Customize New Account Email (WYSIWYG Editor – when user sets own password)
  • Customize Lost Password Email Template (WYSIWYG Editor)

Notices

  • Customize Account Requires Activation Notice
  • Customize Pending Activation Notice
  • Customize Successful Activation Notice

Other Features

  • Color scheme matches WordPress admin area color scheme
  • Fully documented and clean code base
  • Login Page Spinning Loader
  • Hide frontend Admin Bar from non-admin Users
  • Activation status icons on user list table
  • Works with any plugins/themes that use native WP user registration/login

Default Registration Enhancements

By default, when a user registers on a WordPress site, they are sent a password reset email which is used for account “activation”, but that also sends the user a URL that is for resetting a password, and even shows “Reset Password” on the page. This plugin fixes these problems by allow you to customize the activation email sent, adding custom permalink for activations, updating wording to match “activation” instead of reset password, and more … all for a better UX (User Experience). See screenshots or video for examples of this.

WP Login Flow was intended to be completely bloat free, and integrate with the core of WordPress as much as possible. Any themes, plugins, or other code that uses the native WordPress functions and hooks for registration, lost password, etc, should be supported.

Features Coming Soon

  • Login Limiter based on Limit Login Attempts
  • Bulk remove unactivated accounts
  • Your IDEA!

WP Login Flow History

I originally created WP Login Flow back in 2014 to solve what I considered to be a huge issue .. and that was passwords being emailed to users on registration (email is never secure!). My original implementation of this plugin added the exact feature that is now default in WordPress, by using the Reset Password handling to add “Activation” for new user registration. After this was added to core I no longer had a need for this plugin, but in 2019 I decided to take the time to fully revamp the plugin, integrate with the latest versions of WordPress, and add additional features.

Read more about WP Login Flow.

Documentation

Documentation will be maintained on the GitHub Wiki here.

Contributing and reporting bugs

You can contribute code and localizations to this plugin via GitHub: https://github.com/tripflex/wp-login-flow

Support

If you spot a bug, you can of course log it on Github

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