Today’s discussion is about how to force the user to redirect to the login page programmatically in WordPress. This functionality is usually required when the website owner decides to limit his articles to be viewed by private users only.
Following is an example
add_action( 'init', 'qaisarsatti_website_redirect' );
function qaisarsatti_website_redirect() {
if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
$loginUrl = wp_login_url();
$currentUrl = home_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
if($loginUrl!=$currentUrl) {
wp_redirect( wp_login_url());
exit;
}
}
}
function qaisarsatti_website_redirect() {
if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
$loginUrl = wp_login_url();
$currentUrl = home_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
if($loginUrl!=$currentUrl) {
wp_redirect( wp_login_url());
exit;
}
}
}
Here is an available free extension WordPress Private Website.