I am writing a plugin that fetches some extended user info from a remote service and I need it to execute its function each time a user logs in.
Is there a hook that gets fired after login that I can add an action to?
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The action hook wp_login runs when the user logs in - it can run a simple function.
function do_anything() { //do stuff } add_action('wp_login', 'do_anything'); documentation : https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_login
The real breadwinner here is wp_authenticate which has a bit of documentation. It passes an array with the given username and password, which gives you the opportunity to pass info to the remote service, if necessary. https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_authenticate
and to change the redirect URL after login, there is the filter login_redirect: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/login_redirect
I would caution against using wp_login. It is deprecated and in later versions of WordPress it may not work at all. Instead try the wp_signon function.
Edit: The wp_login function is deprecated but the wp_login action is still fine to use.
- 1yes wp_login action still works.Shwet– Shwet2017-02-06 11:42:24 +00:00Commented Feb 6, 2017 at 11:42