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Navigating the intricate landscape of user profiles in WordPress can often seem like a daunting task. A particularly common question among WordPress users is, "how can I redirect a logged-in user back to their profile?" Orchestrating this action can improve user experience and make your website more user-friendly. In this article, we will guide you through the process of setting up a return URL for logged-in users’ profiles. This step-by-step guide will ultimately help you streamline your website’s navigation process.
function wpturbo_logged_in_user_profile_url() {
if (is_user_logged_in()) {
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
return get_author_posts_url($user_id);
}
return false;
}
This code snippet functions by adding a command that checks if a user is logged in, retrieve their user ID and subsequently, the URL of their profile.
The first line of the code declares a function titled wpturbo_logged_in_user_profile_url(). As per WordPress recommendations, it is good practice to prefix your function names with a unique identifier to avoid potential conflicts with other plugins or themes.
function wpturbo_logged_in_user_profile_url() {Within this function, the first operation performed is an if condition check with the is_user_logged_in() function. This function will return a boolean value, either true or false, depending on whether a user is currently logged in or not.
if (is_user_logged_in()) {If a user is logged in, is_user_logged_in() will return true, allowing the code within the if statement to execute. Here, the function get_current_user_id() is called, which will retrieve the ID of the currently logged user. This user ID is then stored in the $user_id variable.
$user_id = get_current_user_id();Then get_author_posts_url($user_id) function is deployed to retrieve the URL of the profile of the logged-in user. This is because WordPress treats every registered user as an author by default, thereby creating an author profile page for each user. The URL of the author’s page, or in this case, the logged-in user’s profile page, is then returned by our wpturbo_logged_in_user_profile_url function.
return get_author_posts_url($user_id);However, if is_user_logged_in() returns false, implying that there is no user that is currently logged in, the if condition is not met and the function will skip to the next line of code outside the condition. Here, return false; is executed, thus ending the wpturbo_logged_in_user_profile_url function, and it returns a false value.
return false;
}Throughout this entire process, this function ensures that the user’s profile URL is only accessible or displayed when a user is logged in otherwise, it simply returns false. Hence, the function wpturbo_logged_in_user_profile_url() turns out to be useful when you want to feature profile related links or user-specific content on your WordPress site.