I have scoured the web for the last 45 minutes and still not found a simple description of how to send a user, logging out of WordPress, to a custom URL.
I've come across this;
add_filter( 'logout_url', 'my_logout_url' );
function my_logout_url( $url ) {
return 'http://yourdomain.com/?a=logout';
}
..but it does not describe where to paste that code. And i am not using a 'members' plugin.
Surely there is just something that can be added to the Theme functions.php file or a edit to general-template.php to specify a URL? I'm not even wanting a different site domain. Just back to the login page would be fine, but I would rather be able to specify an entire custom 'link' somewhere in the code. www.example.com
How/where can I do this?
Many thanks in advance for yor help or advice
Basic
I know only 2 hooks when logout happen. This is logout_url
and wp_logout
. Usually, I use the wp_logout
in the next way
function your_prefix_redirect() {
wp_redirect('https://google.com/');
die;
}
add_action('wp_logout', 'your_prefix_redirect', PHP_INT_MAX);
Notice, I specified priority as maximum INT, because some other code may do anything else major while logout happen
Where to place the code?
You should to try the next ways:
- Place the code inside the
function.php
into your active theme
- Create a basic plugin has the code above
I don't know about function.php
, but inside the plugin the code above working well.
How to create a Wordpress basic plugin
- Move to folder
wp-content/plugins
- Create a file
your-some-prefix-logout-custom-url.php
Open new file and put in next:
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Custom logout URL
Author: Your_Name
*/
function your_prefix_redirect() {
wp_redirect('https://google.com/');
die;
}
add_action('wp_logout', 'your_prefix_redirect', PHP_INT_MAX);
Activate the new plugin in Wordpress admin panel after you done all actions above. If your plugin isn't show in the plugin list then create any folder in wp-content/plugins
and move your plugin into new folder.
The comment before the code block is requirement. Read the plugin handbook if you are interested in this