How to Redirect to the Requested URL After Successful Login

Are you looking for a way to add a custom redirect URL for users after they logged in successfully? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to redirect to the requested URL after successful login.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

add_action('template_redirect','example_logged_in_redirect');
function example_logged_in_redirect(){
    if(!is_user_logged_in()){
        global $wp;
        $requested_url = home_url( $wp->request );
        $url = add_query_arg( 'redirect_to',
            $requested_url,
            site_url('wp-login.php')
        );
        wp_redirect($url);
        exit;
    }
}

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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