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Logged In? Or Not? WordPress Can Check!

CMDR Mitchcraft

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Today’s a quick post, but it’s worthwhile if you’re using WordPress as a Content Management System.  A lot of times people utilize the built in account system (user logins) to showcase membership data, ecommerce data, and a whole lot more.  I found a need at one point to show different data to people depending on whether or not they were logged in.  Turns out, WordPress has a built in function for it:

[code]

<?php
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { ?>
<!–Logged In Stuff–>
<?php } else { ?>
<!–Logged Out Stuff–>
<?php } ?>

[/code]

You could replace those with menus to have separate menus that show up depending on whether you are logged in or not.  You could even have a log-in button for people who aren’t logged in, and a welcome text message for anyone who is.  The possibilities are endless, and it’s as simple as pasting the template tag into your theme files.

conditional tags, logged in, logged out, WordPress
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    Tutorial, WordPress