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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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    A Responsive Menu Solution for WordPress

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    Edited 01/14/14 to work with WordPress 3.8 A few months ago I modified a really cool WordPress template and started using it for my own clients.  As part of the overhaul, I realized that there was no really good way (included) to turn a WordPress unordered list into a menu that would work on a…

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  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Switching to Drupal

    50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Switching to Drupal

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    I can’t even type this post with a straight face – nothing but love to all of my Drupal friends, though! It has its time and place, but for a blog, WordPress is always the way to go. The real Day 5 Post is coming soon.

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