Accounts settings

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to "Settings -> Posterno -> Accounts" to access the accounts related settings. The following settings screen allows you configure the registration process, login & password recovery forms together with redirects and some privacy related settings.

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Configure the login form

Allow users to login with:

The setting allows you to control how users can login to your website. The following options are available:

  • Username only
  • Email only
  • Username or Email
Note: the above login method is also valid when users login via the wp-login.php form onto your site. Therefore if you select "username only", the form at wp-login.php on your site will also be restricted to usernames only.

Configure the registration form

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to "Settings -> Posterno -> Accounts -> Registration" to configure the registration form.

Login after registration: if enabled, users are automatically logged in after registration. This option only works when custom passwords are enabled.

Custom role selection:

Posterno allows you to let users decide their user role upon registration. If enabled, users can select a role through the registration form.

Allow role section: enable this option to let users select a custom role upon registration.

Allowed Roles: select one or more user roles that your visitors can select upon registration. Your visitors can only select 1 user role.

Terms & Conditions

Enable terms & conditions: if enabled, a checkbox will appear inside the registration form that your visitors must check in order to agree to your terms & conditions.

Terms Page: select the page that contains your terms. This will be linked into your registration form.

Configure redirects

In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to "Settings -> Posterno -> Accounts -> Redirects" to configure all accounts related redirects.

After login: Select the page where you want to redirect users after they login. If empty will return to the current page.

After logout: Select the page where you want to redirect users after they logout. If empty will return to wp-login.php

After registration: select a page if you wish to redirect users to a specific page after successful registration.

After account cancellation: Select the page where you want to redirect users after they delete their account. If empty will return to your homepage.

Restrict access to wp-login.php

Enable the option to redirect wp-login/wp-admin to the frontend login form.