wp_login_form() WP 1.0

Provides a simple login form for use anywhere within WordPress.

The login form HTML is echoed by default. Pass a false value for $echo to return it instead.

Return

null|String. Void if 'echo' argument is true, login form HTML if 'echo' is false.

Usage

wp_login_form( $args );

$args(array)

Array of options to control the form output.

Default: empty array

• echo(true|false)
  Whether to display the login form or return the form HTML code.
  Default: true (echo)

• redirect(string)
  URL to redirect to. Must be absolute, as in "https://example.com/mypage/".
  Default: to redirect back to the request URI

• form_id(string)
  ID attribute value for the form.
  Default: 'loginform'

• label_username(string)
  Label for the username or email address field.
  Default: 'Username or Email Address'

• label_password(string)
  Label for the password field.
  Default: 'Password'

• label_remember(string)
  Label for the remember field.
  Default: 'Remember Me'

• label_log_in(string)
  Label for the submit button.
  Default: 'Log In'

• id_username(string)
  ID attribute value for the username field.
  Default: 'user_login'

• id_password(string)
  ID attribute value for the password field.
  Default: 'user_pass'

• id_remember(string)
  ID attribute value for the remember field.
  Default: 'rememberme'

• id_submit(string)
  ID attribute value for the submit button.
  Default: 'wp-submit'

• remember(true|false)
  Whether to display the "rememberme" checkbox in the form.

• value_username(string)
  Default value for the username field.
  Default: ''

• value_remember(true|false)
  Whether the "Remember Me" checkbox should be checked by default.
  Default: false (unchecked)

Changelog

Code of wp_login_form() wp login form ^{WP 5.8.1}

function wp_login_form( $args = array() ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'echo'           => true,
		// Default 'redirect' value takes the user back to the request URI.
		'redirect'       => ( is_ssl() ? 'https://' : 'http://' ) . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],
		'form_id'        => 'loginform',
		'label_username' => __( 'Username or Email Address' ),
		'label_password' => __( 'Password' ),
		'label_remember' => __( 'Remember Me' ),
		'label_log_in'   => __( 'Log In' ),
		'id_username'    => 'user_login',
		'id_password'    => 'user_pass',
		'id_remember'    => 'rememberme',
		'id_submit'      => 'wp-submit',
		'remember'       => true,
		'value_username' => '',
		// Set 'value_remember' to true to default the "Remember me" checkbox to checked.
		'value_remember' => false,
	);

	/**
	 * Filters the default login form output arguments.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @see wp_login_form()
	 *
	 * @param array $defaults An array of default login form arguments.
	 */
	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, apply_filters( 'login_form_defaults', $defaults ) );

	/**
	 * Filters content to display at the top of the login form.
	 *
	 * The filter evaluates just following the opening form tag element.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $content Content to display. Default empty.
	 * @param array  $args    Array of login form arguments.
	 */
	$login_form_top = apply_filters( 'login_form_top', '', $args );

	/**
	 * Filters content to display in the middle of the login form.
	 *
	 * The filter evaluates just following the location where the 'login-password'
	 * field is displayed.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $content Content to display. Default empty.
	 * @param array  $args    Array of login form arguments.
	 */
	$login_form_middle = apply_filters( 'login_form_middle', '', $args );

	/**
	 * Filters content to display at the bottom of the login form.
	 *
	 * The filter evaluates just preceding the closing form tag element.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $content Content to display. Default empty.
	 * @param array  $args    Array of login form arguments.
	 */
	$login_form_bottom = apply_filters( 'login_form_bottom', '', $args );

	$form = '
		<form name="' . $args['form_id'] . '" id="' . $args['form_id'] . '" action="' . esc_url( site_url( 'wp-login.php', 'login_post' ) ) . '" method="post">
			' . $login_form_top . '
			<p class="login-username">
				<label for="' . esc_attr( $args['id_username'] ) . '">' . esc_html( $args['label_username'] ) . '</label>
				<input type="text" name="log" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_username'] ) . '" class="input" value="' . esc_attr( $args['value_username'] ) . '" size="20" />
			</p>
			<p class="login-password">
				<label for="' . esc_attr( $args['id_password'] ) . '">' . esc_html( $args['label_password'] ) . '</label>
				<input type="password" name="pwd" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_password'] ) . '" class="input" value="" size="20" />
			</p>
			' . $login_form_middle . '
			' . ( $args['remember'] ? '<p class="login-remember"><label><input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_remember'] ) . '" value="forever"' . ( $args['value_remember'] ? ' checked="checked"' : '' ) . ' /> ' . esc_html( $args['label_remember'] ) . '</label></p>' : '' ) . '
			<p class="login-submit">
				<input type="submit" name="wp-submit" id="' . esc_attr( $args['id_submit'] ) . '" class="button button-primary" value="' . esc_attr( $args['label_log_in'] ) . '" />
				<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="' . esc_url( $args['redirect'] ) . '" />
			</p>
			' . $login_form_bottom . '
		</form>';

	if ( $args['echo'] ) {
		echo $form;
	} else {
		return $form;
	}
}

Related Functions

Login/Logout

Main Functions