Find out in this tutorial how to display a different front page in WordPress depending on whether the user is logged in or not using a simple code snippet.
This strategy is especially interesting for membership sites, since the usual is to have a main page where you show the benefits of being a subscriber, but once the user is logged in you want them to have quick access to the content (tutorials, courses…).
In fact, I use this strategy on this page. 😉
Let’s see how to achieve this using WordPress conditional tags and the wp_redirect function.
Snippet to show a different home page to logged in users in WordPress
Add the following code at the end of functions.php or in your functionality plugin:
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It’s that simple.
In this case you use the wp_redirect function so that users who are logged in and on the home page are redirected to the tutorials page (/tutorials/).
The conditional tags you use are is_user_logged_in and is_front_page.
To customize the snippet and have them redirect to the page of your choice, just replace the URL “https://yourwebsite.com/tutorials/” with the URL of your choice.
Conclusion
Now you know how to get a different home page displayed if the user is logged in or not.
This is a trick I use in almost every subscription website I create.
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