Changing Default User Profile Location

  • In a nut-shell: I’m using WP User Control for login/logout and registration. When new users sign in, as Contributors, they can see two options Logout and Profile. The issue here is that Profile leads to wp-admin/profile.php (where users can see the Dashboard). How can I change the default Profile location to perhaps a custom page; can I redirect users somehow?
    So far I have looked at numerous plugins: Adminimize, Peter’s Login Redirect, WP Hide Dashboard, User Meta; none of these seemed to change anything. Can I change something in /wp-admin/ folder to fix this? I just started using WordPress and my PHP proficiency is zero, but I can follow the instructions no problem ?? Thank you!

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  • Hi, try the following

    codepress-admin-columns

    wordpress-tweaks

    Thread Starter infuser

    (@infuser)

    mbrsolution, I really appreciate your suggestion, but most plugins either block the Dashboard completely or add field to profile located in the Admin area. I used a custom template that did just that: instead of Dashboard, when clicking on Profile link, user was redirected to a page where Post Archives (for that particular user) were displayed. Unfortunately, that template did not have the flexibility I need. I hope this makes sense.

    So you don’t want the user to have access to his profile or you want the user to have access to their profile but no dashboard?

    Thread Starter infuser

    (@infuser)

    1) Yes, I want users to have access to their profile, but not the Dashboard.
    2) I wonder if I should just stick with front-end posting while using CAPTCHA; though there might be a problem with security.

    I was under the impression that the links I provided above one of the plugins allowed you to give access to the profile and remove the dashboard to the user?

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