Getting Username/Password Error Messages To Show When Using wp_login_form

  • I am using wp_login_form() but I am getting no error messages, it just redirects back to the login page. I don’t want it to direct to wp-login.php but I need it to display the same errors as wp-login.php does.

    Thanks for the help!

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  • If you are using the ‘login_redirect’ action, it will redirect right back to your form when there is an error. If you remove that action, the errors will be handled on the wp-login.php page, otherwise it can be redirected wherever you like upon success using the ‘redirect’ parameter in wp_login_form.

    Here is a method to send a basic “failed” notification back to your custom login page:

    // On failure, notify the custom form through a redirect with a new query variable
add_action( 'wp_login_failed', 'custom_login_failed'), 10, 2 );
// When a user leaves a field blank, return that as an error that will fire wp_login_failed
add_filter( 'authenticate', 'custom_authenticate_username_password'), 30, 3);

function custom_login_failed( $username )
{
    $referrer = wp_get_referer();

    if ( $referrer && ! strstr($referrer, 'wp-login') && ! strstr($referrer,'wp-admin') )
    {
        wp_redirect( add_query_arg('login', 'failed', $referrer) );
        exit;
    }
}

function custom_authenticate_username_password( $user, $username, $password )
{
    if ( is_a($user, 'WP_User') ) { return $user; }

    if ( empty($username) || empty($password) )
    {
        $error = new WP_Error();
        $user  = new WP_Error('authentication_failed', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or incorrect password.'));

        return $error;
    }
}

    More here, along with full code that includes redirecting your wp-login.php in all scenarios:
    https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/105224/11966

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