Wordpress: If user role is 'travel agent' redirect to 'my-account'

Question

I created a custom role called "Travel Agent" using add_role( 'travel_agent', 'Travel Agent', array( 'book_hotel' ) ); at my themes functions.php

However, I don't want this user to have access to the dashboard so I want to redirect him to "my-account" after log in.

I am using this code at wp-login.php/functions.php without any luck:

function redirect_agents() {
  if ( current_user_can('book_hotel') ){
      return '/my-account';
  }
}

add_filter('login_redirect', 'redirect_agents');

How ever, I don't get redirected.. But if I use such code without the If at functions.php as this:

 function redirect_agents() {
          return '/my-account';
    }

add_filter('login_redirect', 'redirect_agents');

It works but then all users get redirected to my account. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Why not use WordPress global $current_user.

if(in_array('travel_agent', $current_user->roles)) {
  return '/my-account';
}

Answer 2

The login_redirect filter accepts three parameters: redirect_to (contains current redirect value), request (the URL the user is coming from) and user (the user that has logged in as a WP_User object).

You can use the user parameter inside your function to determine whether to redirect or not:

add_filter( "login_redirect", "custom_login_redirect", 10, 3 );

function custom_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $request, $user )
{
    if ( in_array( "role_name", $user -> roles ) )
    {
        return "/hello-world";
    }

    // Remember to return something just in case,
    // as filters can possibly block execution if
    // they do not return anything.
    else
    {
        return $redirect_to;
    }
}

You might also want to verify that the $user is a proper WP_User object, to ensure correct execution.

You can try using the $current_user global variable, but it may or may not be defined when login_redirect is executed.

More information is available at the WordPress Codex .