Add a WordPress Custom Login Message

16 responses to “Add a WordPress Custom Login Message”

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   Michael

   Aug 26, 2015

   Thank you for this! I’ve looked all over for a way to let people know they are agreeing to receive emails from the site if they register and login. Kind of a round-about way of Opt-in emails. Anyway, thanks – it works perfectly.

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      Dave Warfel

      Aug 26, 2015

      @Michael – Excellent! I’m glad you found it useful. Best of luck with your email marketing efforts.

2. 

   Benito

   Apr 1, 2016

   Thanks for this, it works great!

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      Dave Warfel

      Apr 1, 2016

      You’re welcome, Benito. I’m glad you found it useful, even after 2+ years.

3. 

   Todd

   Feb 3, 2017

   Thanks, I’d like to insert the site-title instead of a text message (I use the same functions.php file on different sites) – can you advise how to insert that in the function?

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      Dave Warfel

      Feb 7, 2017

      Hi Todd,

      I haven’t tested this, but you can try something like this:

      return '<p class="message">Use this form to login to' . get_the_title() . ', and make changes to your website.</p>';

      or you can try the_title() instead of get_the_title().

      Let me know if either of those work for you.

4. 

   Nicola

   Apr 13, 2017

   Thanks. Is it possible to add a custom message to the registration page as well and possibly remove the default “register for this site” message?

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      Dave Warfel

      Apr 18, 2017

      Nicola,

      You can remove the “Register for this site” message using CSS, but it will require some code to be put either in a custom plugin or your theme’s functions.php file.

      add_action('login_head', 'login_page_styles');
      
      function login_page_styles() {
        echo '<style>
          .message.register {
          	display: none;
          }
        </style>';
      }

      This article will show you how to add a custom message to the registration page, below the form fields.

   2. 

      Nicola

      Apr 18, 2017

      Thanks Dave, I finally did it by selectively change the message using the parameters in the url

      <?php
      function change_reg_message($message) {
      	if (isset($_GET['action'])&&$_GET['action']==='register') {
      		return 'Custom message';
      	}
      	return $message;
      }
      add_action('login_message', 'change_reg_message');
      ?>
      

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      Dave Warfel

      Apr 18, 2017

      Nicely done! Thanks for sharing your method.

5. 

   Stuart

   Dec 22, 2017

   Brilliant. Thank you Dave. Spent ages hunting for a plugin that would do this and this is much simpler (and lighter on the site). I’d add a note to say it is better to do via ftp than wordpress appearance editor as I didn’t have success with the latter.
   Thank you

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      Dave Warfel

      Dec 29, 2017

      Glad you found it helpful, Stuart!

6. 

   Sam Gallo

   Jun 13, 2018

   I’m not a code writer but need this ability to write message on the login page. Where in the code lines of the login file do you place the additional code? Anyplace? Where?

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7. 

   Sam Gallo

   Jun 13, 2018

   I got it working. I placed it just after } // End of login_header()

   Thanks. Great!

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      Dave Warfel

      Jun 13, 2018

      Hi Sam,

      I’m glad you got it working, but I wanted to chime in real quick.

      I’m not sure where you placed the code, but it’s best practice to never edit WordPress core files directly. WordPress core files include those in the root directory, and all those inside the /wp-admin/ and /wp-includes/ folders. When new versions of WordPress are released, those files can be replaced, and your code could be removed.

      I mentioned placing this code in your theme’s functions.php file. But honestly, there is a plugin that would be much easier, especially for a non-coder like yourself.

      I would recommend you install the Code Snippets plugin. Then create a new snippet and add the code to it. That’s the safest way to apply the code.

8. 

   Desarrollo Web Sur

   Nov 20, 2019

   Muchas gracias, me sirvió.

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