Wordpress Redirect for User Role

Question

I'm using Wordpress with a User Role that should be redirected to /userrole when they try to visit /. Can anyone help me out? I tried a few things but it doesn't work.

This is what I have tried so far:

function redirect_users_by_role() { 
   $current_user = wp_get_current_user(); 
   $role_name = $current_user->roles[0];
   if('specuserrole' === $role_name) { 
      wp_redirect('website.com/userole'; ); } 
   } 
   add_action( '/'', 'redirect_users_by_role' );

Answer 1

It seems that you are hooking into a WordPress action of / which doesn't exist. I'm not sure if you have read about what actions are available to you, but there is a full list here.

Based on this, it appears as though you want to hook into an action, check that we are on the front page and then redirect accordingly. With that in mind I would suggest the below:

function redirect_users_by_role() { 
   $current_user = wp_get_current_user(); 
   $role_name = $current_user->roles[0];
   if('specuserrole' === $role_name && is_page('home')) { 
      wp_redirect('website.com/userole');
      exit(); 
   } 
 } 
add_action('init', 'redirect_users_by_role');

We are now hooking into the init action as WordPress tells us that we have a fully authenticated user at this point. We then check that the current page is the home page using is_page('home') and then do your redirection logic if needed.

It is not tested as I don't have a WordPress installation to hand so let me know if it works.