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User is logged out when refreshing page

I am having issues with a Wordpress members site. The install is multisite with subdomains.

I require the user to be logged in to view all pages of the subdomain site. To do this I have opted against any functions and placed <?php wp_login_form(); ?> within the page-template as shown here...

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
get_header(); ?>
   <div class="page-content-wrapper ">
   </div>
<?php get_footer();?>

<?php } else {?>
<?php get_header('login'); ?>
<?php wp_login_form(); ?>
<?php get_footer('login');?>
<?php }?>

This works a charm - when a is_user_logged_in() they get the page and when not they get wp_login_form();. My issue arises when leaving this page. The user is logged out and upon returning to the page has to login again as shown here.

Login error

This also happens when I add if ( is_user_logged_in() ) to other pages.

I have also tried a redirect to wp-login.php when a user is required to login but this does the just loops back to wp-login.php which suggests to me that I am having a cookie issue as the login credentials logged.

I have noticed that before login the cookies are shown as shown

Cookies before login

and after login they show as shown

Cookies after login

Upon revisiting the page that requires login the cookies revert to the original. However, user credentials are never stored.

Any help would be appreciated.

UPDATE It appears that if I first log into wp-admin I can visit the page and the user information is displayed. If I leave the page the user is logged out and a login is required.

Solution

  • There is a code issue in your footer.php line 38 :

    <a role="button" href="<?php wp_logout(); ?> "

    you are using wp_logout() that makes user logout when they visit the front-end of the site. you need to replace it by this :

    <a role="button" href="<?php echo wp_logout_url(); ?> ">

    this one is good as it will put the link in order to enable user to logout when clicking.