Our Sidebar Login/Register plugin for WordPress does exactly what it says on the tin; Logins and Registrations with a touch of AJAX magic. Simple! It also has a nice ‘logged in’ view, and a lost password form for those forgetful folk.
Its simple to get started – in most cases just activate the plugin, add the widget to your sidebar and go!
Features
- A login and registration widget for your blog
- Tabs/links for logged out users include login, register, and ‘lost password’.
- Logged in users can see their name, avatar, last logged in date, recent activity, and comments/posts since last sign in.
- AJAX validation makes this thing run smooooth
- Callable from a function in case you hate widgets
Installation
- Upload the ninety-login plugin folder to your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin from the WordPress admin panel
- Your ready! In the WP admin panel go to the Appearance > Widgets section and drag this bad-boy into your sidebar.
As a function instead of a widget
Add the function nd_login_widget( $args ); to your theme. $args is optional and can can take an array of options (before_title, after_title, before_widget, after_widget).
Styling
You may want to style the widget to make it match your theme; to do so you have two options. 1) Edit css/login.css in the plugin (be sure to back this up if you ever update the plugin). 2) Make a folder inside your theme called ‘ninety-login’ and add the login.css file there. The plugin will call this stylesheet instead of its own.
Customisation (advanced)
So you want to customise the templates/tabs or add new ones?
Make a folder inside your theme called ‘ninety-login’ and add the template files from the plugin (logged-in.php, login-form.php, lost-password-form.php, register-form.php, tabs.php). Edit away; the plugin will give priority to these files.
Widget not working?
Most good themes contain the required wp_head/wp_footer hooks – if yours does not you will need to slap your developer on the back of the head and add them to your theme’s header and footer.php files.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_head
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_footer
Basically, add: <?php wp_head(); ?> in header.php and <?php wp_footer(); ?> in footer.php.