This plugin allows redirection of users when they login, based on role.
<?php /* Plugin Name: Redirect Users by Role Plugin URI: Description: Redirects users based on role Version: 1.0 Author: Evo Web Dev, Ray Gulick Author URI: https://evowebdev.com License: GPLv2 or later This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ function evo_redirect_users_by_role() { if ( ! defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) { $current_user = wp_get_current_user(); $role_name = $current_user->roles[0]; if ( 'subscriber' === $role_name ) { wp_redirect( 'http://yoursite.com/dashboard' ); } } } add_action( 'admin_init', 'evo_redirect_users_by_role' ); ?>
Another approach:
function conditional_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $requested_redirect_to, $user ) { if ( isset( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) { if ( in_array( 'subscriber', $user->roles ) ) { return home_url(); // subscriber role redirected to homepage } else { return $redirect_to; // other roles redirected to the original destination URL } } return $redirect_to; } add_filter( 'login_redirect', 'conditional_login_redirect', 10, 3 );