wp_signon returns user, but the user is not logged in

Question

I use wp_signon() and it returns a user, not an error. However when I do is_user_logged_in() it returns false.

Help would be very much appreciated :)

Answer 1

After using wp_signon(), the user info is not set, which is how WP checks for a user in is_user_logged_in(). It should be just a matter of calling get_currentuserinfo() after wp_signon().

Answer 2

get_currentuserinfo() didn't work for me. I've written about this problem and solution at my blog:

http://blog.rhysgoodwin.com/programming/wordpress-wp_signon-current_user-is-not-populated/

Cheers, Rhys

Answer 3

I've had same problem. Here the full working snippet that fixed that problem:

    if( isset($_POST['log']) && isset($_POST['pwd']) ):
      $creds = array( 'user_login' =>  $_POST['log'], 'user_password' => $_POST['pwd'], 'remember' => $_POST['rememberme'] );
      $user = wp_signon( $creds, false );
      if ( is_wp_error($user) ): echo $user->get_error_message(); endif;
      wp_set_current_user($user->ID);
      return $user;
    endif;

Also wp_logout() has same problem. Here how to make it work too:

wp_logout();  
wp_set_current_user(0);