My login form does not work

Question

I have the following code that generates a login form for every page in my blog.

<form action="<?php echo wp_login_url(); ?>" method="post">
username: <br />
<input name="log" id="login_username" type="text" />
<br />
password: <br />
<input name="pwd" id="login_password" type="password" />
<br />
<br />
<input name="rememberme" id="rememberme" type="checkbox" value="forever" />
remember me
<br />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="login" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect_to" value="/" />
<input type="hidden" name="testcookie" value="1" />
</form>

But it doesn't work. It just lands the user in login page. I'm wondering if I have left out a part of the form!

SOLVED: I should've just put a hidden input in the form with name of login and some value like true.

Answer 1

If you read the documentation on wp_login_url, you can specify a redirect URL without having to use that hidden input field. Alternatively, you could just use the wp_login_form function to do exactly what you want:

<?php wp_login_form(); ?> Just toss that in there in place of your form, and read the documentation on that function to learn how to customize it.

Answer 2

I should've just put a hidden input in the form with name of login and some value like true.