How to log out without confirmation 'Do you really want to log out?"?

Question

Right now when I log out via:

<a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout">Log out</a>

it redirects me to the page where I need to confirm the log out.

How to eliminate the confirmation and redirect to the homepage after logout?

ndm · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-06 10:24:04Z

This happens because you are missing the neccessary nonce in the URL, which is being checked in wp-login.php

case 'logout' :
    check_admin_referer('log-out');
    ...

Use wp_logout_url in order to retreive the URL including the nonce. If you want to redirect to a custom URL, simply pass it as an argument.

<a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url('/redirect/url/goes/here') ?>">Log out</a>

You could also use wp_loginout which generates the link for you including translation:

echo wp_loginout('/redirect/url/goes/here')

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