Redirection loop error after login from a custom post type post

Question

I have created a custom post type called portfolio so such posts have an url like this:

mydomain.com/portfolio/post-name/

This is fine so far, however i just found I am having a problem with my Wordpress login and i believe this is causing it. I have a login link on every post so if you log in from there it is supposed to redirect you back to the same post page but instead you will get a redirection loop error.

If you look at the URL which Wordpress is trying to redirect to, you will see something like

mydomain.com//post-name/  

notice how "portfolio" is missing from the URL and thats causing the redirection error.

How can i address this problem and have the redirection fixed?

Thank you.

Answer 1

How are you currently generating the login URL & handling the redirect?

You should simply be using wp_loginout and passing the permalink as the redirect, and let WordPress handle everything else:

<?php wp_loginout( get_permalink() ) ?>

Or for a more custom implementation:

<?php if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) : ?>

    <a href="<?php echo esc_url( wp_login_url( get_permalink() ) ) ?>">My custom log in text</a>

<?php endif ?>

If you still have issues, disable all plugins. It might also be worth posting the code you use to register the custom post type.