Redirect to settings page after install

Question

I can't find any info on this anywhere but i'm sure iv'e seen it done before.

I would like to have a user taken to the settings page for my plugin after install, so either auto-redirected or change the "back to plugins" link to a custom link.

Thanks in advance

SOLVED

function myplugin_activate() {    
    // TODO: Install your plugin here.

    // I don't know of any other redirect function, so this'll have to do.
    wp_redirect(admin_url('options-general.php?page=myplugin_settings'));exit;
    // You could use a header(sprintf('Location: %s', admin_url(...)); here instead too.
}
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'myplugin_activate');

@Zack - Your method works great however you forgot to exit after wp_redirect. (source http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_redirect)

Many thanks

Answer 1

Register an activation hook and then redirect the user's browser when you're done installing your plugin.

function myplugin_activate() {    
    // TODO: Install your plugin here.

    // I don't know of any other redirect function, so this'll have to do.
    wp_redirect(admin_url('options-general.php?page=myplugin_settings'));
    // You could use a header(sprintf('Location: %s', admin_url(...)); here instead too.
}
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'myplugin_activate');

Answer 2

I see the question is already answered. But there is a alternate scenario where you might want to redirect to settings page after a theme installed. You can do it very easily using following codes :)

if (is_admin() && isset($_GET['activated'])){

    wp_redirect(admin_url("themes.php?page=ot-theme-options"));
}

You just have to replace the following code themes.php?page=ot-theme-options With your own setting page url.

It is farly easy to do and we are using WP redirect function.

Thanks Sabbir

Answer 3

Well, you also can use another and more elegant solution:

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, function () {
    add_option('your_plugin_do_activation_redirect', true);
});

add_action('admin_init', function () {
    if (get_option('your_plugin_do_activation_redirect', false)) {
        delete_option('your_plugin_do_activation_redirect');
        if(wp_safe_redirect("options-general.php?page=myplugin_settings")) exit();
    }
});

Approved answer is old and produce error inside activation or redirect you to 404 page inside admin. This solution provide you safe redirection with no errors.