Mike Jolley (a11n)

<p><em>Sidebar Login</em> adds a useful login widget which you can use to login from in the sidebar of your WordPress powered blog.</p>
<p>Once a user logs in they are redirected back to the page they logged in from, rather than the admin panel (this is configurable).</p>
<p>If you’d like to contribute code to the plugin you can do so via <a href="https://github.com/mikejolley/sidebar-login" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.</p>
<p>If you’d like to contribute a translation, <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sidebar-login" rel="nofollow ugc">the project is hosted on WordPress.org</a>.</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>Simply go to <code>Appearance > Widgets</code> and drag “sidebar login” to the sidebar of your choice. Within the widget are several options you can use for changing the titles or the links displayed to the user.</p>
<p>To use this widget in a template, use <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget" rel="nofollow ugc">the <code>the_widget()</code> function</a> which WordPress provides.</p>
<h4>Tags for titles + links</h4>
<p>These tags can be used in the widget settings for titles + links and will be replaced at runtime.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>%username%</code> – logged in users display name</li>
<li><code>%userid%</code> – logged in users ID</li>
<li><code>%firstname%</code> – logged in users firstname</li>
<li><code>%lastname%</code> – logged in users lastname</li>
<li><code>%name%</code> – logged in users firstname + lastname</li>
<li><code>%nicename%</code> – user nice name</li>
<li><code>%admin_url%</code> – url to WP admin</li>
<li><code>%logout_url%</code> – logout url</li>
<li><code>%buddypress_profile_url%</code> – Buddypress Profile URL</li>
<li><code>%bbpress_profile_url%</code> – Buddypress Profile URL</li>
<li><code>%avatar%</code> – User Avatar</li>
</ul>
<h4>Filter Reference</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>sidebar_login_include_css</code> – return false to not include the CSS stylesheet</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_logged_in_links</code> – An array of links shown when logged in.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_logged_out_links</code> – An array of links shown when logged out.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_display</code> – Return false to hide the widget.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_logged_in_title</code> – The widget title shown when logged in.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_avatar_size</code> – The avatar size – defaulted to 38 (thats in px)</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_logged_out_title</code> – The widget title shown when logged out.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_form_args</code> – Arguments for the wp_login_form function.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_login_redirect</code> – Redirect URL after login.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_logout_redirect</code> – the redirect after logging out.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_register_url</code> – The URL for registration links.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_lost_password_url</code> – The URL for lost password links.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_wp_login_form</code> – The HTML of the Login form.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Action Reference</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_start</code> – Fired before the widget.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_{logged_in || logged_out}_content_start</code> – Fired before the widget content.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_before_{logged_in || logged_out}_links</code> – Fired before the links.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_after_{logged_in || logged_out}_links</code> – Fire after the links.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_{logged_in || logged_out}_content_end</code> – Fired after the widget content.</li>
<li><code>sidebar_login_widget_end</code> – Fired after the widget.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Due to AJAX not working across different domains (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy" rel="nofollow ugc">same_origin_policy</a>), AJAX logins will be disabled if your site it non-SSL, but the FORCE_SSL_ADMIN constant is set to true. Instead it will fallback to a traditional POST.</li>
</ul>


Sidebar Login

Great job! Love it when it only takes me a couple of minutes to setup and test a new plugin. Documentation is clear and simple to understand. Hooks Yeah! Will be hooking my plugin's CAPTCHA feature into your plugin. Awesome work!

Ez and quick setup - well documented - Hooks yeah!

Easily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar.

sirisgraphics

Vamsi Pulavarthi

<p>Add a custom Login and secured menu experience to your sidebar with ease. You can add as many Siris Login Widgets as needed.</p>
<p>Usage: <br />
1. Install and activate Siris Login Widget <br />
2. In the WordPress dashboard under Appearance Tab: <br />
     2a. Go to Menus under Appearance tab <br />
     2b. Create a new Menu <br />
     2c. Go to Widgets under Appearance tab <br />
     2d. Add the Siris Login Widget <br />
3. In the Widget options, select the name of the menu you want to show </p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p><a href="http://sirisgraphics.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a> for any kind of support. We promise to get back to you as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Like our plugin? Please rate us and send us a comment so we can make the plugin better for you.</p>
<p>=Coming Soon=<br />
1. Sub menu’s are not supported with this version. We are working on expanding support to sub menu’s.<br />
2. We are also working on expanding support to select link colors. You will have to use the Plugins Editor to change the colors.</p>


Siris Login Widget

Add a customizable Login form and secured menu experience to your sidebar with ease.

Sidebar Login vs Siris Login Widget