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For a deeper dive into this feature, please see this video:↵ http://www.screenr.com/Gqi8

"Use external redirect file. Set this to "Yes" if you are using a plugin such as Gigya that bypasses the regular WordPress redirect process (and allows only one fixed redirect URL). Then, set the redirect URL in the other plugin to ↵ http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins/peters-login-redirect/wplogin_redirect_control.php"

Look at the function rul_register() in the plugin file for inspiration; it makes use of the redirect_to_front_page() function to determine the URL and then provides the relevant output code.

A common need is to display the "redirect" link for a user in the site navigation or sidebar.

Be sure to rawurlencode the returned variable if necessary.

There is an available filter "rul_replace_variable" for adding your own custom variable names. For example, to replace <strong>[variable]month[/variable]</strong> in the redirect URL with the numeric representation of the current month (with leading zeros):

It takes 3 parameters:

Note that the same extensibility is available for logout redirects with these filters:

An example of plugin code to redirect to a specific URL for only a specific IP range as the first redirect check:

An example of plugin code to redirect users on first login. See http://www.theblog.ca/wordpress-redirect-first-login for standalone functionality:

Your return value in your own code logic should be the URL to redirect to, or $custom_redirect_to to continue the plugin's normal checks.

Each takes the same 4 parameters:

Available filters are:

You can write your own code logic before any of this plugin's checks for user-specific, role-specific, and capability-specific redirects, as well as before the fallback redirect URL.