Comments on: How to Customize Wordpress Login Page

By: Chris Mower

Chris Mower — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:13:41 +0000

Hey WordPress Chef, this is an awesome post. Thank you!

I had to change a few things to make it work as well.

1st change (mentioned by Claudio)–

Add

add_action(‘login_head’, ‘custom_login’);

After (or before) the custom_login declaration.

2nd change –

Changed ‘template_directory’ to ’stylesheet_directory’

After that, it worked great.

Seriously, thanks for post. Awesome.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:39:41 +0000

Thanks Claudio!

I was using a custom theme in Wordpress 3.0.1 and I in functions.php what i had to put was:

function custom_login() {
echo ”;
}
add_action(‘login_head’, ‘custom_login’);

By: Claudio

Claudio — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:21:08 +0000

Hi,
many thanks for ur tips, being new to wordpress world, they were precious!
Anyway, at the first attempt, just modifying the functions.php file, it didnt work.
At the end I could find that addind the code

add_action(‘login_head’, ‘custom_login’);

just after “custom_login” declaration it works fine!
May be this tip could be helpfull to somebody!

P.S. I’m using WP 2.9.2 version

By: Wordpress Chef

Wordpress Chef — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:42:54 +0000

Make sure you have overwritten functions.php file on server within active theme’s directory.

You may also post functions.php code here so we may check.

By: Huw

Huw — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:44:22 +0000

Hi,
I cannot get this to work either? I tried it on local machine first which worked, and just copied the files over – now nothing happens at all. Just normal wordpress login.

Any help would be appreciated.

By: Wordpress Chef

Wordpress Chef — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:20:11 +0000

Make sure you added the first code snippet within tags of your theme’s functions.php file and also send me the link of your blog where you are trying this hack.

By: USMCsky

USMCsky — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:52:52 +0000

I have both pieces in place. Still not working for WP 2.9.2. I went so far as to strip all WP plug-ins from my localhost to ensure that there was no interference. This would be a beautiful tool if I could get it to work. My gun club has this exact need for its members. A custom login…

Nothing is ever easy in my world. But we grow from the experience.

By: Wordpress Chef

Wordpress Chef — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:42:02 +0000

What problem are you facing??

Have you added the code snippet in your theme’s functions.php file?
Make sure to put the custom-login.css file in your theme’s directory.

By: Yimbo

Yimbo — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:27:47 +0000

I can’t get it to work.

By: Kennedy's Garage

Kennedy's Garage — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:25:54 +0000

I apologizes, I do not know what I was thinking. Has there always been a functions.php file in the themes folder? It must have been an old bad habit. I have just updated all my sites. Thanks for this knowledge on both subject.