How to Allow User Registration on Your WordPress Site

[@thecozyconstellation]

this tutorial is amazing and it's exactly what I have been going crazy trying to figure out! thank you so much!

[@wpbeginner]

Glad it helped!

[@sevdaamini9430]

Great and clear tutorial! thank you

[@wpbeginner]

You're welcome!

[@baitovinhquy2768]

This video is like a party in my brain, and everyone's invited

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you liked our video!

[@valvenetbabu]

Very professional. Thanks.

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you liked it!

[@adammoumou3357]

Thank you so much, you are a wonderful teacher, this is very useful.

[@wpbeginner]

You're very welcome!

[@adammoumou3357]

@@wpbeginner I have a question please, can you give me a tutorial video link, of how to make a user registration form easely, please?

[@omegazfusion5647]

I try to update the changes I've made and it's saying "There was an error. The response isn't a valid JSON response.

[@wpbeginner]

There are a few possible reasons for that specific issue, you would want to take a look at our guide below for some of our recommendations: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-invalid-json-error-in-wordpress-beginners-guide/

[@renatofernandes2100]

Thanks a lot. Helped me to solve this problem.

[@wpbeginner]

Glad our guide was helpful :)

[@sheldonnaicker2385]

Hi there, amazing video. However i need to make my whole wordpress woocommerce website private. By using this method can i create a register and login page and only after the person is logged in they will be able to view my private store? Is this something that can be done using Wp forms?

[@wpbeginner]

For what you're wanting, you would want to take a look at membership plugins. We have a few options that you can take a look at in our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-compared/

[@basketballforlife6931]

May i ask if the user's input (after he/she completes the registration form) is stored in the database? If yes, in which table? Is it considered a good practice to access that table in other pages' code?

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on what you are trying to do, you may need to reach out to WPForms directly if you're looking to create a custom integration and where the information is stored. For the most part, the information should be stored in the user's profile depending on what you added to your specific form.

[@RockJohnGR]

The user registration add on requires me to buy the upgraded version...

[@wpbeginner]

You are likely using WordPress.com instead of WordPress.org, our content is for WordPress.org and you can see the difference between the two in our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/

[@mz10ah]

Hi! Great video! Although i was wondering why do i still see the top dashboard black bar at the top even after logging in as contributor? If you could help please! Thanks

[@wpbeginner]

By default. logged in users will see the black bar at the top unless you use a plugin or similar method for disabling it.

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

This might be a stupid question but is it possible to add non WP users just for acess to page purposes?

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on the specifics that you mean. You can create or add users, add a password page or use a membership plugin so you can limit access based on roles and it would not require an account with WordPress.com but it would require a user on your site for some of these

[@renet2388]

Hi, I'm hoping you can help. I'm looking for something specific: A registration/Login plugin so that it's required to have an account to access blogs. Would you still recommend this plug in? I'm not familiar with CSS so I'm not sure what people mean when they say enter a custom html

[@wpbeginner]

For what you're wanting, you would want to take a look at membership plugins like the ones in our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-compared/

[@debrawalkenshaw7449]

Thank you for this video! It has helped me so much! I do have one question though: how do I make the Meta area where they can either login and/or register? Thank you again!

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on what you mean, if you wanted a registration link you could either add the meta widget to your widgets area or you could add a menu to your widgets with a link to your login page

[@debrawalkenshaw7449]

@@wpbeginner - Awesome, that is very helpful! Thank you for your prompt reply!

[@Dubaispots]

This is great , but how do u customize the registration email they are getting after they registered ? i would like to hide the link to my admin login which is automatically being added in this email by wordpress

[@wpbeginner]

That would require some customization, you may want to take a look at WPForms' guide below: wpforms.com/developers/change-user-email-for-user-registration-addon/

[@alexbulley7797]

Great tutorial as always. I have a quick question, it is possible to have two wordpress sites one for marketing where the users sign up (and pay first months sunscription) and another for using the service i provide i was hoping to create a system where the sign up site takes there username and gives a generic password that they can use for the service site and then change their password once they are logged in to the service site. Hope that makes sense and thanks for your help in advanced :)

[@wpbeginner]

While possible, we do not have a recommended method for setting that up at the moment.

[@demilyndem1070]

Hi. lovs the tutorial. i have a question .. does this means they first new to register before they view the website? I wanted to create an email listing since its a new website. how to create an email subscirption form?

[@wpbeginner]

It does not require users to log in to view your site. For creating a newsletter, you would want to take a look at our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-create-an-email-newsletter/

[@dpl4563]

Wpforms addon needs to be purchased?

[@wpbeginner]

The addons come with plan levels, they do not have addon specific pricing

[@گریژن]

@@wpbeginner bhai urdu mein bt kryn kch puchna tha??

[@reneshii]

For user registration addon you need a pro version now.. what can i do?

[@wpbeginner]

Apologies for not making it clear in the video, we are using the pro version in this guide

[@inkdry101]

She literally works for WPForms but forgot to mention that part.

[@damanfromtn]

Yeah, I thought I just needed the Basic version and then when to ad a registration page and found that it needed the craze expensive Pro version. for just registration I can find something else that works for free or much cheaper. Its like cable. You only care for a few channels, but they build these giant packages with channels you will never watch...

[@shabbirjasden2976]

@@wpbeginner that is the main thing to mention. Watched the whole video

[@bensalemyosri2088]

Nice course Thx

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you like it

[@taewgapfarang2193]

Is it possible to create a user registration with a payment widget where different users can interact amd send messages to each other after payment? Thanks and great video!

[@wpbeginner]

While it is possible, you would likely need developer assistance to set it up. We do not have a recommended method for setting that up at the moment.

[@RM-hj7zo]

Can users registered in this way use a bbpress forum? I want to enable registration, but don't want to create the forum yet.

[@wpbeginner]

Unless bbpress recently changed their settings, this should allow users to register now and have a user for your forum when you add it.

[@RM-hj7zo]

@@wpbeginner Awesome. Thanks for the reply.

[@Sam-gr8pl]

Dear mam thanks for ther video.. will this work for the webshop aswell? for the coustmer login? thanks

[@wpbeginner]

Yes, it should work for different styles of sites

[@AkshayDidIt]

11:40 Would people registering to your website see the wordpress bar at the top? If yes, is there a way to hide it? And can you register people on your website without making them register for a wordpress account, if that makes sense?

[@wpbeginner]

Only logged in users would see the bar at the top. For a specifically WordPress account you do not need an account on WordPress.org if that is what you mean. If you wanted to hide the top bar for logged in users we have recommendations you can take a look at in our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-disable-wordpress-admin-bar-for-all-users-except-administrators

[@AkshayDidIt]

@@wpbeginner Thanks, looking into it! And I meant would people registering on my website be indirectly registering to wordpress or directly to my website? I want the user experience as it would be signing up to any other popular website, a personalized experience, & I want it free of wordpress logos & insignias if you get what I mean.

[@trevoraustin4529]

Hello, very helpful! I did everything in this demonstration and it seems to have worked. The next thing I can't seem to figure out is how to create user account pages? My users are saying they cant edit their profile information. Do you have any guidance on how to create User Account pages after doing what this tutorial has showed? Thanks

[@wpbeginner]

By default, they would need to visit the wp-admin area of the site to change their information. Otherwise, you would want to look to install something like a membership plugin.

[@frabag6834]

Hi, very useful tutorial! I am wondering which is the best plan you suggest for WP Forms if I need to add all this to my website?

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on your goals, if you reach out to the support they should be able to help you find the plan best for you.

[@jayantabanik7292]

1) Can I use this Wp-form registration/login for comment blog posting? If any user comes to my site they need to be login with the Wp-forms . 2. New user verification email comes with this wp-forms plugins? Can you please clear my doubts

[@wpbeginner]

If you require the user be logged in before commenting you could point them toward the custom login. The plugin does send a verification email if you enable user activation.

[@aanand2017]

Hi, can I set a number of days limitation to the new user created in wordpress?

[@wpbeginner]

You would be able to manually disable registration but we do not have a recommended method for having a specific registration timeframe at the moment.

[@aanand2017]

@@wpbeginner thanks for your response.

[@nirmitrajdhan2330]

Hi there Can you please help me out ? We make sign up/log in option in our website(email id/mobile number/passwords) How to get the data of users who are signed up/registered on our website (login option) ? And where does it get stored ?

[@wpbeginner]

It would likely be stored with the user information/in the users table of your database. You could use a plugin to export your users such as: wordpress.org/plugins/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/

[@adarshsynergy6413]

Hi mam very nice tutorial but as i activated WPForms its not letting me in to install add ons

[@wpbeginner]

For this tutorial we are using the Pro version of the plugin, The plugin should have a notification for why you are unable to add addons on the top of the page as well.

[@shahrulamir6253]

your voice is beautiful, thank you for your explanation!

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you enjoy our presenter's voice and our content :)

[@swgbiz12]

Great video..I'd like to know where the Customer registration info is kept. How can I (the website owner ) access it anytime?

[@wpbeginner]

The user information would be in your WordPress database so f you wanted you could pull the username or email addresses from your database

[@linus_pov]

is there a tutorial of the complete garden website?

[@wpbeginner]

We do not have one at the moment

[@KeithTullius]

My wordpress site under Settings -> General does not have the fields "Membership" or "New Users Default Role" I have disabled all plug-ins and still cannot do anything in this tutorial. Considering cancelling Wordpress and going to straight HTML and Javascript. Any ideas on how to make my Dashboard look like every tutorial ever written on user registration for Wordpress?

[@wpbeginner]

The most common reason your interface would be different would be if you are using WordPress.com instead of WordPress.org. You can see the difference between the two in our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/

[@KeithTullius]

@@wpbeginner I am using Wordpress.org with SiteGround as my provider.

[@CrudChronicles]

I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out to connect the form to my database. I can't find any "how to" on this.

[@wpbeginner]

The user registration connects to your WordPress database automatically, you do not need to connect it

[@bondxis5838]

when I go to the "general" section of the settings I don't see a membership section?

[@wpbeginner]

If you are using WordPress.com that would be the most likely reason, you can see our guide on the differences on WordPress.com and WordPress.org below: www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/

[@WorkWithJuan]

Hello, Does one need to purchase the pro version to use the registration addon?

[@wpbeginner]

Yes

[@HaifengZhu-pn3uq]

can WPforms be used to create multi-step form

[@wpbeginner]

For what you're wanting we would recommend taking a look at our guide below! www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-multi-page-form-in-wordpress/

[@winterstudio4647]

I don't have the same widget interface so idk if it's still valid

[@wpbeginner]

The widget interface has been modified but the steps involved are still valid.

[@morghancastorena8712]

Hi, thank you for the great content! Quick question though... We're wanting to require a login from users we specify in order to get to our Homepage (or any other pages associated to our WP site). Seems pretty straight forward to actually create the form, but how do we put that login page "in front of" our WP homepage and other pages? Also, where are those users managed? Is that all within the WP Admin under Users? The use-case is that we're hoping to grant people access and give them a username/password to use to get to our site (and not direct them to the back-end console). Would we just set everyone up as Subscribers? They'd purely be site visitors (not authors or contributors to the site by any means). We have some proprietary stuff on that site that we don't want wide open. Thank you in advance! Morghan

[@wpbeginner]

You would want to use a membership plugin for what you're wanting to do: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-compared/

[@morghancastorena8712]

@@wpbeginner Hi, thank you for the quick response! Very helpful. I got it to a point where I have a login page, which I set as my Frontpage under Customize > Homepage settings. I watched the video on www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-redirect-users-after-successful-login-in-wordpress/ to setup redirects via Peter's Redirect plugin, which works great. HOWEVER...here is my dilemma... Here is my page hierarchy: 1. "LOGIN" (Front Page, no parent) localhost/wordpress/ 2. "HOMEPAGE" (Homepage after successful login, child of login page) - localhost/wordpress/local/homepage. *If I just type in localhost/wordpress/homepage, it updates the URL to localhost/wordpress/login/homepage/ and allows the user to view the homepage without actually logging in. How can I change that? 3. "PAYMENT SERVICES" page (child of Homepage) 4. Several "PROPERTY" pages, all children of Homepage as well. With my test user, I am able to type localhost/wordpress/homepage into the address bar and get anywhere within the site without logging in... How do I force login on all pages? THANK YOU AGAIN for your help! M

[@neps3612]

Hi how can I give discount to the poeple once they sign up? Thanks

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on the tool you are using to sell on your site for what would be available.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@wpbeginner]

Glad it was helpful!

[@courtneyanderson204]

I don't have that Widget option under my appearance. Not sure what to do.

[@wpbeginner]

If you don't see a widgets area, you may want to ensure you are an admin user of your site. For the specific widget if you can see your widget area it is called Meta

[@candidspot453]

ive got a question.. im doing the user registration thingy, i need workers from the company to upload pictures so we can store them.. i cant figure it out.. plzzz.. haaaalp

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on why and where you wanted the images, you may want to take a look at our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-allow-users-to-upload-images-on-a-wordpress-site/

[@florianweikert7950]

Great video, it helped me really a lot! Is it possible to assign users to different groups so I can control who sees what content, but they are all just subscribers?

[@wpbeginner]

For creating something like that you would want to take a look at membership plugins: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-compared/

[@fritidjoffen]

Hello! After moving my meta, up to where the search bar, etc, is I doesnt show up on the website. I saved after making a title for it. I also refreshed website multiple times and no success. Could it be that my website doesnt have this function? its a finished site btw. Im just looking to add a login function to it.

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on the specific theme and meta information if we are understanding correctly. If you reach out to your specific theme's support they may be able to assist.

[@abrahamabuul7603]

Hello and thank you for this video. I have imported a starter template site that already has registration forms for students registration and instructor registration but no login form. I have created a login form using Peters login but now I can not make the default registration forms work together with Peters login form. After login, there seems to be no "logout" button to enable users to log out. If I simply create a logout link, it only acts as redirected but the user is not logged out in reality as they can still see contents when they click on the courses page. Kindly help. Thanks

[@wpbeginner]

For what it sounds like, you would want to take a look at our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-the-wordpress-logout-link-to-navigation-menu/ Or reach out to your membership plugin to ensure there is no issue from their end.

[@HaifengZhu-pn3uq]

Is it possible to allow visitors to my site to tip the author if they like the content? The author is registered user of my site and they can publish content.

[@wpbeginner]

We don't have a specific plugin we would recommend for that at the moment but should that change we will be sure to share!

[@conorgray863]

Is there any reason why the "Membership" option would not display under Settings>General?

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on what membership option you're looking for. What we show in this video is the default user role for new users

[@efffce]

@@wpbeginner Hi! I had the same question. There is no membership option in my general settings. There's site title, time zone, date format, etc. but membership is not there at all. What could be the reason for it?

[@garrettgreen242]

Thanks!

[@wpbeginner]

Welcome!

[@gaoshikui88]

I don't understand who is sending them a registration confirmation email?? I.e. when they get an email, who is it from?

[@wpbeginner]

It would be from your WordPress site, if you have set up SMTP then your notifications may come from another email.

[@sangaydorjigx1040]

Hi, I created user registration but there is issues in registering with business emails. Help

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on the specific issue, if you are not receiving the email, you would likely want to ensure you have SMTP set up for your site.

[@wond0bills984]

Hey you have not shown when users login , he see all backend things .. also why it's giving my user from of wp login , when I have my different login page ...

[@wpbeginner]

If you created a specific login page then you would want to point users to that page instead of the wp-login page. If you don't want users to see your admin area after logging in you can use a plugin like the one we cover in our guide below: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-redirect-users-after-successful-login-in-wordpress/

[@MuhammedAlhammouri]

very useful, thank you so much

[@wpbeginner]

You're welcome :)

[@dolmasherpa9271]

Could you please tell me how to check how many users have register on our site?

[@wpbeginner]

You should be able to go under Users>All Users in the admin area of your site to see the registered users.

[@enmanuelvaldez137]

How do I direct the hyperlinks on the meta widget to the login/registration pages created with WPForms? The meta links are still directing me to the Wordpress sign in page rather than the pages I created for it.

[@wpbeginner]

For that, we would recommend either creating a menu widget or using a text widget with links. Editing the meta widget would require some custom coding that would not be beginner friendly

[@anigarzat7]

How can the user register to different roles?

[@wpbeginner]

The simplest method would be to have different custom registration pages for the different roles.

[@anigarzat7]

@@wpbeginner thanks for your response!

[@Thessrevelation]

Any alternative for wp forms?

[@wpbeginner]

There are other options but we are currently recommending WPForms :)

[@shabbirjasden2976]

@@wpbeginner it is paid isnt it?

[@nanivazana]

Can you add the meta widget to a password protected page to display only on that page and not in the regular footer/sidebar are? Thanks!

[@wpbeginner]

You would need to use a plugin such as widget context for that custom display, you can find the plugin and how to use it in our article here: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-show-or-hide-widgets-on-specific-wordpress-pages/

[@mrjixter]

You are an angel :*

[@wpbeginner]

Glad our guide was helpful :)

[@silveriomazive3440]

Thanks a lot

[@wpbeginner]

You're welcome :)

[@HaifengZhu-pn3uq]

is there updated version for 2023?

[@wpbeginner]

Our written article below has been updated more recently :) www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-allow-user-registration-on-your-wordpress-site/

[@blue-eu6jn]

what happens when someone creates an account on our website how do we see their data..?

[@wpbeginner]

You can see their user information under Users, All users in your wp-admin area

[@innate-videos]

This is great thank you

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you liked it!

[@taiaburrahman4330]

I needed this, Thank you so much

[@wpbeginner]

Glad our video could be helpful :)

[@gilbertovazquez5020]

good video

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Alaric2030]

How do I edit users on my site?

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on what you wanted to edit but you should be able to check under the users section in your wp-admin area.

[@Alaric2030]

@@wpbeginner Thanks for the reply. Is there a good way to block spam sites like @mail and others from registering?

[@grippa88]

How do you add a "log out" button. Thank you for the great video!

[@wpbeginner]

For adding a log out button, you would want to take a look at our guide here: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-the-wordpress-logout-link-to-navigation-menu/

[@MinhaVidaGeek]

Unfortunately user registration is no longer a free option.

[@wpbeginner]

The WPForms option is not free but the first method is still a free method with WordPress.

[@RichardLymer]

Am I missing something...why on earth is there a SITE ADMIN link under the Log in and Register?

[@wpbeginner]

The site admin link is telling the level of the user that is logged in which is why you see it have "Log out" under Site Admin instead of Log in :)

[@sondosalkhat6690]

I don't have a membership section !!

[@wpbeginner]

Are you on WordPress.com? We cover the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org in our article below. www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/self-hosted-wordpress-org-vs-free-wordpress-com-infograph/

[@ravirachuririsingsun2735]

Nice video. Can you suggest how to create loan management website pls

[@wpbeginner]

We will be sure to look into the possibility of a guide on that in the future

[@LawrenceNadar-rv5rv]

Great video! How to mandate user registration for purchasing from my website

[@wpbeginner]

For that, you would likely want to use a membership plugin like one of our recommendations here: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/5-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-compared/

[@catbangs276]

@@wpbeginner Hi, I have membership plugin and it allows people to register, but anyone could still post image content without having a membership, which I'm trying to stop. I've tried two membership plugins but neither have forced users to create a membership before posting. Before I add a third membership plugin, any recommendation?

[@JaspreetSingh-re6zm]

How to creat profile in Wordpress using elementor -- profile that have features like Facebook -- connecting to database Profile get access to view videos or comments Or get chat with each other waiting for your reply

[@wpbeginner]

For what it sounds like you're looking for, you would likely want to look into BuddyPress rather than Elementor

[@czzzan11]

How many people can login and register in our website on Wordpress ?

[@wpbeginner]

As many as you would like :)

[@danielblazer5023]

is there anything cheaper than wp forms?

[@wpbeginner]

There are other plugin options, WPForms is mainly our preferred recommendation for our users.

[@deaconjustice153]

pls help me login to my wordpress site.i have my user name and the password but when login to my site is not allowing me there.pls help me

[@wpbeginner]

If you cannot log into your site, you would want to take a look at our guide below: www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-change-your-password-in-wordpress

[@FollowMagicBrad]

It started out very simple, then it got very complicated. LOL

[@wpbeginner]

The later part of the video is for more customization so the first part should be enough for most :)

[@lucindahussein3430]

Thank you Please I want to know how to make the registration form insert into my localhost database

[@wpbeginner]

If you mean on a local installation of WordPress it should be the same process

[@czzzan11]

lucinda hussein How many people can login and register in our website on Wordpress ?

[@smitagravat1063]

Ther is a link in comment section which always takes to admin page how to change tha

[@wpbeginner]

It would depend on the button, most themes don't have that so you may want to reach out to the support for your specific theme for how to remove it.

[@smitagravat1063]

@@wpbeginner i talk with developer and i changed that link to my custom login page that u show but when i login with test user it shows conforming messages but it is not really log in people i mean it is compulsory to login for admin and subscribers from main admin page bcz custom one is not working.....

[@mustafeosman1]

Thanks you

[@wpbeginner]

You're welcome :)

[@motivationschool3835]

I'm facing problem with login when user login he'll see WordPress admin area on header

[@wpbeginner]

If you want to disable the admin bar you may want to take a look at our guide here: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-disable-wordpress-admin-bar-for-all-users-except-administrators/

[@webskill9719]

thanks

[@wpbeginner]

Welcome :)

[@vishalvernekar4135]

Wpforms is not free to use..

[@wpbeginner]

WPForms has a free and paid version. In this article we are using the paid version but for creating contact forms the free version is able to handle that.

[@chamindagunasekara97]

❤❤

[@wpbeginner]

:)

[@learnlifelong3878]

I think wpforms is paid ?

[@wpbeginner]

There is a free and paid version of the plugin :)

[@kenle861]

Well explain and it's only 13m

[@wpbeginner]

Glad you found our guide helpful :)

[@Boobalan]

When users registered activating email send or not

[@wpbeginner]

You would need to use a plugin if you wanted to require a registration activation email

[@Boobalan]

@@wpbeginner thank you so much 👍

[@Kidopya]

@@wpbeginner Please tell the name of email activation add-on?

[@ghosttownbmw]

how do I add the option "membership"

[@wpbeginner]

If you mean you want to include a membership option on your site then we would recommend taking a look at our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/ultimate-guide-to-creating-a-wordpress-membership-site/

[@azizrp]

thanks.

[@wpbeginner]

You're welcome :)