Different WordPress front page for logged out and logged in users

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The WordPress reading settings can be found under Settings > Reading.

I have the WordPress ‘Front page displays’ option set to ‘Static front page’.

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My ‘Front page’ is set to ‘About’.

I am trying to have a different front page for logged out and logged in users. Currently everyone views the ‘About’ page when they visit example.com.

  • If I visit example.com when logged out I want to see my ‘about page’
  • If I visit example.com when logged in I want to see my ‘contact page’

Does anybody know how I can achieve this?

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  1. It’s possible to set the front page programmatically but not sure if this is a solution to your question, so, paste this code in your functions.php file and give it a try

    if( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    $page = get_page_by_title( 'Contact Me');
    update_option( 'page_on_front', $page->ID );
    update_option( 'show_on_front', 'page' );
}
else {
    $page = get_page_by_title( 'About Me' );
    update_option( 'page_on_front', $page->ID );
    update_option( 'show_on_front', 'page' );
}

    P/S: Not tested, just try it and please response what you get.

  2. For anyone else that has this problem you could just add this to the header.php, at the very top before the <!DOCTYPE html>:

    <?php if(is_front_page()) {
    if (is_user_logged_in()) {
        $newURL = 'http://YourWebsiteURLhere.com';
        header('Location: '.$newURL);
    }
} ?>

    OR you can add this to Functions:

    function homepage_template_redirect()
{
    if( is_front_page() && is_user_logged_in() )
    {
        wp_redirect(get_page_link('contact'));
        exit();
    }
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'homepage_template_redirect' );

  3. In the body of your page-about.php (or which ever template file the About page is using) you just need to use a conditional statement. 

    <?php if( is_user_logged_in() ) { ?>


content for logged in users


<?php } else { ?>


content for non logged in users


<?php } ?>
    • Edit: Didn’t see your comment before I posted my answer.

    You could add this to your functions.php

    add_action('init', 'my_redirector');

function my_redirector(){
    if( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
        wp_redirect( 'http://www.example.com/contact_us'); 
        exit;
    }
}

    It’s not a great solution to hard code in your url, but you could pick up the URL in other ways.