enricodeleo/wp-client-ajax-login

A simple plugin that allows login to wordpress through the client's browser via AJAX.

WP Client Ajax Login

A simple helper plugin that allows login to wordpress through the client's browser via AJAX., _(*1)

How to install

Composer

If you're using Composer to manage your codebase add this plugin to your dependencies running:, _(*2)

composer require enricodeleo/wp-client-ajax-login 0.1.8, _(*3)

Or manually add it to your composer.json:, _(*4)

"require": {
  "enricodeleo/wp-client-ajax-login": "0.1.8"
}

Legacy way

Download this repo as a zip file and extract it to your wp-content/plugins directory., _(*5)

OR, _(*6)

Install this plugin via the official Wordpress Plugin registry https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-client-ajax-login/admin/., _(*7)

Usage

This plugin is an helper and doesn't add anything to your wordpress theme. You might want to use it in conjunction with your frontend custom code., _(*8)

You can use vanilla Javascript, Angular, or any framework that suits your needs., _(*9)

Here's an example with jQuery:, _(*10)

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "http://yoursite.dev/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", //change this url acoording to your wp site
    xhrFields: {
        withCredentials: true
    },
    data: {
        user: "username", //hard-coded for example purposes
        pwd: "password", //hard-coded for example purposes
        action: "clientAjaxLogin"
    },
    success: function(resp) {
        var respObj = JSON.parse( resp );
        if( respObj.success ) {
            window.location = respObj.success;
        } else {
            console.log( respObj.error );
        }
    }
});

Of course you can bind the ajax call to an event like submitting a form., _(*11)