[silviach]

After the first couple of days when everything seemed to work, we started having login re-direct issues: after login the user was sent to her Profile page. To re-direct the user to the homepage, a message pointing to the copyright link at the bottom of the page was inserted in the Profile page.

Another couple of days later, now the top Login link sends the user to the Members page (no login) and the user needs to click on the Login link at the bottom of the page to login, find herself on her Profile page, go to the bottom etc.to go back to the homepage.

This is by far too complicated for our users – they need to stay on the homepage after login. How can I do that ? And why are things changing every couple of days ? How is it that the top Login link and the bottom do not work the same ?

WordPress version: 5.5.3–it_IT
bbPress version: 2.6.6
site: https://www.durecomemuri.it

[Robin W]

so what are you using to login – bbpress login widgets, shortcodes or what?

[silviach]

bbpress login widgets

both the top and bottom login links are the default login, they were there to start with

[Robin W]

both the top and bottom login links are the default login, they were there to start with

which probably suggests they are theme related.

bbpress just passes details to WordPress login, and if the theme is also using WordPress login, it may well be that on a single page you have 3 things sending info to WordPress authorisation, so any one might send an ‘after login’ redirect, and it might be different dependant on which is completed.

If you also have membership plugins active, then these might also catch a login and do a redirect.

computers are consistent (often annoying so!) so it might be either different logins, or other changes you are making to membership that are affecting.

I’d start by stripping back and working out what is doing what.

so

it could be a theme or plugin issue

Themes

As a test switch to a default theme such as twentytwenty, and see what changes.

Plugins

If that doesn’t work, also deactivate all plugins, and see what the login at the top and bottom do. Then add bbpress and see what changes.

If you cannot do this to your site (say because it is live) then use the ‘troubleshooting’ features of this plugin to let you test without affecting other users

Health Check & Troubleshooting

Then come back