[garyc14569]

Hi I have a problem with having members register on my website. I have set up the login widget and register page. When I do a test registration it brings me to my wordpress login page and says user registration is not allowed.

So I went to general settings and put anyone can join. When I did another test registration, it went successfully but it allowed me access to the dashboard/backend. I set the new user title as subscriber and contributor but both lead to the dashboard. How do I have the user subscribe but without access to my dashboard?

[Robin W]

Yes wordpress does like to try and show the toolbar which I hate !!

Put the following in your functions file

//disable toolbar for non-admins

if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) {
show_admin_bar(false);
}

This will mean that only admins can see the toolbar

If you don’t know how to add code to the functions file, work you way through

https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes
https://codex.wordpress.org/Functions_File_Explained

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