Login

Signs members in using the fields your Ultimate Member login form defines.

If your site does not run Ultimate Member, or you want a plain sign-in, use Default Login instead.

Before you start

Plugin	Ultimate Member
Endpoint groups	Authentication, Forms
Plan	Every plan

Your login form must opt into the API — tick Show this form to REST API on it. Without that the screen has no fields to render.

Add it to your app

1. Drag Login onto a navigation bar, or into the side drawer.
2. Open its settings and choose the login form.
3. Set after login to the screen members should land on.

Settings

Setting	What it does	Default
Login form	Which Ultimate Member form to render	Your default login form
After login	Where members land once signed in	Stay where they are
Title, Description	Shown at the top	Empty

Set after login. Leaving it unset drops members back where they were, which after a deliberate sign-in reads as nothing having happened.

What your members see

Your login form’s fields, rendered natively, with your app’s field and button styling from Appearance.

Social provider buttons appear where you have configured them. See Sign-in and registration.

Authentication is not Default Authentication

This feature needs the Authentication endpoint group. The Default Login feature needs Default Authentication. They are separate groups, and enabling the wrong one fails exactly like a wrong password.

When it does not work

Symptom	Cause	Fix
The screen has no fields	The login form has not opted into the API	Tick the switch on it
Correct credentials refused	The Authentication group is off, or you enabled Default Authentication	Enable the right group
Signs in, screens still look signed out	The Users group is off	Enable it
Signs in and nothing appears to happen	After login is unset	Set it
Refused after registering	The account needs approval or email confirmation	Check its status in WordPress