Title: Logout Button Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Logout Button * [markimark3269](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markimark3269/) * (@markimark3269) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/) * Hi there, for me, the most confusing part is not to have any logout button. Is there any chance to achieve such a button, that redirects to another website. * My scenario and I think it is a typically one, is like this: Within a wp multisite installation, I have a default, public website but the menu is also containing a link to a password protected site (for distributors only). If a distributor has logged in to the password protected site, he should be able to logout from there and get redirected back to the default site, where he was coming from. * Does that make sense, is there any way to make this happen for me, maybe in combination with another plugin, that works fine with this one? * Any help is appreciated. * Mark * Update I think I could fake this with a button that only redirects to the default website but for this, the cookie can be only valid for 1 session, otherwise this would be confusing. * What do you think? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/password-protected/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/password-protected/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [ta_grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewgrantcarbon60com/) * (@andrewgrantcarbon60com) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223925) * Hello, * +1 for this request! I’m looking at implementing a manual ‘log out’ link or button as well and have resorted to trying to manually invalidate the cookie in PHP. * `setcookie("bid_1_password_protected_auth", "", time()-3600);` * This seems to work occasionally in chrome for some reason, and does not want to work correctly in firefox (from what I can gather, this may be a ‘feature’ of firefox session restore). * Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated! * [ta_grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewgrantcarbon60com/) * (@andrewgrantcarbon60com) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223926) * Apologies, I believe my previous post may have actually hijacked this thread. * Thought I’d update this post regardless as I’ve found the solution to my issue in a separate thread here: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-logout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-logout). Maybe this will help? * if you simply append `password-protected=logout` to the query string, for instance: ` /?password-protected=logout` then this should force a logout. * Another plugin I had investigated for our use case was [https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/sitewide-privacy-options-for-wordpress-mu/](https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/sitewide-privacy-options-for-wordpress-mu/) which only works on multi-site installs. This may be what you’re looking for, but is unfortunately, a premium, paid plugin. * Thanks! * [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/) * (@husobj) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223927) * Yes, you can logout by appending “?password-protected=logout” to the URL. * So if you want to create a logout link it would be something like this: * `Logout` * If you want to redirect elsewhere I think you should be able to specify a URL: * `Logout` * [ta_grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewgrantcarbon60com/) * (@andrewgrantcarbon60com) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223928) * Thanks so much for confirming Ben! * [thebuilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cway/) * (@cway) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223956) * Where would you put that log-out coding? I tried in a widget, but that didn’t work. I got a page not found. Thanks! * [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/) * (@husobj) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223957) * If you want to do it in a widget you could just put a link to your home page with the query on the end. Eg * [http://example.com/?password-protected=logout](http://example.com/?password-protected=logout) * `logout` * [thebuilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cway/) * (@cway) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223958) * But that’s going to show even if they’re not logged-in. Is there some smart coding that provides a log-in link when they’re not logged-in, and a log-out link when they are logged-in? * [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/) * (@husobj) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223959) * True 🙂 * You might need install the PHP widget so you can use the PHP code in there: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-code-widget/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-code-widget/) * [thebuilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cway/) * (@cway) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223960) * Done, and that works, but it always displays the logout link, even when you’re logged-out. * I found the WordPress is_user_logged_in code and put it in the php code widget, but it always shows “Welcome, visitor!” whether I’m logged-in or not. Below is that code. I’m not sure what’s not working – the php code widget, the is_user_logged_in code, or something else. * Has anyone else tried this? * ``` ``` * [thebuilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cway/) * (@cway) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223961) * I noticed a few log-out options are available in version 2.0, they don’t seem to work, however. I’ve tried the below examples in a text widget and on a page. When I’m logged-in, the log-out links don’t show. Has anyone else had any luck? * I’m using WordPress version 4.1.1, version 2.0 of Password Protected, and version 1.0 of included Twenty Fifteen theme. * ``` [password_protected_logout_link]Logout?[/password_protected_logout_link] [password_protected_logout_link text="Log me out" /] [password_protected_logout_link redirect_to="http://trailwoodhoa.com/" /] ``` * [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/) * (@husobj) * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223962) * I don’t think the Text Widget supports short codes. Try installing and using the [Shortcode Widget plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-widget/). Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Logout Button’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/password-protected/assets/icon-128x128.gif?rev=2824217) * [Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/password-protected/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/password-protected/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/password-protected/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/password-protected/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/password-protected/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/password-protected/reviews/) * 11 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/) * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logout-button-4/#post-5223962) * Status: not resolved