Title: [Plugin: SimpleModal Login] Invoke from JS
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: SimpleModal Login] Invoke from JS

 *  [MajorXX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/majorxx/)
 * (@majorxx)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simplemodal-login-invoke-from-js/)
 * Hi,
 * i couldn’t figure out how to invoke simplemodal-login with jQuery.
 * I use a PHP Widget to easy edit the PHP without changing themefunctions.
 * The code is
 * `\`<?php
    if (is_user_logged_in() ) { /* shortened code: show page */ } else {
   echo '<script type="text/javascript">'; echo 'jQuery(document).ready(function(
   $) {'; echo '$(\'.simplemodal-login\').trigger(\'click.simplemodal-login\')';
   echo '})'; echo '</script>'; } ?>\`
 * But when opening the page, there are no JS errors and no simplemodal-login for
   not logged in users.
 * Even tried with
    `echo '$(\'.simplemodal-login\').bind(\'click.simplemodal-login\')';`
   but no success.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simplemodal-login/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simplemodal-login/)

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 *  Thread Starter [MajorXX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/majorxx/)
 * (@majorxx)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simplemodal-login-invoke-from-js/#post-2365641)
 * okay, i bypassed PHP and used the jQuery Skript only:
 *     ```
       <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
   
       <script type="text/javascript">
           jQuery(document).ready(function() {
           jQuery('.simplemodal-login').trigger('click.simplemodal-login')
       });
       </script>
       ```
   
 * but that didn’t work either.
    I replaced the $ with jQuery. i tried “bind” as
   a replacement for trigger. No errors, no success.
 * i tried a different approach with JS:
 *     ```
       <script>
       windows.location.href 'wp-login.php'
       </script>
       ```
   
 * That works partially. it opens wp-login.php instantly, but without simplemodal
   login because i can’t use ‘class=”simplemodal-login”‘ with the windows location.
   href syntax.
 * How do i call SimpleModal Login direct ?
    Found that question many times on the
   net, but no answers.
 *  [BiancoBellucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biancobellucci/)
 * (@biancobellucci)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simplemodal-login-invoke-from-js/#post-2365725)
 * Thanks for sharing your efforts.
    I am having the same problem with SimpleModal.
   Did you manage to find solution in the meantime?

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 * Last reply from: [BiancoBellucci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/biancobellucci/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simplemodal-login-invoke-from-js/#post-2365725)
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