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Post-login redirect ignores the intended page

After login, users land on the homepage or dashboard instead of the page they originally requested or the page chosen in settings.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 15 March 2017 · last reported 15 April 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several site owners using custom login pages, including Elementor and WooCommerce account pages, report that users are sent to the homepage or admin dashboard after logging in.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.