Prevent automatic login after registration

Question

When people register on my wordpress website using a civicrm profile, they get logged in automatically. As I first need an Administrator to approve the user, I would like users not to be logged in after registration is complete.

Is there a parameter I have missed or would I need to use a filter or whatever ?

Answer 1

You're running into the effects of this code which automatically logs the user in. Unfortunately there's no way to override this code at the moment - except to override the class file itself by putting an edited copy in your custom PHP folder like this and remove those lines.

A couple of alternative approaches are to:

• Use BuddyPress to create the signup form for your website and let CiviCRM WordPress Profile Sync handle the creation of the CiviCRM Contact (optionally using BP XProfile WordPress User Sync as well if needed).
• Use a Contribution Page (if your site has Memberships) and let CiviCRM WordPress Member Sync create the WordPress user.

Answer 2

Thanks a lot guys. You got me on the right way and I looked for a wordpress solution instead of a civi one. I just added the following bits of code to my function.php file (in the child theme) to get disconnected and immediately redirected to a specific page (otherwise I was getting a civicrm error telling me I had no access to the page it was redirecting me to) :

/**
 * WordPress function to prevent autologin
 */
function user_autologout(){
            wp_logout();         
        }
add_action('user_register','user_autologout');

/**
 * WordPress function for redirecting users on logout. If user comes from registration page, they are directed to a page telling them that their membership request is pending. 
 */


function auto_redirect_after_logout(){
    if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'], 'inscription') !== false){
    wp_redirect( home_url().'/pending_registration/' );
    exit(); 
    }
    else{
    wp_redirect( home_url() );
    exit();
    }
}
add_action('wp_logout','auto_redirect_after_logout');

Answer 3

CiviCRM relies on CMS(i.e WP) settings when creating users. By default WP doesn't provide any such settings so you may need to install some plugin which needs admin approval for newly created user. Probably something like User Approve plugin.