Making Registration And Login Easy For Your Blog Visitors

If your blog has functionality that requires blog users to register and login to your blog, then it makes sense that you will want to make that process easy and readily available.

A perfect example of needing this sort of functionality lies in the plugin I talked about in a previous post that allows logged in users to purchase and gain access to protected content from a single blog post.

So, how do you make it easy for your blog visitors to register and login?

I use this plugin and I really like it:

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This plugin allows you to have a sidebar login widget that provides the visitor with a means on every view to login (and a link to register). When they do login, they come right back to the page they were viewing.

You can see a working example of this WP plugin on this blog in the upper right corner. As you can see, this login function melts right into this blog as if it were built in.

If you want to adjust the settings on this plugin, you will find the configuration link in Tools options, not Settings options once you have installed and activated the plugin.

If you want the plugin to provide a registration link, you need to make sure you have the Anyone can register link checked on the Settings ==> General page.

To add the sidebar login function to your blog, go to Appearance ==> Widgets and add the widget to your sidebar.

Here’s the bottom line:

If having visitors register for your blog is part of your WP blog model, then it makes sense to give visitors an easy way to login or register. This plugin provides great functionality for just that purpose.

Cheers,
Steve Roye
Online Business Consultant

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Tips Blog

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Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

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