How to Add a Login/Logout Toggle Item in WordPress Navigation Menu

Below is the code to add a Login/Logout toggle item in WordPress navigation menu.

	<?php

	//* Add a Login/Logout toggle item in WordPress navigation menu
	add_filter('wp_nav_menu_items', 'customprefix_add_loginout_navitem', 10, 2);
	function customprefix_add_loginout_navitem($items, $args) {
	if ($args->theme_location == 'primary') {
	// Replace "primary" with your theme's menu name
	if (!(is_user_logged_in())) {
	$login_item = '<li class="menu-item login-menu-item"><a itemprop="url" href="/wp-login.php" rel="nofollow">Log in</a></li>';
	}
	else {
	$login_item = '<li class="menu-item logout-menu-item">' . wp_loginout($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], false) . '</li>';
	}
	$items.= $login_item;
	}
	return $items;
	}

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Below is the code to redirect admins to WordPress Dashboard and other users to site’s homepage after a successful login.

	<?php

	/**
	* Redirect admins to WordPress Dashboard and other users to site's homepage after a successful login
	* https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/login_redirect
	*
	* @param string $redirect_to URL to redirect to
	* @param string $request URL the user is coming from
	* @param object $user Logged user's data
	* @return string
	*/
	add_filter( 'login_redirect', 'customprefix_login_redirect', 10, 3 );
	function customprefix_login_redirect( $redirect_to, $request, $user ) {
	//is there a user to check?
	global $user;
	if ( isset( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {
	//check for admins
	if ( in_array( 'administrator', $user->roles ) ) {
	// redirect them to the default place
	return $redirect_to;
	} else {
	return home_url();
	}
	} else {
	return $redirect_to;
	}
	}

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Below is the code to redirect all users to site’s homepage after logout.

	<?php

	//* Redirect all users to site's homepage after logout
	add_filter( 'logout_redirect', create_function( '$url,$query,$user', 'return home_url();' ), 10, 3 );

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Another (much simpler?) way to add a Log in/Log out toggle item in your navigation menu and manage redirections per user after login/logout is to use both following plugins: Login Logout Menu and Peter’s Login Redirect.

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