Gravity Forms Auto Login

How do I enable this functionality?

This perk requires the Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On. Assuming this add-on is installed and activated, go ahead and navigate to the User Registration page. On the User Registration page, follow the steps below to enable Auto Login.

	Create a new registration feed or edit an existing feed.
	Name your feed and select Create User. Skip this step if editing an existing feed.
	Scroll to the bottom of the feed and check Automatically log the user in once they are registered.

With this option enabled, any user that is registered from this feed will automatically be logged in when the form is submitted.

Feature Details

Redirect After Login

The auto login functionality happens behind the scenes and the form’s configured confirmation settings are not impacted by enabling this feature. If you would like to redirect the user to another page after they have been automatically logged in, you can configure the URL to which the user should be redirected on the “Confirmation” tab of your Form Settings.

Setting Redirect URL via Confirmation

Usage Examples

• Redirect to Referrer URL after Gravity Form Submission
• Complete Guide to Gravity Forms Login (Auto Login, Activate Users, More!)

User Activation

If User Activation is turned on for your feed, GF Auto Login will automatically log the user in after they have activated their account, with one caveat. The default activation template packaged with Gravity Forms (and modeled after WordPress’ version) does not give any indication that the user is logged in.

GF Auto Login automatically integrates with GF Better User Activation, which you can use to customize the activation page and indicate to the user that they have been logged in.

Troubleshooting Issues

If Auto Login isn’t working as expected, here are some troubleshooting tips you can try.

• Verify that the user role being assigned after account creation has permission to log in. If the role is restricted from logging in, the auto-login process will fail.
• If users experience login issues on specific browsers, ensure cookies and session storage are enabled, as Auto Login relies on session handling to authenticate users.
• Some caching solutions may interfere with the login process. We recommend using our Cache Busting plugin to prevent this. Alternatively, you could exclude the page from being cached.
• Check for conflicts with security plugins, or other plugins that may interfere with the Auto Login process. Performing a theme or plugin conflict test and temporarily disabling suspected plugins can help identify the issue.

Known Limitations

• As of GF Auto Login 2.0, auto-login will only work for up to 24 hours after the initial registration. This can be extended if needed. Contact Support for details.

Translations

You can use the free Loco Translate plugin to create translations for any of our Perks. If you’ve never used Loco translate before, here’s a tutorial written for beginners.

FAQs

Does this work with PayPal Standard?

You’ve setup a PayPal Standard feed and enabled the “Delay User Registration” option. Here’s why this won’t work with GP Auto Login.

When the user returns to your site from PayPal, Gravity Forms does not actually know if the payment has been completed yet and therefore the user has not yet been registered. GP Auto Login cannot automatically log in the user until they are registered by the Gravity Forms User Registration add-on.

​PayPal notifies Gravity Forms when the payment is completed in a separate process called an IPN notification. In some cases, this IPN notification can happen instantly. In most cases, there is a minute or two delay. The trickiest part though is that this is a separate process, unattached to user’s current browsing session.

Hooks

• gpal_auto_login_on_redirect_redirect_url
  
• gpal_post_auto_login
  
• gpal_pre_auto_login
  
• gpal_should_remember
  

Related Resources

• Complete Guide to Gravity Forms Login (Auto Login, Activate Users, More!)
  Learn how to enhance the login and user registration experience on your site using Gravity Perks and other tools!
• Redirect to Referrer URL after Gravity Form Submission
  Capture the URL from which the user just arrived then redirect them back to that URL on form submission.
• Show Login Link for Existing Users with Gravity Forms User Registration
  Automatically show a login link when a user attempts to register with an existing email.