• Added changelog to readme.
• OpenID Plugin (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/openid/) Integration.
• %username% can be used in your custom links shown when logged in (gets replaced with username)
• WP-FacebookConnect (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-facebookconnect/) integration (untested!)
• Minor fixes (worked through a big list of em!)

You can get the plugin from wordpress.org: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sidebar-login/

For support, please keep my comments clean and post on either the wordpress forums or my forum.

To help support sidebar login you can make a donation (buy me a coffee, or several) or rate it on wordpress.org. Thanks!

It lets users login, and then redirects them back to the page they logged in from rather than the backend, it also shows error messages. Read more for more information and the download link.

Sidebar Login

Sidebar login is self explanatory really; it allows users to login to wordpress from the sidebar! This plugin requires wordpress 2.6 (that is all I have tested) in order to function; this is because wordpress 2.6 has a modified login system to older versions.

Screenshots

Login Form

Logged in

Change Log

You can track changes to the plugin in the wordpress plugin SVN.

Get it now!

You can get the latest version from the wordpress plugin database; Download it here!

Installation Instructions

1. Unzip and upload the php file to your wordpress plugin directory
2. Activate the plugin
3. For a sidebar widget: Goto the design > widgets tab – Drag the widget into a sidebar and save!
4. To use the template tag: Add <?php sidebarlogin(); ?> to your template.

License

WordPress Sidebar Login © Copyright 2008-current. Mike Jolley

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

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