apply_filters( 'login_message', string $message )

Filters the message to display above the login form.

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$message string: Login message text.

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The “login_message” filter is used to filter the message displayed on the WordPress login page above the login form. This filter can return HTML markup.

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Source

File: wp-login.php. View all references

$message = apply_filters( 'login_message', $message );

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Used By	Description
login_header() wp-login.php	Output the login page header.

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Changelog

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Version	Description
2.1.0	Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

Contributed by Razon Komar Pal — 3 years ago

Add additional message for wp-login.php

add_filter( 'login_message', 'wpdocs_sr_custom_login_message' );
function wpdocs_sr_custom_login_message( $message ) {
    $action = isset( $_REQUEST['action'] ) ? $_REQUEST['action'] : '';
    $errors = new WP_Error();

    if ( isset( $_GET['key'] ) ) {
        $action = 'resetpass';
    }

    if ( isset( $_GET['checkemail'] ) ) {
        $action = 'checkemail';
    }

    switch ( $action ):
        case 'register':
            $message .= '<p class="message">' . __( 'Show message before register form.', 'text_domain' ) . '</p>';
            break;
        case 'checkemail':
            $message .= '<p class="message">' . __( 'Show message before after registration complete message.', 'text_domain' ) . '</p>';
            break;
        case 'lostpassword':
            $message .= '<p class="message">' . __( 'Show message before lost password form.', 'text_domain' ) . '</p>';
            break;
        default:
            // this message will show in login screen, before the login form.
            $message .= '<p class="message">' . __( 'Show message before login form.', 'text_domain' ) . '</p>';
            break;
    endswitch;

    return $message;
}

Contributed by Collins Mbaka — 2 years ago

An example

function wpdocs_the_login_message( $message ) {
    if ( empty( $message ) ) {
        return '<p>Welcome to this site. Please log in to continue.</p>';
    } else {
        return $message;
    }
}
add_filter( 'login_message', 'wpdocs_the_login_message' );

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Contributed by Collins Mbaka — 2 years ago
A plugin can register as a content filter with the code:
```
add_filter( 'login_message', 'wpdocs_plugin_function_name' );
```
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Contributed by Akira Tachibana — 2 years ago
(From Codex)
Example:
```
function the_login_message( $message ) {
    if ( empty($message) ){
        return "<p>Welcome to this site. Please log in to continue</p>";
    } else {
        return $message;
    }
}
add_filter( 'login_message', 'the_login_message' );
```
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apply_filters( 'login_message', string $message )

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