How to add custom styles for WP Login/Registration page

How to add custom styles for WP Login/Registration page Customizing the look and feel of your WordPress site extends beyond just the public-facing pages. By adding your own styles to the default WordPress login and registration pages, you can create a seamless experience for your users from the moment they sign in. In this article, I will show you how to apply custom styles to the WordPress login and registration page.

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The default WordPress login page is functional but generic. By customizing it, you can:

Align the design with your website’s branding.
Improve user experience by styling buttons, form inputs, and backgrounds.
Add a personal touch, such as changing the login logo to your brand logo.

Let’s dive into the steps to style the login/registration page using a custom CSS file.

Step 1: Create a Custom CSS File

First, we need to create a custom stylesheet that will contain the CSS rules for the login/registration pages. You can name the file login-style.css

and save it in your theme’s folder. For example, if your theme is located at

wp-content/themes/mytheme/

You can create the file in a subfolder like so:

/wp-content/themes/mytheme/css/login-style.css

Tip: Use your default style.css or theme stylesheet

Step 2: Enqueue the Custom CSS

To load the custom CSS file on the login and registration pages, we will use the login_enqueue_scripts hook. This hook allows us to add styles or scripts specifically for the login page.

Add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

function custom_login_styles() {
    wp_enqueue_style( 'custom-login-styles', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/css/login-style.css' );
}
add_action( 'login_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_login_styles' );

If above enqueuing styles not work, use these


function enqueue_global_styles() {
    $stylesheet_uri = get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css';
    $stylesheet_version = filemtime(get_template_directory() . '/style.css'); // Use filemtime for versioning
    wp_enqueue_style( 'global_styles', $stylesheet_uri, array(), $stylesheet_version );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_global_styles', 20 );

For styles enqueueing, it will work effectively.

This code ensures that your login-style.CSS is included whenever someone visits the login or registration page.

1. Change the Background Color

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body.login {
    background-color: #f4f4f4;
}

This will apply a light grey background to the entire login page.

Check with background-color

Here is the result.

How to add custom styles for WP Login/Registration page

In above i mentioned to display a message “custom login styles hook triggered”,

Here is the code that i used,

function custom_login_styles() {
    echo 'Custom login styles hook triggered!';
    $stylesheet_uri = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css';
    $stylesheet_version = filemtime(get_stylesheet_directory() . '/style.css'); 
    wp_enqueue_style( 'global_styles', $stylesheet_uri, array(), $stylesheet_version );
}
add_action( 'login_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_login_styles' );

You can do design better with these hook function to load styles for your login page

Quick Steps to DO,

Load your css using wp_enqueue_style

function custom_login_styles() {
wp_enqueue_style( ‘login_styles’, get_template_directory_uri() . ‘/login-style.css’, array(), filemtime( get_template_directory() . ‘/login-style.css’ ) );
}
add_action( ‘login_enqueue_scripts’, ‘custom_login_styles’ );