Password change causes 'is_user_logged_in' to return 'false'

Hi there,

I am currently experiencing a major issue with the Simple Membership plugin. The site I am working on is currently set up to show a “Welcome, User” message in a bespoke header bar when a registered user is logged in, and a “Members Login” button when the user is not logged in. To do this, I am using a conditional PHP statement that calls WordPress’ is_user_logged_in() function.

When a new user is created, this code works perfectly – if the user is logged in, the welcome message appears along with a dropdown menu (with the option to view their profile and logout), and if they are logged out then a link to the login page replaces it.

The problem arises when the password is either reset using the plugin’s password reset page, or changes using the plugin’s profile page. Calling the function is_user_logged_in() will always return false if the password has been changed in the front-end (if the password is changed through WordPress’ backend, this issue does not occur), and therefore the “Members Login” button is always shown in place of the user’s welcome message.

Here is the relevant header code I am using, including steps needed to recreate the problem:

<div class="headerBar">

	<?php function checkUser() {
	
		global $current_user;
		get_currentuserinfo();
		$userID = $current_user->ID;
		
		if ( is_user_logged_in() ) { ?>
		
		<div class="userPIWInfo">
		
		<?php global $current_user;
			  echo 'Welcome, ' . $current_user->user_firstname . "\n"; ?>
			
			
			<div class="userDropdown">
				<a href="<?php home_url(); ?>/clients/piw/membership-login/membership-profile/">My Profile</a>
				<a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url( home_url() ); ?>" title="Logout">Logout</a>
			</div>
			
		</div>	
		
		<?php } else {  ?>
		
		<a id="memberLogin" href="<?php home_url(); ?>/clients/piw/membership-login/">Members Login</a>
		
		<?php }
	
	}
	
	checkUser(); 
	
	?>
	
</div>

1. Create a new user.
2. Login as user.
3. See that the “Member Login” button disappears and is replaced by “Welcome, User's First Name“. WordPress admin bar also appears (“Hide Adminbar” is unchecked in plugin settings).
4. Logout.
5. Click “Forgot Password”.
6. Enter email and reset password.
7. Login as user with new password.
8. “Member Login” button persists (as is_user_logged_in() has now returned false). Admin bar is not shown.

It seems that for some reason when the plugin is changing the user’s password that this information is somehow not being relayed to the WordPress backend? Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.