Redirect after Login on WordPress

Question

I'm creating a customized WordPress theme based on an existing site.

I want to use an alternate dashboard which I have created.

How can I have the user directed to 'news.php' after login instead of '/wp-admin/' ?

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EDIT: Have a working Plug-in for this but the bounty is still availible for anyone who can find a manual way to do this through functions.php, as it would be more secure then using a 3rd party plug-in.

Answer 1

This should solve your problem. Adapted from an answer found here.

Add the following snippet of code in the functions.php file of your theme:

function admin_default_page() {
  return '/new-dashboard-url';
}

add_filter('login_redirect', 'admin_default_page');