A login bar allows visitors to sign in to your site, enhancing their experience and engagement with your blog. When visitors log in, they can follow, comment on posts, and join your blog community, making your site more interactive and lively.

For example, imagine a cooking blog where readers can share their thoughts and tips in the comments, follow their favorite recipes, and connect with fellow food enthusiasts. This not only builds a sense of community but also encourages repeat visits.

Additionally, if you or other writers want to write a blog post directly from your live site, you need to log in via the login bar.

You can add a login bar either by adding a Members Area to your site, or by adding a standalone login bar.

Adding a Members Area that comes with a login bar

When you add the Wix Members Area to your site, visitors can log in and gain access to all members pages, including special pages for Wix Blog, Wix Stores, and Wix Bookings.

Adding the Members Area also adds a page to your site where blog members can view, follow, and access each other's profile. If you want the Members Area, but without this page, you can hide it.

To add a Members Area to your site:

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

1. Click Add Apps  on the left side of the editor.

2. Enter "Members Area" or "Wix Members Area" in the search bar.

3. Select the Wix Members Area app.

4. Click Add to Site.

Adding a blog login bar

In addition - or instead of - the Members Area login bar, you can add a standalone blog login bar which appears next to your blog menu.

Like the Members Area login bar, it grants visitors access to all members-only pages and blog pages, but not to special pages for Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, etc. In addition, it doesn't add a separate members page to your site.

To add a blog login bar:

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

1. Click your blog feed in the editor

2. Click Settings.

3. Click the Display tab.

4. Click Blog Menu.

5. Enable the Login from blog menu toggle.

Tip:

To edit the login button design, click the blog in the Editor, click Settings, and in the Design tab, select Blog Menu

Customizing your login settings

You can customize your login settings to display sign up/log in first, allow social logins from Google or Facebook, and display links to your terms of use.

To customize your login settings:

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

1. Click Pages  on the left side of the editor.

2. Click Signup & Login.

3. Click Member Signup Form (Default).

4. Go through the tabs one by one to set up the signup form:

General tab

1. Choose which option appears first in the signup window:New member signup: The signup option is displayed first.
   Existing member login: The login option is displayed first.
   

2. Click Additional Signup & Login Settings to manage who can become a member.

Social & Community tab

Choose whether or not to allow new members to sign up using their Google or Facebook credentials.

If you have a social app (e.g. Wix Blog, Wix Forum) installed on your site, there are additional settings to decide on:

• Signup privacy footnote customization:Footnote only: Members are informed that they are signing up with a public profile; They can't choose to make it private.
  Checkbox: Members can choose the privacy level of their profile.
  

• Sign up to this site with a public profile: Choose whether or not a member's profile is public by default.

Policies tab

Decide if you want to include links to your site's terms of use and privacy policy. After enabling either one of the toggles, click the Link icon   to set it up.