Copycat from http://www.tutorialstag.com/custom-wordpress-login-without-using-a-plugin.html Author: http://www.tutorialstag.com/author/kannan

wp_custom_usr_login

<?php
if($_POST){
//We shall SQL escape all inputs
$username = $wpdb->escape($_REQUEST['username']);
$password = $wpdb->escape($_REQUEST['password']);
$remember = $wpdb->escape($_REQUEST['rememberme']);
        
if($remember) $remember = "true";
else $remember = "false";
$login_data = array();
$login_data['user_login'] = $username;
$login_data['user_password'] = $password;
$login_data['remember'] = $remember;
$user_verify = wp_signon( $login_data, true ); 
		
if ( is_wp_error($user_verify) ) 
{
echo "<span class="error">Invalid username or password. Please try again!</span>";
exit();
} else 
{	
echo "<script type="text/javascript">window.location='". get_bloginfo('url') ."'</script>";
exit();
}
} else 
{
//Embed the Login form here
}
?>