Is there any way to add placeholder text to the login shortcode?

Hello and big sorry for a very late answer.

As I don’t do much with my plugins at the moment, I had to check that one out. And no, at the moment, there’s no placeholder in the login form or the short code.

I don’t know how long you are willing to wait but it is on my to do list for some later time.

Best,
Stefan

I just figured out a way to get the thing done with jQuery. I use the wp function to create the login form, so it doesn’t support a place holder.

Enter the following jQuery into one of the fields for your custom HTML:

<script>
(function ($) {
	$(document).ready(function () {
	$('#user_login').attr('placeholder', 'User Name');
	$('#user_pass').attr('placeholder', 'Password');
  });
})(jQuery);
</script>

That will give you the placeholder. If you want to make the labels disappear, some custom css will do the trick:

div.a5_custom_login_container p.login-username label,
div.a5_custom_login_container p.login-password label {
  display: none;
}

I hope that does, what you need.

Thanks it works great!