Retrieves the logout URL.

Returns the URL that allows the user to log out of the site.

$redirect string Optional

Path to redirect to on logout.

Default: ''

string The logout URL. Note: HTML-encoded via esc_html() in wp_nonce_url() .

File: wp-includes/general-template.php. View all references

function wp_logout_url( $redirect = '' ) {
	$args = array();
	if ( ! empty( $redirect ) ) {
		$args['redirect_to'] = urlencode( $redirect );
	}

	$logout_url = add_query_arg( $args, site_url( 'wp-login.php?action=logout', 'login' ) );
	$logout_url = wp_nonce_url( $logout_url, 'log-out' );

	/**
	 * Filters the logout URL.
	 *
	 * @since 2.8.0
	 *
	 * @param string $logout_url The HTML-encoded logout URL.
	 * @param string $redirect   Path to redirect to on logout.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'logout_url', $logout_url, $redirect );
}