The Quick Logout component adds a new menu item type to Joomla 2.5 and 3.x that logs a registered user out without the confirmation step. In addition, you can specify the page to redirect the user to when logging out. In this article I will explain how to install the Quick Logout component for Joomla.

Download the Quick Logout component from the Joomla extension directory.

The Quick Logout component adds a new menu item type to Joomla 2.5 and 3.x that logs a registered user out without the confirmation step. In addition, you can specify the page to redirect the user to when logging out. When Joomla is configured to use a “guest” user group, you can set this menu item to show to “registered” users, and combine it with a “Login” menu item that is set to show only go “Guest” users. If these 2 menu items are next to each other on the menu, it appears to be a single menu item that switches from “Login” to “Logout” depending on the status of the user.

Sign into Joomla as an Administrator. Go to menu “Extensions -> Manage”. Select the “Upload” tab and install the Quick Logout Component: 

To use this component, simply create a new menu ítem, select Quick Logout from the menu item type and select the Menu Location. Then, set the access level to Registered so the option only appears when a user is logged in. Click on Save: 

And that’s it! This components will help your website to be more accessible to users: 

This concludes The Quick Logout component for Joomla.

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