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How To Login To WordPress And Changing The Login URL

December 20, 2016 by Susan Velez

Last updated on August 1st, 2018 at 06:52 pm

Once you’ve installed your WordPress site, it’s time to login and start adding fresh content and setting it up the way that you desire. In this blog post, I am going to walk you through step-by-step on how to login to WordPress as well as changing your login URL of your website.

how to login to WordPress

If this is your first time using WordPress all this will be new to you, if not then maybe you will learn something new.

If you need help understanding WordPress, I’ve compiled a great list of WordPress tutorials on this blog that will make it easy for you to understand WordPress better. If you’re ready to rock your WordPress blog, then be sure to visit my WordPress tutorials for beginners

 

Using the Common Login Method

1. Access Your WordPress Login Info

Remember when you filled out the WordPress 5 minute installation setup? It asked you for an email, this is where you will find the login credentials for your new WordPress. If you still haven’t setup your blog, you can get started here.

2. Go To The WordPress Login Screen For Your Website

The most common way to login in to WordPress type in “/wp-admin”  (minus the quotes) directly behind your domain name. For instance whenever I want to my own website, I would open up my browse and type in:

https://susanvelez.com/wp-admin/ OR
https://susanvelez.com/admin/ (both of these logins will work)

3. Enter Your Username and Password

Enter your username and password you chose for your blog when you installed your site.

wp admin login page

Click login.

Once you’re logged in, you will see the main dashboard.

WordPress dashboard

This is where you will be spending a lot of your time whenever you’re navigating your blog. When you login, this is the first screen you will see.

Your dashboard will give you a lot of news about your website. It will let you know when WordPress needs to be updated. If you are new to this platform, you can also find highlighted news from WordPress. As you continue using the platform, you will become more familiar with the WordPress dashboard.

Why You Would Want To Change Your WordPress Login URL

If you’ve spent anytime on this site, then you know I am a huge advocate of setting up my WordPress clients sites with a secure WordPress site. I want to take every precautionary step I know how to take to make it difficult for hackers to access my site.

This doesn’t mean that your site won’t ever get hacked. In fact, not too long ago, I had to clean up a WordPress site for a client. You don’t have to do this for all your sites, but if you feel comfortable messing with your WordPress site, then you can follow along.

Before you get started, be sure you make a backup of your website. Don’t blame me if anything happens to your website during this tutorial.

Related: WordPress Backup Buddy Step-by-Step With Pictures

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Changing Your Login URL Without A Plugin

If you wanted to make your login something easier for you to remember, you can do it without a plugin. Let’s say for instance instead of remembering to type in “wp-admin” whenever you wanted to login you wanted to use “myblog” (minus the quotes).

You just need to add some code to your htaccess file.

Add this code to the very top of your .htaccess file

RewriteRule ^myblog$ [NC, L]

When you’ve added the code it will look like this.

changing WordPress login via htaccess file

Your new login will now be: http://yourdomain.com/myblog

The downside is that this doesn’t hide your login URL. Whenever you use your new login, it will redirect you to the common WordPress login URL, which is wp-admin or wp-login.php.

So this method doesn’t really make it great for hackers. However, it is great if you want to a login that is easy for you to remember.

Change Login URL Using A Plugin

Since we are NOT coders, we want to find something that is easy and quick to use. For this tutorial, I will be discussing a free plugin that one of my clients currently uses on their website.

I’ve personally never used this plugin. However, since managing their site, I can honestly say that it does what it’s supposed to do.

Rename wp-login Plugin

Head on over to the WordPress plugin directory from your dashboard and look for the Rename wp-login plugin. At the time of this writing, it looks like this:

rename wp login

Go ahead and install and activate it. If you are unsure of how to do that, read this WordPress plugin tutorial.

Setting Up The Plugin

As soon as you active the plugin, you will be taken to this screen.

enter your new login

Enter your new login of your choice, be sure to save your changes.

Log Out And Test Your New Login

Once you’ve done that it’s time to test the new login and see if it is actually working. When I attempt to login back in using the wp-admin login, this is what I see.

wp admin no longer works

As you can see the wp-admin login URL no longer works. I have to login with my new URL. Hopefully, you made it easy to remember, otherwise you won’t be able to log back in to your site via the login dashboard.

Caution: I currently use this plugin for a client’s website. However, I’ve never used it for my own personal sites. It seems to work fine at the time of this writing. We all know that free plugins are not updated and supported as frequently as premium plugins. This means that some plugins are known to cause conflicts or may not play nicely with other plugins you are using. If you have any issues with this plugin or any other, login to your cPanel or FTP and delete it, or contact your hosting account.

If a hacker does manage to get a hold of your password, they won’t be able to login because they don’t know your secret login URL.

There are several other plugins you can use to change your login URL. As I mentioned, this is the only one I feel comfortable recommending as I currently use it in my WordPress freelance business.

Security Pro

Best Solution For Your Website

While having a secret login is great. The best thing you can do for your website is to have a current backup of your website. Setup an automatic nightly or weekly backup maintenance plan. and store your backups remotely on your local PC, Amazon or Dropbox.

This way if your site ever does happen to get hacked, you will have a backup on hand.

The Takeaway

Now that you’ve learned how to login to WordPress and change the login URL, it’s never too early to think about security for your blog. Even if you’re just starting your blog, it’s NEVER too early to learn the basics of WordPress.

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So let me know, did this tutorial help you learn how to login to WordPress? Comment below I’d love to see what you’re blogging about.

Filed Under: How To, WordPress Tips Tagged With: how to login to WordPress, WordPress login

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Comments

  1. Jaimin Patel says

    March 26, 2017 at 2:13 pm

    Howdy Very Good Article

    A debt of gratitude is in order For Sharing. Keep doing awesome

  2. Susan Velez says

    March 27, 2017 at 6:35 am

    Hi Jaimin,

    Welcome to my blog and thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you found it helpful.

    Have a great day!

    – Susan

  3. Hasan says

    April 7, 2017 at 3:57 am

    To be honest this is one of the best post of your.
    Thanks for sharing.

  4. Susan Velez says

    April 7, 2017 at 6:06 am

    Hi Hasan,

    I am glad that you found it useful.

    Have a great day!

    Susan

  5. Hasan says

    April 8, 2017 at 7:32 am

    thanks your response

  6. Susan Velez says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:38 am

    Not a problem, have a great one!

    Susan

  7. Manoj says

    June 25, 2017 at 5:51 am

    Hi Susan,

    WordPress security is very important nowadays. Hackers and bots make continuous efforts to login into our site. Rename login URL, limit login attempts are some of the useful options to protect your blog.

    Interesting writing. It is useful for all kinds of WordPress users.

    with best wishes,

  8. Susan Velez says

    June 25, 2017 at 6:46 am

    Hi Manoj,

    Thanks, I am so glad that you found the blog post helpful.

    Have a great day 🙂

    Susan

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