Change WordPress login page URL

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As you might know, the default login page in WordPress is  domain/wp-login.php.  Almost every other person in the world knows that it is the login page of a WordPress blog. So if someone gets your password, it is easy for them to login to your WordPress dashboard and change the default password.  Trial & error and  brute force attacks by bots on a particular page would also lead to password theft. Stealth Login is a WordPress plugin that can be used to change WordPress login URL to custom URL and prevent such incidents.

Stealth Login is a WordPress plugin :

Stealth Login Settings Change Wordpress login page URL

Stealth Login Settings

Stealth Login WordPress plugin options:

Download the plugin here, upload to the  WordPress plugin directory and activate. As you can see from the screenshot, there is a simple option to customize WordPress login slug. First, turn the plugin ON and enter the required login URL slug in the login slug box. Now enable stealth mode and save changes.  Plugin will start working from the next login.

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6 Responses to “Change WordPress login page URL”

  1. Husnil Khatimi Hussin says:

    Hi, nice tips. been looking for this for a while. thanks.

  2. rubi says:

    whatr if one fuc*** it up and can´t log in the admin page??

  3. Stacy says:

    Soooo many people are saying this is dangerous, crashes, not updated for 3.1, not MU , but it seems to be the only plugin for custom links which is really needed.

  4. Snapper says:

    A better approach is to use a folder different than your root folder for your installation and name the folder something obscure. Then move your index.php and .htaccess files to the root and modify your index.php file adding the folder location to your wp-blog-header.php link.

  5. the_dandy says:

    Installed but not working. The problem is that I can not log in into my blog, even if I deleted the plugin.
    On WordPress forum nobody is giving any tips. Could anyone help try to help me?

  6. Four Divisions says:

    Nice info… let me try this plugin with my wordpress blog..

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