Changing WordPress Login

Changing WordPress login is a good idea for a couple reasons. All WordPress websites have the same login. It goes the domain name, for example domain.com/wp-admin.

This is just the way that WordPress has worked ever since it started back in 2004. WordPress is the most popular website platform on the planet with around 54% of the market share of all websites. Because of this, WordPress websites are a high target for hackers.

One of the most common ways for hackers to get in is to target the login wp-admin with brute-force attacks. Brute force attacks are a software program that runs a random username and password over and over again until it finds the login to the website.

So by changing the WordPress login, we’re able to prevent hackers from finding out where the login is at and spamming it. There are a couple plugins that work well for changing the WordPress login, one is WPS Hide Login and the other is Easy Hide Login.

I recommend installing WPS Hide Login and going to the settings and changing the URL string from the standard suggested to whatever you want to put in there. This is a chance to do some custom branding as well where you can put your company name here.

Don’t forget to send out the new link to all of the people who use the website as they will now get a 404 error instead of being able to log into the back end of the website when going to /wp-admin.

This is a simple plugin and it works really well. It won’t need many updates or anything like that and it doesn’t do much change to the code. Sometimes it does interact negatively with other plugins or themes right when installing it, so keep an eye on that and make sure you don’t have any bad interactions with it.

That’s it, that’s how you change the login easily for your WordPress site. I recommend doing it for security and for branding purposes. Have a question about how to update your WordPress website? Have some of the best in an industry SkyPoint Studios help you out! Contact us at 406-208-8733 or fill out our contact form located here.

0 replies

Want to join the discussion?
Feel free to contribute!

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone

Jophiel Silvestrone has written 325 posts in the Tech Blog.

Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.