Thread: Changing /wp-admin & /wp-login.php

Changing /wp-admin & /wp-login.php

Hello,

Do anyone know how to rename wordpress defualt admin and login Url. (/wp-admin & /wp-login.php). I want to have hide my site from been notice to be a wordpress site. Its easier for one to extend type yoursite.com/wp-admin or wp-login.php on a browser to your know that your site is based on wordpress. Please is there a way to hide this URL or replacing it with something.

Thanks

I also want to know how to do this!

There are quite a few tutorials out there on how to do this, but I have tried them all and they dont work with my Jobroller Theme...maybe the way the wp-login.php file is created specifically for an Appthemes template?

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/h...inphp-to-login
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/w...our-custom-url
http://digwp.com/2011/01/simpler-login-url/

If anyone has done this with any success, that would be great!

Dont think you can change the URL completely with Jobroller, but you can definately change the URL to redirect to the wp-login.php page, but it will also append a long character token so that its not that obvious.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/

You can change the wp-admin URL completely though, so that url wont work, but you can define your own URL!

Download that plugin. It makes your site very secure too. Make sure to backup your DB using that plugin before making any changes!

Alternatively, this may help too:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...ress-security/

@jobspex,
Thank you for your responds. Do this plugin need me to do site backup before installing it?

It would be recommended Yes.