Hide The Login Page and Wp-Admin

In this wordpress tutorial i will show you how to hide the login page and wp-admin folder in wordpress. We will use two methodes for that. The first one by using a plugins and the second one is by using the fuctions.php file and the .htaccess in order to secure the login and admin pages in wordpress.

Hide The Login Page and Wp-admin

The Plugins We can use

The first plugin we can use is the Better WP Security. This plugin is too easy to use and have a feature that can hide the wp-admin and the login page by a simple click. It will add all the necessary codes to the wp-config and htaccess files.

Before we start make sure to Backup your website files and Database.

1- Install and Activate the Better WP Security plugin

2- Open the Better WP Security plugin and follow the steps.

3- Follow this Guide to Configure The Plugin : Best Better WP Security Plugin Configuration

4- The section what interest us is the : Hide Tab

5- That’s all!

The Second Plugin you can use is : Stealth Login Page

Using a Function to hide Wp-Admin Folder

Rename your Wp-admin to what you like, for example : privatefolder

1- Open the wp-config File and Add this Lines :

define('WP_ADMIN_DIR', 'privatefolder');
define( 'ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', SITECOOKIEPATH . WP_ADMIN_DIR);

2- Open your functions.php File and add this Code :

add_filter('site_url',  'wpadmin_filter', 10, 3);
 function wpadmin_filter( $url, $path, $orig_scheme ) {
  $old  = array( "/(wp-admin)/");
  $admin_dir = WP_ADMIN_DIR;
  $new  = array($admin_dir);
  return preg_replace( $old, $new, $url, 1);
 }

3- Open the .htaccess file and add this lines :

RewriteRule ^privatefolder/(.*) wp-admin/$1?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Now you wp-admin url will be : Your-Website/privatefolder/

Hope this tutorial can help you to secure your wordpress! if you have a question don’t hesitate to use the comment form.