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This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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Limit wp-admin access

By DrMagu
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Description

Limits access to wp-admin and wp-login.php also provides a sign-in shortcut

Use scenario: WordPress as a CMS with “administrator” accounts only. To make logins even more secure, consider making the “Sign In” page protected.

  • When not logged in, it prevents any and all access to the admin area, or any related URLs .. such as /wp-login.php etc.
  • It provides a shortcode that can be added to a sign-in page, to allow logging in from the front-end.

WARNING: When the plugin is activated, access to the normal login for WordPress is disabled. To allow login access, create a page, for example “Sign In”, and add the shortcode [login_form].

Screenshots

  • Active plugin
  • "Sign In" page
  • Login form

Installation

Use standard WordPress installation

Nothing special.

*** BEFORE YOU ACTIVATE ***

Just make sure you have the [login_form] shortcode on a page.

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Reviews

plain, simple and secure

tedocweb September 3, 2016
Let me be the first to rate this plugin. 5 stars, well earned. We host hundreds of WP websites and use fail2ban to block bots who scan wp-admin and wplogin.php Even that causes a whole lot of load on the servers. This simple plugin works as it should and it lets us easily change the login page in an elegant way. Thank you.
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Contributors & Developers

“Limit wp-admin access” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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  • drmagu

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Changelog

Initial WP dot ORG release

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  • Version: 1.0.5
  • Last updated: 5 years ago
  • Active installations: Fewer than 10
  • WordPress Version: 3.5 or higher
  • Tested up to: 4.1.28
  • Tags:
    Front end loginlogin shortcodesecurity
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