Title: LWS Hide Login
Author: Aurélien LWS
Published: <strong>August 29, 2022</strong>
Last modified: June 25, 2025

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# LWS Hide Login

 By [Aurélien LWS](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aurelienlws/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/lws-hide-login.2.2.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lws-hide-login/)

## Description

Secure your website with this plugin !
 Redirect your users if they try to access
your admin page directly. Choose your own link from your login page and protect 
your website.

#### Dashboard redirection

By default, the **404 page** is displayed when trying to access the administration
or login page without being logged in or with the wrong URL. You can change this
redirection to any page you like.

#### New login address

By default, the login page to access your wordpress dashboard is accessible at the
address of your domain to which we add the suffix **/wp-admin** or **/wp-login.php**.

By changing the login address via the LWS Hide Login plugin, the wp-admin directory
and the wp-login.php page become inaccessible, you will have to use the new URL 
to login. If you deactivate this plugin, your site will be as it was before, accessible
at the old URL.

This plugin is pre-installed when ordering one of these LWS webhosts: [WordPress hosting](https://www.lws.fr/hebergement_wordpress.php),
Classic shared [web hosting](https://www.lws.fr/hebergement_web.php) and [cPanel hosting](https://www.lws.fr/hebergement-cpanel.php)(
soon)

### License

Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

## Screenshots

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 * Home of the LWS Hide Login plugin
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 * How the LWS Hide Login plugin works
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 * Dashboard Redirection & New Login Address

## Installation

There are 3 different ways to install LWS Hide Login (as with any other wordpress.
org plugin).

#### Using the WordPress dashboard

 1. In WordPress, in the Extensions menu, click on “Add”
 2. Search for the ‘LWS Hide Login’ plugin
 3. Click ‘Install Now’
 4. Activate the plugin

#### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

 1. Download the latest version of this [plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/)
 2. In WordPress, in the Extensions menu, click on “Add”
 3. Click on the top button “Upload an extension”
 4. Select the zip file from your computer (zip file from step 1.)
 5. Click ‘Install Now’
 6. Activate the plugin

#### Using FTP

 1. Download the latest version of this [plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/)
 2. Unzip the zip file. This extracts the files from the compressed folder on your 
    computer
 3. Upload the LWS Hide Login folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory in your 
    web space
 4. Activate the plugin in WordPress

## FAQ

### **Why optimize your WordPress site?**

Optimizing your WordPress site allows you to gain speed when loading your pages,
among other things. The shorter this time is the more pleasant the navigation is
for your visitors. It is also a significant asset for your web referencing on Google
and other search engines. Some of the included tools also allow you to reinforce
the security of your WordPress site.

### **What to do if you have forgotten your URL or login? **

To find the login url you modified but forgot, you can go in your MySQL database
and search the value of lws_aff in the options table (sitemeta table if multisite).
Otherwise, you can delete the folder corresponding to the lws-hide-login plugin 
in the WordPress files. So the connection via wp-login.php / wp-admin is restored.
You can then reinstall the plugin.
 Do the same if you have lost your login.

### **Does this plugin need any particular web hosting to work?**

This plugin can be used with all WordPress websites whether they are hosted by LWS
or not. But [LWS hosting](https://www.lws.fr/) offers you many other benefits: free
domain, SSL certificate (https), pro emails based on your domain, low prices, premium
WordPress themes and plugins…

If you want to host your WordPress site with LWS you can choose one of these solutions:

[WordPress hosting](https://www.lws.fr/hebergement_wordpress.php)
 Classic shared
[web hosting](https://www.lws.fr/hebergement_web.php) [cPanel hosting](https://www.lws.fr/hebergement-cpanel.php)

### **Do you have a valid promo code on recommended web hosting?**

Yes, you can enter the coupon code WPEXT15 at checkout (on [LWS](https://www.lws.fr/))
to receive an additional 15% discount (cumulative with current promotional offers!)

### **Where can I get help?**

Find out more about LWS Hide Login by searching for this keyword on our [LWS online help](https://aide.lws.fr/).
A free 7 days / 7 support is also available in France when you have ordered a web
hosting or other service from LWS. Videos are also published regularly on our [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/LwsFrance).

### **Do you have any other plugins to recommend?**

Other WordPress extensions have been created by LWS :

 * **[LWS Tools](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-tools/)** : Get a hold on various
   tools and options to optimize your website. From deactivating emotes or hiding
   sensible informations to deactivating REST API!
 * **[LWS Cleaner](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-cleaner/)** : Helps you clean
   your website and giving it a second youth, fast and easily!
 * **[LWS Affiliation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-affiliation/)** : Easily
   add banners and widgets such as search domain name availability or a summary 
   table of our web hosting plans on your website.
 * **[LWS SMS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-sms/)** : Create SMS templates 
   and configurate your website to send SMS to clients when you want it ! Requires
   [ordering SMS credits](https://www.lws.fr/envoyer-sms-par-internet.php)
 * **[LWS Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lwscache/)** : This plugin works 
   only on servers using the LWSCache system. This cache is pre-installed with shared
   web hosting , WordPress hosting, cPanel (soon) hosting from LWS.

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 * [Tutorials](https://tutoriels.lws.fr/)
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## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Terrible Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/terrible-plugin-75/)󠁿

 [shineandre](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shineandre/) January 28, 2026

It makes my wordpress impossible to find and login even with the right link.

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### 󠀁[Top](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-1690/)󠁿

 [jeamis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeamis/) December 11, 2024

Easy to use! I recommend it!

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### 󠀁[Need to review useless](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-to-review-useless/)󠁿

 [abdulnraouf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abdulnraouf/) August 21, 2024 1 reply

It seems compulsory to review to hide stuffs on the Dashboard

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### 󠀁[Très bon petit plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tres-bon-petit-plugin/)󠁿

 [saponniere](https://profiles.wordpress.org/saponniere/) June 11, 2024

Fonctionne très bien. Essentiel pour sécuriser la page admin

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### 󠀁[Very simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-simple-142/)󠁿

 [cheick227](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cheick227/) June 5, 2024

Very simple to use. Thank you

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### 󠀁[simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-573/)󠁿

 [solen63](https://profiles.wordpress.org/solen63/) May 13, 2024

parfait

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## Contributors & Developers

“LWS Hide Login” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Aurélien LWS ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aurelienlws/)

[Translate “LWS Hide Login” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lws-hide-login)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lws-hide-login/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lws-hide-login/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lws-hide-login/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lws-hide-login/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2.3

 * Now check the given values for the new URLs to make sure they are not the same
 * Now cannot set the new URL to one of the login URL from WordPress (wp-admin, 
   wp-login.php, …)

#### 2.2

 * Fixed a problem when hiding pages/articles behind a password, where the form 
   would break

#### 2.1.9

 * Small update to fix the missing CSS in network mode
 * Fix small issue when accessing certain pages of the website in multisite that
   would reveal the new login URL

#### 2.1.8

 * Update compatibility up to 6.3
 * Translations fixed
 * Minor UI adjustement

#### 2.1.7

 * Minor CSS fix
 * Fixed CSRF vulnerabilities we missed

#### 2.1.6

 * Minor CSS update

#### 2.1.5

 * Minor improvements

#### 2.1

 * Preventive measures for security
 * Added a new plugin to “Our plugins”

#### 2.0.2

 * Added missing translations
 * Added indication when plugin installation failed in “Our plugins”
 * Install button for ad blocks and “Our plugins” synchronized

#### 2.0.1

 * Corrected the Warning when disconnecting
 * Added missing redirection with ‘/login’

#### 2.0

 * Rework of the plugin
 * New design

#### 1.1.2

 * Stability update

#### 1.0.1

 * Minor changes
 * Adding banner

#### 1.0

 * Plugin created and published

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2.4**
 *  Last updated **10 months ago**
 *  Active installations **20,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [LWS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/lws/)[security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lws-hide-login/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.7 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Aurélien LWS ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aurelienlws/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lws-hide-login/)