Live Site Shows Login Link to Admin.

  • JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)


    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hello

    While testing the live version of my website I discovered that a ‘Login’ link appears on my menu that I never added. When I clicked it (from a different computer but on the same Wi-Fi connection), I was taken to wp-login page. Whereas I was hoping this was the registration page for the users.

    My guess is that the root cause can be the WordPress Address (URL) and Website Address (URL) that can be found at Settings > General. In my case, it is the same: my domain.

    When I installed WordPress, (I think) it didn’t ask me where to install it.

    Currently WordPress and my theme share the same directory on my C-Panel: www.

    When I went to Appearance > Widgets I discovered Meta widget was not active: it was just in the Available Widgets area.

    I still clicked on it and changed the properties to Inactive Widgets. Then I checked by logging out of my account but the Log In link still appears.

    Then I discovered that when I make it inactive, a copy of it goes to the Inactive Widgets are but the original remains the same.
    Should I delete the Meta Widget? Or is there a way that to manually remove it?

    Please help me solve this problem.

    Thanks.

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  • EMG

    (@emg)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hi there! 🙂

    Let’s see if we can troubleshoot this a bit more.

    1) Do you have any other widgets activated?

    If you don’t and you activate some other widgets, does the Meta widget panel (that IS the one showing up, right?) show up for you, still?

    2) Check your sidebar.php file – what do you see?

    Some themes hard-code the Meta widgets to appear automatically if there are no other widgets enabled by default.

    Thread Starter JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    No widgets activated.

    sidebar.php

    if ( isset( $woo_options[‘woo_layout’] ) && ( $woo_options[‘woo_layout’] != ‘layout-full’ ) ) {
    ?>
    <aside id=”sidebar” class=”col-right”>

    <?php woo_sidebar_inside_before(); ?>

    <?php if ( woo_active_sidebar( ‘primary’ ) ) { ?>
    <div class=”primary”>
    <?php woo_sidebar( ‘primary’ ); ?>
    </div>
    <?php } // End IF Statement ?>

    <?php woo_sidebar_inside_after(); ?>

    </aside><!– /#sidebar –>
    <?php } // End IF Statement ?>

    Thread Starter JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Nothing there I suppose.

    EMG

    (@emg)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hi again! 🙂

    So I am thinking that perhaps the Meta widgets are being displayed by default since you have no other Widgets activated.

    What happens when you activate another Widget of your choosing?

    Does the Meta widget disappear or stay in your sidebar?

    Thread Starter JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    I haven’t really gotten down to activating any widgets yet. And as for Meta Widget ‘showing up,’ I am not even sure it is the doings of Meta Widget. Someone brought this up and I checked it out and mentioned it here so that if someone feels the same, they know that I have already tried this route.

    My problem is that whenever anyone anywhere in the world accesses my site, they see a login link. When they click on it, they are taken to the WP Login page and asked to enter username/password.

    I want to get rid of this link and can’t really do so as it doesn’t appear in any menu structure.

    Thread Starter JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    By sidebar if you mean WP sidebar, it doesn’t appear. No widgets appear at all. Just plugin. If you mean my site, there is absolutely nothing. Sorry but I am kind’a newbie.

    Thread Starter JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    And the thing is that I can’t activate any widgets. Like I try but nothing appears neither in WP nor on site.

    Thread Starter JadeDade

    (@jawwad-daud)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    When I try to drag the Meta Widget to the Inactive Widget area, the No Entry kind’a sign appears.

    EMG

    (@emg)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    No, don’t be sorry that you’re a newbie; we’ve all been newbies to WordPress before. 🙂

    As this is a bit of a potential security issue, I’m going to tag this thread so hopefully someone more knowledgeable can maybe help you troubleshoot.

    Josh

    (@josh401)

    12 years, 1 month ago

    I’m pretty sure the meta widgets will display as placeholders in some themes until you add another widget.

    Also, you can delete the meta widget.. there will always be one available for activation from the available widgets area that you can add again if you need.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    12 years, 1 month ago

    Please continue on the original topic.

    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-takes-users-to-wordpress-login?replies=5

    I’m closing this duplicate as it makes it harder to provide support when you have multiple topics open for the same thing.

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