Title: Disabling wp-admin
Last modified: June 16, 2020

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# Disabling wp-admin

 *  Resolved [Purnendu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/impurnendu/)
 * (@impurnendu)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-admin/)
 * Hi,
    Is there any way to hide wp-admin url visibility? I am using WP Hide & Security
   Enhancers plugin to hide wp-admin. But after doing that, Wordfence became inaccessible!

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 *  [wfdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfdave/)
 * (@wfdave)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-admin/#post-13002812)
 * Hi [@impurnendu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/impurnendu/),
 * As per Wordfence’s recommendations, you really shouldn’t try to hide your login
   page / admin page URLs.
 * [https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/10/should-you-hide-wordpress-login-page/](https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/10/should-you-hide-wordpress-login-page/)
 * What ends up happening is that you break something that depends on the wp-admin/
   url, and the security that you get is negligible.
 * Dave
 *  Thread Starter [Purnendu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/impurnendu/)
 * (@impurnendu)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-admin/#post-13003553)
 * But I don’t want to allow visitors to visit wp-admin url and redirected to wp-
   login.php
 * In “WP Cerber Security” plugin there is an option to block wp-admin direct access
   without logged in as Administrator. Otherwise wp-admin url shows 404 error!
 *  [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/)
 * (@wfgerald)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-admin/#post-13026616)
 * Hey [@impurnendu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/impurnendu/),
 * We don’t currently support something like this. And typically, as Dave mentioned,
   it really doesn’t help much security-wise, though you may have your own reasons.
   Either way, I can definitely file a feature request.
 * Please let us know if you have any other thoughts, or anything else comes up.
 * Thanks,
 * Gerroald
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/).

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 * Last reply from: [WFGerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfgerald/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-admin/#post-13026616)
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