Title: Disabling wp-login
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Disabling wp-login

 *  [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * (@kathtam)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/)
 * I have a problem with a bot probing for a log in account on [http://www.finditknysna.co.za](http://www.finditknysna.co.za).
   I use the Login Lock plug in to block an IP address.
 * And I am getting multiple alerts.
 * I have already removed wp-login.php but they still come. Does anyone know how
   to prevent this bot from submitting login combinations.

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 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672088)
 * I use[ WordFence](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) and it will block
   them automatically.
 *  Thread Starter [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * (@kathtam)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672144)
 * I am blocking them but them are using multiple IP addresses and despite having
   removed to log in page (wp-login.php) they keep coming there must be another 
   file I need to disable to stop them.
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672184)
 * How are you blocking them?
 *  Thread Starter [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * (@kathtam)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672210)
 * I use log-in lock which blocks their IP address. They are using multiple IP’s
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672257)
 * You might try this one also …you can set the time it takes to fill in the form
   and if its too fast its a Bot and get blocked and blacklisted.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/)
 *  Thread Starter [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * (@kathtam)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672258)
 * Thx. The blocking is working. What I need to do is to disable the log in function.
   I have removed the log in page by deleting wp-admin.php. But the bot has found
   a way around that.
 * The blacklisting is working. But the bot switches IP addresses and just keeps
   coming.
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672260)
 * > The blacklisting is working. But the bot switches IP addresses and just keeps
   > coming.
 * I’ve offered you two solutions to this and it appears that you are not interested
   in exploring them. You can delete all the files on your site and the Bots will
   still probe the site. Perhaps someone else might be able to give you what you
   are looking for.
 *  Thread Starter [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * (@kathtam)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672263)
 * I might have misunderstood you but what does Wordfence do to block a bot? Login
   Lock shuts it out and and triggers an admin alert. Does Wordfence operate differently?
 * I just figured it would be easier to remove the functionality that enables the
   login.
 *  [teamdoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teamdoc/)
 * (@teamdoc)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672264)
 * Better is to protect website with server level access permission on wp-login.
   php file. Or you can use Login lockdown plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * (@kathtam)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672266)
 * When you say it is better to use server level permissions on the wp-login.php
   file, what do you mean? How would one do it? My solution after Login Lock was
   to get rid of the login page.
 * But it didn’t work for this site.
 * Is it possible to close the site by removing all login access? I have deleted
   wp-login.php

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 10 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [kathtam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kathtam/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wp-login/#post-5672266)
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