Title: Hide Backend issue
Last modified: August 21, 2017

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# Hide Backend issue

 *  [stuartgh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuartgh/)
 * (@stuartgh)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-backend-issue/)
 * After I select Save Settings to Hide Backend Feature and then logout everything
   seems to work – but on the next visit the login page URL reverts to the standard
   login page. What I am I doing wrong please?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhide-backend-issue%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [palm254](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palm254/)
 * (@palm254)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-backend-issue/#post-9440070)
 * I have the same issue. Any help yet?
 *  [Johannes Jülg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timse201/)
 * (@timse201)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-backend-issue/#post-9455786)
 * Please keep in mind that hide backend was changed in 6.3.0
 * changelog:
    Important: The way that Hide Backend functions changes in this release.
   Previously, if your Hide Backend Login Slug was wplogin, going to example.com/
   wplogin would result in the URL remaining example.com/wplogin. The new implementation
   of this feature results in a redirect to a URL that looks as follows: example.
   com/wp-login.php?itsec-hb-token=wplogin. While this may not be desireable for
   some users, this change was necessary to fix longstanding compatibility issues
   with other plugins. Once you access the login page using the Login Slug page,
   a cookie is set with an expiration time of one hour. As long as the cookie remains,
   you can access example.com/wp-login.php without having to access the Hide Backend
   Login Slug first. If you wish to confirm that Hide Backend is working properly
   on your site, opening up a private browsing window is a quick way to test without
   having to log out and clear cookies.

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 * Last reply from: [Johannes Jülg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timse201/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-backend-issue/#post-9455786)
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