I don’t think that you can rename that file, but there are ways to harden WordPress security. I would review the content here – http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress and look at the list of resources at the bottom.
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lukemv
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The best solution appears to be “BasicAuth…” but this has a negative effect within admin editing for the in-page pop-up “add media” window. When I try to insert an image into a page I am editing, it just hangs.
Any work arounds?
lukemv wrote:
I am trying to hide the login page (…com/wp-login.php) from being seen. Is there a way to easily rename the file or link so that people can’t access this page?
There are several plugins you could try. Be warned, one uses .htaccess and mod_rewrite. But using mod_rewrite is an alternative if you really don’t need anyone but yourself to access it.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lockdown-wp-admin/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/protect-you-wordpress-site-with-wsecure-authentication?replies=1
lukemv wrote:
The best solution appears to be “BasicAuth…” but this has a negative effect within admin editing for the in-page pop-up “add media” window. When I try to insert an image into a page I am editing, it just hangs.
Any work arounds?
You may have to whitelist some of the files within wp-admin, but I’m not currently having that issue. See if you can use Firebug to see which files are being called and look to see if any of them are from wp-admin.
You may need to whitelist the file async-upload.php:
<FilesMatch “^async-upload\.php$”>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</FilesMatch>
