Hi freestone,
I have been using the rename login feature for years on at least 3 sites and in some cases I haven’t logged in for months either on some of those sites and I haven’t seen that issue.
It’s difficult to diagnose a problem if one can’t reproduce it.
At the time this issue happens, which plugins were active on your site?
Hi Author,
I just have one issue I would like you to help me with. This is mostly part of my own fault but I hope you can help. I changed the wp login link with the advanced link that usually gives you a special link with some special ? I think alongside the username you choose to login.
My problem is that I didn’t store that link somewhere and I am having problems getting the right format of the link again. I remember the name I used so I was thinking since you wrote the plugin, can you give me an example of how the generated login link should be?
With that i think it would be easy for me to just replace the link with my own url and chosen username.
Thanks a lot.
Hi, what do you mean by.
I changed the wp login link with the advanced link that usually gives you a special link with some special
Are you referring to the Rename Login Page feature under Brute Force?
Yes, That is what I am referring to.
All you have to do is think of some custom name that is not easy for anyone to know or figure out.
Yes I did that already, and I changed to a custom name of my choice. The issue here is I forgot the format of the custom link that was generated
Initially, I just changed the wp-login url to login. So I usually login with https://mysite.com/login
But later on I used the advanced brute force option I think and added a secret secret name which I think requires that I access my login page via some special link generated by the plugin alongside my secret name or word.
Issue is, I have forgotten the format of that link. Any help?
The format would be something like this.
[www.yoursite.com/secretword]
For more explanation,
My .htaccess has something like this which I feel might be helpful for you to understand.
#AIOWPS_ENABLE_BRUTE_FORCE_PREVENTION_START
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (wp-admin|wp-login)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(wp-admin/admin-ajax.php)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !iAmijawBoi= [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !aiowps_cookie_test_k11d09pusl= [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://127.0.0.1 [L]
#AIOWPS_ENABLE_BRUTE_FORCE_PREVENTION_END
[www.yoursite.com/secretword] doest work.
It just redirects to a 404 error page
Yes I understand it is impossible to diagnose something you can’t recreate. I just have no clue why this happens sometime. I am guessing it has something to do with WP updating automatically but really have no idea. It is however frustrating. Do you have any idea why it simply does not work at all with FireFox. I always end up at 127… in fireworks even on sites that are working properly on chrome.
Thanks much…great extension.
@iamzee just erase the plugin via FTP and you can log in with the normal WP login of http://www.site.com/wp-login.php . Then you can copy the extension back in place after you log in. Then double check what you set the new name to.
@freestone do you ever clear the browser cache when this happens in FireFox?
Next time it happens can you check your .htaccess file. Make sure that WordPress default permalink entry is till added.
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
I think for some unknown reason in some cases the permalink is removed. Your issue might be related to this support thread.
Thanks much. I am making note of this in my onenote file and will try it.
Hi,
any suggestions or solutions to my issue yet? Can I have the format of the link the plugin generates for cookie brute force protections?
If you enabled the cookie based brute force protection feature the login link will look like:
yoursite.com/?secretword=1
