Hello everyone! Congratulations, that moment has arrived! If you have created your own site, or ordered it from a specialist, the day has come when it is ready, it is in front of you, and now the most interesting work will begin! The first thing a beginner needs to know is how to access the WordPress admin area.
WordPress admin login links:
http://site.ru/wp-login.php
or
http://site.ru/wp-admin(replace site.ru with your domain)
Even if only https://site.ru loads on your page, where site.ru is your site, it’s easy to enter the admin panel. Enter the magic phrase http://site.ru/wp-login.php into the browser line, and you will be taken to the resource access page. Now you will need to enter your username and password to it in the form that will open on the page.
There is also an alternative way. On WordPress, the entrance to the admin area can also be seen at the following link http://site.ru/wp-admin/.
It is worth remembering these simple tips if you plan to periodically clear your browser history, clear your cookies, or work on your project from different computers. Because every time you have to go through this control panel login procedure again.
Can't login to the site admin?
- It may be that the login link has been changed. This is done by the developer to improve protection. If you once changed the login link, then you will need to change it through the Database or try writing to the hosting support.
- You could have been hacked and you need to either restore access via email, or roll back the site (backup). As a result, always change the login information (login and password). To restore access to the site, try these
How do I get the login username and password?
This is the same data that you specified when installing WordPress on hosting. If you ordered this work from a specialist, he must provide you with this information. Often this is the standard login “admin”, and the password “admin” that matches it. Therefore, in order to avoid hacking in the future, when your website becomes popular, replace your login and password with new ones, be sure to keep these data with you. Even if you think that there is no particular interest for a hacker on it, it happens that web pages get into the stream and become infected with viruses. Therefore, it is worth thinking about security in advance.
In order not to remember your new login and password every time you enter the site, and not to enter them again, I recommend that you check the "Remember" box. This is especially true when your password is alphanumeric and using additional characters. If you save them in this check-block, then when you get to the login page of the admin panel, you will automatically be able to enter the page - just click the "Login" button.
Now you know how to enter the WordPress admin panel, and you can manage the resource by adding media files, categories and articles, work with widgets and install plugins.
Just in case, if you still lost your login and password data (if you independently installed the site on hosting and provided a working e-mail), then look in the mail for an email with an active login link, this information will be there.
The WordPress admin panel is a secure section of the site. In it, the webmaster works with the content of the resource - adds new pages, uploads media files, edits the code, installs and configures plugins. Webmasters get access to the admin panel of the site after installing the CMS - a combination of login and password, a link to enter the console are sent to the specified mail. The site owner can add new users by creating accounts for them and defining roles - administrator, editor, author, seo specialist. This feature makes it easier to work on a large-scale resource.
If you just installed the WordPress CMS and don't know what to do next, I suggest you study this guide. You will learn how to enter the admin panel and configure it, what errors sometimes make it impossible to log in to the console, and what to do to protect the site from hacking.
To enter the WordPress admin panel, type in the link in the address bar http://yoursite/wp-login.php or http://yoursite/wp-admin/, where instead of "your_site" is the domain name (address) of your site.A page with a login form for the admin panel will open. Enter your login and password into the form fields, which you received by email after installing the CMS, and click on the "Login" button.
In it, you can add new site pages, edit texts, change the template, add new CSS, etc. The console interface is clear and simple, thanks to a logical structure. Even if you have never worked with WordPress CMS before, you can understand the main functions in 2-3 days without reading user manuals.
Why can't I login to admin?
Problem #1: Wrong URL entered to login to the admin panel
Most often, users incorrectly enter the link to enter the admin panel. The page cannot be opened due to an incorrectly spelled protocol - for example, https instead of http, - the domain name of the site, or extra characters in the link. By clicking on the link, you will see "Unable to load page" or a similar picture.
Solution:check if the URL is correct. Use to enter the admin panel links like http://your_site/wp-login.php or http://your_site/wp-admin/.
Problem number 2: the login or password is incorrect
Due to errors made when entering a login or password, it will not be possible to enter the admin panel. The system will display a warning and prompt you to follow the link to restore access.
Solution:find in the e-mail specified during the installation of the CMS a letter with the data for entering the admin area. If you deleted it, follow the link "Forgot your password?" and follow the instructions to restore access to your account.
Problem #3: cache and cookies
Disabled cookies can become a problem when logging into the admin area. Just like a non-updated browser cache.
Solution:check if cookies are enabled in your browser settings, clear cache and cookies. After that, try to log in to the admin panel again.
Problem #4: The wp-login.php file is corrupted
If the wp-login.php file, which is intended for authorization in the CMS, is damaged, deleted or moved to another folder, you will not be able to enter the administrative panel. In this case, the page with the authorization form does not even open.
Solution:replace the wp-login.php file with a new one, but before that make a backup. To do this, log in to the hosting control panel, find the "Hosting backups" section in the menu and follow the instructions provided by the hosting. Most often, the backup will be created automatically.
When the system saves the data, you will receive a letter with the archive to the mail specified during registration.
To download the latest version of the WordPress CMS where there was no error, simply select the desired backup.If the login problem was in the wp-login.php file, then after such changes you will be able to log into the admin panel.
Problem #5: Installed theme update is incompatible with your version of WordPress
Sometimes the latest theme updates are not compatible with the version of WordPress you have installed. This conflict can also cause login problems.
Solution:reverting to the default theme may solve the problem. Go to folder wp-content/themes, rename the theme folder and try to log in again in the admin panel. If the problem with the login was caused by a theme update, then after making the changes, you will easily log into the console.
How to change the administrator password
There are three ways to change the password for entering the WordPress admin panel - through the password recovery form, through phpMyAdmin, and also in the console settings after authorization. The easiest way is to request a new password on the admin login page. We have already briefly considered it above - you just need to click on the link "Forgot your password?" and follow the CMS instructions.
phpMyAdmin
Another way to change your password without logging into the admin panel is with phpMyAdmin. To do this, you will have to log in to the hosting control panel, click on the "MySQL Management" section and click on "phpMyAdmin Editor". An authorization form will open in a new tab, in which you need to drive in a username and password.
In the menu on the left, find the wp_users folder, double-click on it, select the user for which you want to change the password. Double click on the user_pass field and set a new password. Save your changes.
In control panel
Scroll down the page and find the "Account Management" section and click on the "Create Password" button.
Enter a new password in the field that opens and save the changes.
To make it more convenient to work with the content of the site, customize the appearance of the administrative panel. Edit the main screen of the console by clicking on the "Screen Settings" button and unchecking the boxes you want to hide.
All changes are displayed in real time. The positions of the blocks on the main screen can be easily changed - just drag them to the right place.
Go to the "Users - Your profile" section.
Choose the color scheme you like, change the language if necessary, check the box next to the "Hot keys" item to speed up the work with content in the editor. Save the changes by clicking the "Update profile" button.
In the pop-up "Help" section, hints are hidden that make it easier to work in the WordPress admin panel.
Click on it if you are having difficulty navigating the console or interpreting individual elements in a section.
How to protect the admin panel from hacking
Any site, including yours, can be hacked. To protect your data from intruders, follow a few best practices. First, change the login page URL. To do this, you will have to rename the wp-login.php file - for example, to 123-wp.php - and then in the code editor replace all references to the old name with the new one.
Secondly, hide the admin login page. Edit the .htaccess file by pasting the following code into it:
# Hide admin URL startIn the code, instead of my_admin_url, specify the new address where the site will be available; my_secret_key replace with a complex key of numbers and Latin letters (do not forget to save it); instead ofsite.comspecify the site domain; and if you changed the URL of the login page in the filewp-login.php, change the old name to the new one.
Thirdly, do not use simple logins like admin, user, administrator, etc. In this case, the attacker will only have to guess the password.
Fourth, set a complex login password. It has been detailed above how to do this.
Fifth, set access by IP. It should only be used if the content of the site is managed by one person.
An additional method of protection is the installation of plugins. Most often webmasters use plugins Captcha, WPS Hide Login, Login LockDown, Lock Down Admin, Hide My WP. They are easy to find in the catalog by name, install and activate.
The WordPress CMS admin panel is not as scary and incomprehensible as it might seem at first glance. Now you know how to customize the console to your needs in order to quickly and easily edit content on the site.
Greetings! Recently, I often receive letters from newbies with such a question - how to go to the WordPress admin panel? Someone does not understand how to do it at all, and someone forgot the login and password for entering the site control panel ... Yes, this also happens =) Actually, I decided to write this post and in which case I will throw a link to it!
We all know that CMS WordPress is very popular, this is primarily due to the fact that this engine is very convenient and does not require special knowledge of web programming! However, it is at the stage of acquaintance with this system that beginners meet the first pitfalls and even the simplest tasks cause difficulties and the search for a solution.
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If you don't know how to access the WordPress admin panel for any reason, then this article is for you! Let's now look at all the possible ways to log in ...
The standard way to log into the WordPress admin
As far as I know, there are two standard ways to enter the administrative part of the site (admin panel).
Method number 1- If you just , then on your blog, in the sidebar there should be a block “Meta widget”. This widget usually contains the following entries:
In order to log in using the Meta widget, you should click on the "Login" link, after which you will be redirected to a new page, where a small login and password window will appear at the top of the screen, and the WP logo will appear on top. Enter your administrator username and password! Everything is as simple as two and two =)
After logging into the WordPress admin panel, I highly recommend deleting the "Meta" widget and using the second method!
Method number 2- We go to the admin panel using the address bar of the browser. This entry option is the safest and most correct!
- http://your site name/wp-admin/
- http://your-site-url/wp-login.php
I strongly advise against bookmarking your browser with this address! It is better to write down all the login data in a notebook or notepad! But not on a computer...
How to log in if you forgot your password or login
Anything happens in life, it happened that you forgot your password or login to log in to WordPress... Don't despair, there are no hopeless situations! There are several ways to regain access.
Option number 1- You can restore access using the administrator's E-mail:
Option number 2- More advanced, if all else fails, use the phpMyAdmin database!
We go to the hosting in the phpMyAdmin control panel and select the database of the required project.
- You will see a list of site tables, where we find a line called wp_users.
- We find ourselves in this list and click on the panel - "change".
And here is your data =) I hope my article helped you and you solved your problem with logging in =) See you soon in a new article!
More and more Internet users and bloggers use this remote administration system. With the help of Worldpress, you can upload articles, video and audio files, photos. The editor also allows you to track visitors and capture their activity. The most important advantage of the system is that you can edit texts and photos without using additional software. Enough editor tools.
Using the system
Many webmasters are well aware of a wonderful tool for quickly creating and editing websites and blogs. This is the Wordpress editor. Its main feature is the ability to edit text and pictures online. With a wide range of webmaster tools, the editor allows you to effortlessly create a colorful, structured and informative web page.
The scope of the editor is quite wide. It is used by site administrators and moderators. Also, the web page management system is popular with bloggers and those who work remotely. All you need to get started is to download and install special software. For ordinary users, it's even easier - go to the start page of the editor of the hosting you are interested in and register. You will receive credentials, and with them the ability to create and edit your own page. That's all, the Wordpress admin panel is available. Many companies offer users hosting with Wordpress installed for hosting websites and blogs. More and more commercial organizations are installing the Wordpress content management system on their corporate pages.
Other programs for managing web pages
There are many content management systems (SMC). As an alternative to managing a web page, there is, for example, "1C-Bitrix" - a system that coordinates with the "1C-Enterprise" program. Almost all organizations have such a database, but its administration requires special knowledge. Also, this system is cumbersome, and slow, unlike Wordpress. Login to the admin panel is all you need to get started. Russian webmasters are well aware of Joolma, Amira and many other management systems. Working with them also requires special training and does not involve the connection of an ordinary user. Wordpress editor allows you to do without additional skills. Installing it is quite simple. You only need basic knowledge of the computer in order for the Wordpress admin panel to become available.
How to get access?
To understand how the system works, it is necessary to structure it. You need to understand that the program itself is installed on the server where the site is hosted. The user, opening a page with a specific address, simply connects to the system remotely. Without providing user credentials, the program will not be able to recognize you and open your blog specifically. There can be many pages edited by different bloggers. That's what identification is made in Wordpress for. Login to the admin panel does not require captcha or SMS confirmation. It is enough to enter the password.
To open the Wordpress admin panel, just enter its address in the browser. It looks like this: http://your blog/wp-login.php.
Or like this: http://your blog/wp-admin.php.
In some versions, there is such a form: http://your blog/login.
You will see a window with Wordpress, there you need to enter the username and password of the site. After that, you will find yourself in the control panel of your site. Here you can create a new page or edit an existing one.
If you are a user
Installation information is more useful for administrators. is intuitive to all users of standard office applications, difficulties may arise mainly with logging into the system. Most calls to technical support are related to the fact that the Wordpress admin panel does not open. This problem occurs for beginners and for those who started working in the editor a long time ago, but forgot their credentials. There is nothing reprehensible in this, all beginners face a similar problem.
If you are an ordinary user who remotely edits your blog using Wordpress, you will not be able to log into the hosting. To remember your password, use the reminder system. To recover your password, first of all, you need to go to the editor's home page: http://your blog/wp-login.php or simply: http://your site/login. Below, under the window for entering credentials, the path will be indicated. Just click on "Forgot password". Enter the email address provided during registration. You will be sent a link to change your credentials. Follow the link to change your credentials. Memorize or write them down. Your password is valid again. That's why you provided your email address when registering. After recovering your account, go back to the home page and re-enter your username and password. Now you can start editing the site.
How to login as an administrator?
If you have forgotten your login details for the administration panel, you can find them out. All information is stored in a database on the hosting. If you are the site administrator at the same time, go to the control panel of the hosting hosting the editor, then in phpMyAdmin, find the wp_users table and click on the "edit" button. After that, you can safely copy the username and password to manage your site.
Have problems remained?
Even if you do everything right, problems may remain. Most of them are related to the fact that the Wordpress admin panel does not work. or a message from the host will not please those who are trying to do their job on time. Upon entering, you will see an inscription stating that it is impossible to work in the editor for one reason or another. There can be several reasons to change the WordPress admin area:
- Paid hosting may expire a subscription. In this case, you again need to get into the hosting control panel. Remember if you received any relevant warnings from the hosting company. If there is a message about the expiration of the paid period, you should renew your subscription.
- The entry says that maintenance work is being carried out, you need to wait for the end of the technical break.
- Login to the administration panel can be replaced by a hoster. This is done in the event of a virus attack or hacking of the site. You should contact the hosting technical support to clarify the terms for restoring the site and new credentials.
- Damage to the site as a result of a virus attack, temporary suspension of its work for troubleshooting. Contact the technical support of the hoster to clarify the situation. It is possible that the hosting company itself will send a notification by mail about the possibility of further work in Wordpress. How to enter the admin panel after troubleshooting, you already know.
There is access, but the page cannot be edited
There is one more problem - you have entered the site and the console, but you cannot edit the entry. The reason is simple - someone else is editing the same page. This can happen if you work in a team and your work is controlled by an editor. In this case, you should contact a superior employee to clarify the situation. The reason for this error is by no means Wordpress. The address of the admin panel may have the same look for everyone working on the site, but the address of your profile or article is unique and cannot be confused. The post you create can be edited either by you or by an editor with more privileges, such as a site moderator. If your content does not comply with the rules for posting information or is contrary to the law, it may be removed or edited.
You saved your changes, but they are not visible
According to user feedback, this problem is also observed in Wordpress. How to enter the admin panel is not the most difficult aspect of the work. The situation is not connected with the program itself, but with web page caching mechanisms that are widespread everywhere. After editing the picture, the changes are not reflected in the preview, and the picture retains its original appearance. One solution might be to reset your account. You will have to leave the Wordpress editor. How to enter the admin panel again, you already know.
Grand total
Today, Internet resources are actively developing and interacting with the user. Fresh news, tips, stories from personal life will regularly appear on your page. Of all the site management tools, the editor available to everyone is the best solution. No wonder webmasters use Wordpress so widely. How to enter the admin panel is the only thing you need to know.
To log in to your WordPress dashboard, in your browser's address bar, type site_url/wp-admin/(in our case it is test1.ru/wp-admin/, and don't forget to run DENWER). First of all, you get to the main page of the console, it looks like this.
Here are collected what, according to WordPress developers, webmasters use most often, and the panel meets you welcome, which offers to start acquaintance with the admin panel right now. In addition to the main page, there are many other pages in the panel, which can be accessed through the admin panel menu located on the left.
Regardless of which part of the panel you are in, you will have access to several of its elements.
- Screen setup. Clicking on the button will open the settings panel. Its interface will change depending on the page on which you opened it.
For example, customizing the home page screen means enabling/disabling its elements.
At the page Entries More screen settings.
- Help. Contains links to the support forum and documentation for the current topic. Help, unfortunately, opens in English, but the forum is in Russian.
- . A kind of quick access panel. From it, as well as from the main page, you can quickly go to the most popular sections of the admin panel, as well as open profile settings or go from the admin panel to the site itself.
The advantage (and for some, the disadvantage) of this panel is that it is displayed even when you are on the site, and not in the admin panel. You can turn it off if needed. To do this, open Users -> Your profile, uncheck the box on the displayed page Show the top bar when browsing the site and press Update Profile.
Now the top panel will be in the admin panel, but not on the site.
- . Located on the left. It can be collapsed by pressing the button of the same name (its lowest item). Then it will be displayed with icons without inscriptions, but will not completely disappear (screenshot below).
There are no more important elements common to all pages of the control panel, and it's time to dwell on the main menu in more detail, describing each of its items so that you can familiarize yourself with the administration capabilities of a site built on WordPress.
- Console. Consists of two tabs - home and Updates. Pro Home we have already said - the user gets to it immediately after entering the admin panel. On the tab Updates collected information about the available new versions of both the engine itself and the plugins and themes installed on it. If there are updates, a number appears next to the tab name indicating the number of updates.
On the tab, you can not only find out the details of available updates, but also apply them.
In our case, an update has been released for the Akismet plugin that protects the blog from spam. After the update procedure, the number next to the tab name disappeared.
- Entries. This item and its submenus allow you to manage blog entries: add new ones, view, edit or delete existing ones. You can also set up categories and tags here. Headings are categories into which entries can be distributed for ease of search and navigation. Headings can be added to the site menu. Tags are tags - keywords that improve resource navigation and make it possible to find similar articles.
- media files. WordPress allows you to add not only text to pages, but also pictures, music, videos, and other files. Paragraph media files contains two subsections: Library and Add new. Library allows you to manage all uploaded files directly from the admin panel. You can replenish the collection by looking at the page Add new.
- Pages. Obviously, item tools allow you to create and edit pages, but it's not obvious how they differ from posts. Imagine a blog. Every day some interesting information is published there, and each new article belongs to one of the headings established on the site. These are records. But in addition to posts, almost every blog has "About us", "Contacts", "Advertising". These are pages. They do not belong to categories, are not displayed in the blog feed, and are usually not commented on. It is for the management of such pages that the item in question is responsible.
- Comments. Needs no explanation - you are the moderator here.
- Appearance. An important and functional tab, with the help of elements of which you can almost completely change the design of the site. It allows you to choose a theme, customize menus and widgets (these are movable information blocks, such as a search block, recent comments, or a calendar), change the name of the site, add a logo and background, and use the editor to manually edit the theme files. By default, WordPress has three themes, but you can add others - there are about four thousand of them available from the described panel alone.
To change the theme, hover over the theme you like and click Activate.
- Plugins. Plugins are add-ons that extend the functionality of WordPress. For example, they wanted photos to open beautifully - installed a plugin, decided to integrate the site with social networks - installed a plugin, decided to add a forum to the blog - installed a plugin, etc. Like themes, there are thousands of extensions for WordPress. The submenu in question allows you to manage installed and add new plugins. Also from it you can get into the editor to edit the add-on code, but this fun is only available to web developers, because most plugins are one or more PHP files.
- Tools. Allows you to use additional features of the engine. For example, here you can import posts and comments from your other site to this one, export blog content to a file, quickly embed material from the Internet into your post, or convert categories to tags.
- Settings. Allows you to manage a large number of important blog settings. For example, here you can set up the principle of link generation, the content of the main page, set the default image sizes, change the site address and the location of the blog on it, set the date and time.
All these items together make up the functionality of the WordPress administration panel, you will use them in the process of working on the site. After installing the plugins, the menu can be updated with new items.
