“How do I login to WordPress?” is one of the most common WordPress questions that we get asked. Beginners often have a hard time finding their WordPress login page URL. In this article, we will show you how to find your WordPress login URL.
Why do you need the login URL?
The login page is the door between your website and the management dashboard of your site also known as the admin area. Once logged in, you can create new posts, add new pages, change your design, add plugins, etc.
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How to Find the WordPress Login link?
On a typical WordPress install with a good web hosting provider, all you need to do is add /login/ or /admin/ to the end of your site URL.
For example:
www.example.com/admin/
www.example.com/login/
Both of these URLs will redirect you to the WordPress login page. If for some reason, your WordPress login url is not working properly, then you can easily access the WordPress login page by going to this URL:
www.example.com/wp-login.php
Now if you installed WordPress in a subdirectory such as /wordpress/, then you would need to access your WordPress blog login page like this:
www.example.com/wordpress/login/
www.example.com/wordpress/wp-login.php
If you installed WordPress on a sub-domain, then you can access the WordPress admin login page like so:
subdomain.example.com/login/
subdomain.example.com/wp-login.php
Once you are logged in, you will be redirected to the WordPress admin area of your site which is located in the wp-admin folder.
You can directly access your admin area by entering the website URL like this:
www.example.com/admin/
www.example.com/wp-admin/
This URL checks if you were previously logged in, and if your session is still alive. If both are true, then you will be redirected to the WordPress dashboard. If your session has expired, then you will be redirected to the WordPress login page.
How to Remember the WordPress Login Page in WordPress
If you find it difficult to remember your WordPress login link, then we recommend you add a bookmark to your browser’s bookmark bar. Alternatively, you can add your WordPress login link on your website footer, sidebar, or in the menu. There are two very easy ways to do this.
First option is adding your WordPress login link to your menus. Simply login to your WordPress admin area and go to Appearance » Menus.
Next click on the Link tab to expand it and add your WordPress login link and text. Once you are done, click on the Add to Menu button to add this link to your menu. Also don’t forget to click on the Save Menu button.
Second option is to use the default widget called Meta. This widget adds a link to the login page, links to your site’s RSS feeds, and a link to WordPress.org website.
Start by going to Appearance » Widgets and drag the meta widget to your website’s sidebar or widget-ready area. If you don’t want to do use the Meta widget, then you can use Menu widget here as well.
You can add the WordPress login link in footer, sidebar, or basically any other widget-ready area in your theme.
Use Remember Me to Bypass Login Page in WordPress
On your WordPress login page, there is a checkbox labeled Remember me. When you check this box before you login, it will allow you to directly access the admin area without login on your subsequent visits for a few days (depending on your cookie settings).
If you keep forgetting to check the ‘Remember me’ option during login, then you can install Always Remember Me plugin. It will automatically check the remember me checkbox every time you login to WordPress.
How to add Your WordPress login form in the sidebar
If you have multiple users on your WordPress site, then it makes sense to add the WordPress login form in your sidebar.
We recommend using the Sidebar Login plugin which adds a custom WordPress login form to your sidebar.
Further WordPress Login Customizations and Resources
We have written a great deal of articles about WordPress login customization and fixing common errors.
If you are looking to create a custom WordPress login page with your branding, then check out this tutorial:
How to Customize WordPress Login Page (No HTML/CSS Required)
If you want to add a CAPTCHA in your WordPress login form, then check out this tutorial:
How to Add CAPTCHA in WordPress Login and Registration Form
By default users can only login with their username. If you want to allow users to login with email and username like most popular sites, then check out this tutorial:
How to Allow User Log In with Email in WordPress
Sometimes, you may encounter weird errors related to WordPress login page. We have covered several of them in details with how to fix them such as:
- How to Fix WordPress Login Page Refreshing and Redirecting Issue
- How to Fix WordPress Keeps Logging Out Problem
- How to Fix Error Too Many Redirects Issue in WordPress
We hope this article helped you learn how to find your WordPress login link.
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I have created a subdomain as a staging site to test Gutenberg. I’ve installed WordPress in the subdomain and it has propagated. I am now at the login screen – test.example.com/wp-login.php – and it is not accepting the login for my primary site. Am I supposed to set up a different login for the test site, and if so, where do I do that? Thanks for the help!
hello help me
i was followed your step by step and purchased domain with you coupon code. and i already installed wordpress and i got a credential like user name, password, domain and other stuff like that. and i go back to cpanel and clicked on my install and see there is wordpress being installed. but when i clicked login to my website by cpanel page. no page appeared. there is only blank page and it said ” ERROR the request URL could not be retrieved” please help me
my site is
Hello,
We are not sure what may cause this. Please contact Bluehost support, they may be able point you in right direction.
I have not changed my user name or pw to log in to my wordpress pages, but wordpress is not accepting my login info. I enter it, and it just takes me back to the log in page; no error message, just back to the login page again and I cannot access my site to make any changes. I tried resetting my password and it won’t let me do that either. Instead, I get this response when I try to reset password: “Could not save password reset key to database.”
How can I get access to my website so that I can make changes???
Hi Heather,
Please see our guide on fixing login page redirecting issue.
Question: I have my wordpress login and old site. I hired a company to redesign my site. I gave them access to my wordpress site. They built the site, 301 redirected the A records, now I don’t have access to my WordPress site?? I’m not the admin anymore. They said they didn’t delete anything. And it makes sense that my old site would still be “somewhere” in the wordpress archives under my username/password? This happened just 3 weeks ago. In my old site I had my blogs. I’m trying to access my blogs, but because the NEW wordpress they set up and my OLD wordpress site have the same URL i’m not finding my old site. Help? Can’t find anything on WordPress, forums, etc. I can’t be the only one this ever happened to? Is there a general WordPress Login that’s not necessarily associated with the new site?
Hi Bryan,
If you have login credentials for the hosting account? If you do then you can login to your hosting control panel to locate old WordPress files. You can also ask the developers to fix this or hire someone else to fix that for you.
Support: Thanks for the response. Obviously, I’m a beginner. Bear with me! I have my login for my wordpress site (for example ABLumber.com. AB Lumber/wp-login – worked great until new company took over. They pointed the A record of the NEW site to their server/new site at ABLumber.com. Now my wordpress login does not work? I am not able to get in anywhere. So, I can’t find my old wordpress files. No, i did not make a copy (they were in wordpress!). No record of anything in GoDaddy. It makes sense that somehow, somewhere in WP server, my old files are there? Do i need to login in to a different wordpress url to access my old files? Including my blogs? Help??
Hi Bryan,
Most likely, all your data is safely stored in your hosting account. You will probably need to hire someone to make it accessible again. Since your old domain is now pointing to new site, you cannot access the old site on the same URL. The person you hire will have to locate your old site files and create a subdomain or a temporary domain. They can then point that domain to your old site and you will be able to access it through this new URL. Hope this helps.
Hi WP,
I made a mistake in the settings of my wp-admin to fwd (or something like that, was logged out and can’t retrace my steps) to use another url. I thought it would help me use the new url instead of the old one. The new url was simply forwarding to the old url and doesn’t not have any content, and now I can’t log in through “website”/admin of my old url. Is there another way to get to my WP settings without going through the “website”/admin?
Thank you!
Sam
Hi Sam,
Please try steps in our WordPress troubleshooting guide, it will help you figure out what’s causing the issue.
I installed latest version of WordPress on a docker in Ubuntu 16.04, I started my first blog in localhost. After running WordPress image in a docker, localhost is working, but can’t login to my WordPress account.
I’m getting like below, so please help me.
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 172.16.3.56.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
I tried these above, and still can’t seem to access my admin panel with all the details of appearance, posts, pages, etc. All it shows me is dashboard (with the activity, site stats & WP events and news) – – even when I click on this, I still don’t access the admin section to update theme, create a post, page, or anything. It also shows me jetpack, profile, CP contact form with paypal, and collapse menu.
I spoke to my hosting provider and it was working, but then I changed my password since I had given it out to the tech person, and now it won’t work again. Please help!! Thanks in advance…I’m sure it’s something I’m overlooking, and it’s a simple fix.
Jamie
Hi Jamie,
It is likely that your user account’s role is changed from administrator to author or editor. You can contact your tech person to undo this. Alternately, you can also manually add a new admin user to WordPress.
Hi,
I followed your video as per the above, as when I added /wp-admin to my domain it would come up as the login site (as per you video), however even when I changed the end of my domain to wp-login.php as per your instructions it still comes up with the screen asking me for email/user name and password.
Do you know why this is?
Thanks a lot.
Hi Rose,
wp-login.php page is used by WordPress for login. Once you are logged in, WordPress redirects you to /wp-admin/ folder. This is your site’s admin area where you manage your website, write content, change design, etc.
Your WordPress website is located at the root domain, e.g. https://www.example.com. Replace example.com with your own domain name.
wp-login.php it’s worked, thank you.
can i buy the domain after some weeks.whether it can be available to others or only to me ( to buy).
thanking you team for providing valuable information..
awaiting for the reply
hello’
after i installed wordpress i got a domain url ,password and the username however i have never succeeded to log in please help
I have a WP website with a Photocrati template. I found a theme that I like better and I want to experiment with it but I don’t want it to replace what I have now. Is that called creating a ‘parent’ site? I’d like to work the theme I want until I get it just right and THEN replace it. Can you send me a video or link where I can learn how to do this?
Thanks!
Rachel
Hi Rachel,
You can try a theme on your WordPress site without activating it. Simply install the theme and then click on the preview button. To learn more, see our guide on what happens when you switch your WordPress theme.
You can also install WordPress on your computer to test out the theme.
hi
do not show my wp-admin login page.what should i do??please help me
How do I change login from the usual -admin, to make it more secure.
How can I give a developer temporary access without disclosing my own login details
Hi Lara,
Please see our tips on how to protect WordPress admin area.
You should be careful when giving someone administrator user role on your website. For more details please see our guide on how to create temporary login for WordPress.
Nice guide.. Thanks.. Provid video also
Hello, I opened a wordpress account, but cannot remember my password and can’t figure out how to get a new one…..
I’d be happy to close this and open a new account.
Please advise me as to what to do.
Thank you,
kind Regards,
Rozie
xx
Hi Rosemary,
Seems like you have a WordPress.com account. Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
how do i use wordpress
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Hi Mark,
Please take a look at our guide on how to start a WordPress blog.
Hi
I moved my wordpress.com site to self-hosted using host gator.
The custom domain: example.net was purchased on WordPress.com so I repointed it to the nameservers sent by hostgator in the email after i signed up with them.
Installed WordPress on hostgator using MarketPlace.
My problem is – when i click on admin login on the cPanel of host gator, it takes me to my old admin dashboard – i.e., example.wordpress.com
I have tried entering example.net/wp-admin in the url, but it always automatically directs to the wordpress.com login page.
I have tried clearing cache as well, but in vain.
Please help me understand how to log in to the self-hosted wordpress admin dashboard.
Thanks
Hi Rashida,
It seems like your DNS servers are either still propagating (Sometimes it may take upto 48 hours for DNS changes to be updated) or not updated. Check again to make sure that the name servers are pointing to HostGator.
You can also try manually adding site and home URL in wp-config.php file using file manager in cpanel. You will need to add these two lines just before the text that says ‘Stop editing’.
define('WP_HOME','http://example.net'); define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.net');I recently re subscribed to She Calls Me Hobbit..new password etc. and it still won’t let me sign in to the blog. it says my login is incorrect Help I have this issue with all of the blogs I follow that have WP as a provider.
Hi Barbara,
This seems like a WordPress.com issue. Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
WordPress.com offers a blog subscription where you can follow other WordPress.com blogs using their service. Please contact WordPress.com support for more help.
Thank you for another great article. I love this blog, it is my go-to and has got me out of many frustrating jams. Besides the content, it is super easy to read. Can you tell me which font you use?
HI there ,I am strugelling to access my
It gives me the log in page , however i cannot enter it, it keeps telling me wrong password. Cant reset anything so basically I am stucked.
Could you please point me in the right direction? How Can I reset or re-register my account so i can start building my site from the admin panel (my own domain)
See our guide on how to reset WordPress password using phpMyAdmin.
How do i get people to check out my site. My site’s name is,my friends have not veen able to view my page. Any assistance will be appreciated.
Hello,
I think my site’s been hacked. WP login is suddenly telling me that my email address and username do not exist whatsoever. I cannot even view my site at all, nor can anyone I’ve asked. I feel like I’ve been going in circles looking for help – please let me know how this can be fixed.
My site is
If anyone can tell me what’s going on.
Try these WordPress troubleshooting tips step by step and see if it resolves your issue.
Hi,
I’m having the same issue as Jennifer above. My login credentials are not working, I cannot reset the password as the email I sued is not found, and I cannot login to the public or admin websites. Is there anything specifically I can do to get to my site??
Please help!
Hi, our website was created by an IT company and they provided me with a username and password. this was done in May 2015.
The site needs updating and I have appointed someone else to do this for us but we can not access the site on any of the user names / passwords (3)provided to us at that time.
How do we go about to gain access to the site.
IF you signed up for an hosting account with a hosting company, then you can contact them and they will send you your FTP login details. After this you can recover password and reset user accounts.
Hi, thanks in advance for the help
I started building a WordPress website which has not gone live yet. I wanted to change the domain name, so went to settings and general, and changed it in the fields there. Now I’m unable to access the dashboard as the link as sent to me in the original email doesn’t work, and using wp-admin for the old or new address doesn’t work. Any help would be much appreciated.
You will need to connect to your website using an FTP client. If you remember which theme you were using, then go to /wp-content/themes/your-theme-directory/ and locate the functions.php file. Download or Edit it and add this code at the bottom of functions file:
update_option( ‘siteurl’, ‘http://example.com’ );
update_option( ‘home’, ‘http://example.com’ );
Replace example.com with your site’s last working domain name.
You will now be able to access your WordPress site’s admin area. Once you are in go to Settings->General page and update site URL there. Once you have updated site URL in settings then remove the code you added from functions.php file.
Hope this helps.
Thanks guys it worked, am grateful
I tried creating an account but from the choosing a domain there’s nothing to allow it access creating the account. I’ve been reloading it and there’s no way I can submit. Kindly help me with the next step.
I have used bluehost to download wordpress.org and everything was working perfectly until the admin URL does not work, it never did.
I currenly have my domain in use with Weebly, may this be reason that its not working on wordpress.org? How do I fix it?
Help!!!
If you installed WordPress on the same domain that you used on Weebly, then you will need to point that domain to BlueHost now.
Yes, I did that and was still having trouble… then i switched computers, and strangely, it worked, and now it’s working on the original computer as well… what a pain, I wish I would have been better informed about which app to use to begin with, and that I hadnt chosen weebly! worst choice ever. Thanks by the way for all these really good tutorials. You are a life saver.
Hello, I have produced a free WordPress.com page and I am very happy with it.
Somehow, anyone looking at my blogs, and wanting to use the ‘like’ tab is being asked to log in to WordPress. Is this normal?
Thanks.
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
I have forgotten my password, or perhaps wordpress has forgotten it.
Yes, it is bookmarked, but I tried to get in via Google at the general WordPress site, and went to log in with a] username b] email address c] wordpress.com blog address and was told that no such persons existed nor had they accounts.
How do I solve this? How can I recover/change my password?
Your blog is probably hosted on WordPress.com. Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
Oh thank God. I finally understand what’s Meta for. Can you teach us how to turn back META tags on WordPress? Thanks.
hi bro tell me how to login wordpress …..give me the wordpress url adming panel
I have installed word press and am very pleased with it.
However, yesterday something happened so that the word “rediger” (edit) no longer shows on my page.
At the same time I discovered that I am unable to remember my “adgangsord” (Access code) …
What can I do or what can you do to help me?
Please see our guide on what to do when you are locked out of WordPress admin area.
Rss feed to Mailchimp wont validate. They don’t seem to be able to do anything. How do I fix it? Don’t understand line errors ect.
// Add Login/Logout to Shop Menu
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'add_loginout_link', 10, 2 );
function add_loginout_link( $items, $args ) {
if (!is_user_logged_in() && $args->theme_location == 'shop') {
$items .= '<li><a class="icon-log" title="Zaloguj | Zarejestruj"
href="'. wp_login_url( get_permalink() ) .'"></a></li>';
}
if (is_user_logged_in() && $args->theme_location == 'shop') {
$items .= '<li><a class="icon-log" title="Wyloguj"
href="'. wp_logout_url( get_permalink() ) .'"></a></li>';
}
return $items;
}
I manage to solve this, please delete above comment,and this, dear admin, also if you could, add some text before
// Add Login/Logout to Shop Menu
that will explain what this code do…it works fine,
and redirect to last page/post after login/logout
Sorry, but my code from href atribute was executed here is the code:
echo wp_login_url( get_permalink() );
Dear Sir I have made a wordpress site on local host server. How can I shift it to online server? I have read the above lesson & will read it again to follow in future. Your site is very much helpful. Thank you very much.