Volete imparare a proteggere con una password la directory di amministrazione di WordPress?
L’aggiunta di un ulteriore livello di protezione con password alla directory di amministrazione di WordPress può essere un ottimo modo per migliorare la sicurezza di WordPress.
In questo articolo scoprirete come proteggere con una password la vostra directory wp-admin in modo semplice.
Perché proteggere con password la directory amministrativa di WordPress?
Proteggendo la directory di amministrazione di WordPress con una password, aggiungete un ulteriore livello di sicurezza al punto di ingresso più importante del vostro sito WordPress.
La dashboard di amministrazione di WordPress è l’hub centrale del vostro sito. È qui che pubblicherete post e pagine, personalizzerete il vostro tema, installerete i plugin di WordPress e molto altro ancora.
Spesso, quando gli hacker cercano di entrare nel vostro sito web, lo fanno attraverso la schermata wp-admin utilizzando un attacco di forza bruta.
Potete contribuire a proteggere il vostro sito web da potenziali attacchi utilizzando misure di sicurezza come una password forte e limitando i tentativi di accesso.
Per essere ancora più sicuri, potete anche proteggere con una password la directory wp-admin. In questo modo, quando qualcuno tenta di accedere alla vostra area di amministrazione, dovrà inserire un nome utente e una password prima di arrivare alla pagina di login di WordPress.
Detto questo, vediamo come proteggere con una password la directory di amministrazione di WordPress, passo dopo passo.
Il primo metodo è consigliato per la maggior parte degli utenti e potete utilizzare i collegamenti rapidi qui sotto per passare direttamente al metodo che desiderate utilizzare:
Video tutorial
Se preferite le istruzioni scritte, continuate a leggere.
Metodo 1: Proteggere wp-admin con password usando Directory Privacy (consigliato)
Il modo più semplice per proteggere con una password la directory di amministrazione di WordPress è utilizzare l’applicazione Directory Privacy del vostro provider di hosting WordPress.
Per prima cosa, dovete accedere al cruscotto del vostro account di hosting e fare clic sull’opzione “Directory Privacy” nella sezione File del cruscotto del vostro sito web.
Nota: la maggior parte degli hosting web che utilizzano cPanel, come Bluehost, prevedono passaggi simili. Tuttavia, il vostro cruscotto potrebbe essere leggermente diverso dalle nostre schermate, a seconda del vostro provider di hosting.
Si accede così a una schermata che elenca tutte le diverse directory presenti sul server. È necessario trovare la cartella che contiene i file del sito web.
Per la maggior parte dei proprietari di siti web, è possibile trovarla facendo clic sulla cartella “public_html”.
In questo modo vengono visualizzati tutti i file del sito web installati sul server.
Successivamente, dovrete fare clic sulla cartella con il nome di dominio del vostro sito web.
In questa cartella, si vedrà una cartella wp-admin.
Invece di fare clic sul nome della cartella, è necessario fare clic sul pulsante “Modifica” accanto alla cartella.
Si accede così a una schermata in cui è possibile attivare la protezione con password.
È sufficiente selezionare la casella “Proteggi questa directory con password”. Se si vuole, si può anche assegnare alla directory un nome, come “Area amministrativa”, per aiutarsi a ricordare.
Una volta fatto ciò, è necessario fare clic sul pulsante “Salva”.
In questo modo si accede a una pagina in cui viene visualizzato il messaggio di conferma.
A questo punto, è necessario fare clic sul pulsante “Torna indietro” e si accede a una schermata in cui è possibile creare un utente in grado di accedere a questa directory.
Vi verrà chiesto di inserire un nome utente e una password e di confermare la password. Assicurarsi di annotare il nome utente e la password in un luogo sicuro, ad esempio in un’applicazione di gestione delle password.
Assicuratevi di fare clic sul pulsante “Salva” al termine di questa operazione.
Ora, quando qualcuno cercherà di accedere alla directory wp-admin, gli verrà richiesto di inserire il nome utente e la password creati in precedenza.
Metodo 2: proteggere con password wp-admin usando il codice
È anche possibile proteggere manualmente la directory di amministrazione di WordPress con una password. Per farlo, dovrete creare due file chiamati .htpasswd e .htaccess.
Nota: l ‘aggiunta di codice al vostro sito WordPress può essere pericolosa. Anche un piccolo errore può causare gravi errori sul vostro sito web. Consigliamo questo metodo solo agli utenti esperti.
Creazione del file .htaccess
Per prima cosa, aprite il vostro editor di testo preferito e nominate il nuovo file .htaccess.
Successivamente, è necessario copiare il seguente frammento di codice e aggiungerlo al file:
AuthName "Admins Only"
AuthUserFile /home/user/public_html/example.com/wp-admin/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthType basic
require user yourusername
Assicuratevi di cambiare il percorso ‘AuthUserFile’ con il percorso in cui caricherete il file .htpasswd e cambiate ‘yourusername’ con il nome utente che volete usare per accedere.
Non dimenticate di salvare il file una volta terminato.
Creazione del file .htpasswd
Una volta fatto questo, è necessario creare un file .htpasswd.
Per farlo, aprite un editor di testo e create un file chiamato .htpasswd. Questo file elencherà il vostro nome utente e la vostra password in un formato criptato.
Il modo più semplice per generare la password criptata è un generatore di htpasswd.
È sufficiente inserire il nome utente e la password, selezionare il formato di crittografia e fare clic sul pulsante “Crea file .htpasswd”.
Il generatore di htpasswd visualizzerà una riga di testo che dovrete incollare nel vostro file .htpasswd. Assicuratevi di salvare il file una volta fatto.
Caricamento di .htaccess e .htpasswd nella directory wp-admin
L’ultimo passo consiste nel caricare entrambi i file creati nella cartella wp-admin del vostro sito web.
Dovrete collegarvi al vostro account di hosting WordPress utilizzando un client FTP o lo strumento di gestione dei file online fornito dal vostro provider di hosting. Per maggiori dettagli, consultate la nostra guida per principianti su come usare l’FTP per caricare file su WordPress.
Per questa esercitazione utilizzeremo FileZilla perché è gratuito e funziona sia su Mac che su Windows.
Dopo essersi collegati al sito web, si vedranno i file sul computer nella finestra di sinistra e i file sul sito web nella finestra di destra. A sinistra, è necessario navigare nella posizione in cui sono stati salvati i file .htaccess e .htpasswd.
Quindi, sulla destra, è necessario andare alla cartella wp-admin del sito web che si desidera proteggere. La maggior parte degli utenti dovrà fare doppio clic sulla cartella public_html, poi sulla cartella con il proprio nome di dominio e infine sulla cartella wp-admin.
A questo punto, è possibile selezionare i due file a sinistra e fare clic su “Carica” dal menu del tasto destro del mouse o semplicemente trascinare i file nella finestra di sinistra.
Ora la cartella ‘wp-admin’ sarà protetta da password.
Risoluzione dei problemi relativi alla protezione con password di wp-admin
A seconda di come sono impostati il vostro server e il vostro sito web, è possibile che vi imbattiate in errori di WordPress. Questi errori possono essere risolti aggiungendo attentamente del codice al file .htaccess.
Nota: questo è il file .htaccess che si trova nella cartella principale del sito web, non quello caricato nella cartella ‘wp-admin’. Se avete problemi a trovarlo, consultate la nostra guida sul perché non riuscite a trovare .htaccess e su come individuarlo.
Correzione dell’errore Ajax non funzionante
Uno degli errori più comuni è che la funzionalità Ajax può smettere di funzionare sul front-end del vostro sito. Se disponete di plugin WordPress che richiedono Ajax, come la ricerca live Ajax o i moduli di contatto Ajax, noterete che questi plugin non funzionano più.
Per risolvere questo problema, basta aggiungere il seguente codice al file .htaccess che si trova nella cartella wp-admin:
<Files admin-ajax.php>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Satisfy any
</Files>
Correzione dell’errore 404 e dei troppi reindirizzamenti
Altri due errori in cui ci si può imbattere sono l’errore 404 e l’errore di troppi reindirizzamenti.
Il modo più semplice per risolverli è aprire il file .htaccess principale nella directory del sito web e aggiungere la seguente riga di codice prima delle regole di WordPress:
ErrorDocument 401 default
Bonus: Le migliori guide di WordPress per la sicurezza di wp-admin
Ora che sapete come proteggere con una password la vostra directory wp-admin, vi consigliamo di consultare queste guide per rendere più sicura la vostra area di amministrazione:
- Come limitare l’accesso all’amministrazione di WordPress in base all’indirizzo IP
- Suggerimenti vitali per proteggere l’area amministrativa di WordPress (aggiornato)
- Come aggiungere un URL di accesso personalizzato in WordPress (passo dopo passo)
- Come e perché limitare i tentativi di accesso in WordPress
- Come aggiungere l’autenticazione a due fattori in WordPress (metodo gratuito)
- Come aggiungere domande di sicurezza alla schermata di login di WordPress
- Come forzare gli utenti a cambiare la password in WordPress – Scadenza della password
- Come resettare le password di tutti gli utenti in WordPress
Speriamo che questo articolo vi abbia aiutato a capire come proteggere con una password la vostra directory di amministrazione di WordPress (wp-admin). Vi consigliamo anche di consultare la nostra guida su come ottenere un dominio e-mail gratuito e la nostra selezione dei migliori servizi di email marketing per le piccole imprese.
Se questo articolo vi è piaciuto, iscrivetevi al nostro canale YouTube per le esercitazioni video su WordPress. Potete trovarci anche su Twitter e Facebook.
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Mrteesurez says
Thanks. I found it helpful.
I want to ask if the methods are all offering the same level of security, I would prefer and recommend to stick to the first method as it seems easy and straight forward.
Or is there any one that is better than the other ??
WPBeginner Support says
These are different methods to achieve the same result so it would depend on your preference for which one you would use.
Admin
Mark says
Is there anyway for hackers to gain access to this password and even change it, like in phpMyAdmin ?
WPBeginner Support says
They would need access to your hosting provider or site files for this guide.
Admin
Salman says
I have changed my login URL using the “WPS Hide Login” plugin. Lets say the previous URL ended in wp-admin/ and the new URL ends in hidden/ now how can I password protect this new URL?
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on what method you are using and how you changed the URL, as long as there is a file/folder in the new location you should be able to select that folder or change the path on line 2 of the htaccess method
Admin
Jiří Vaněk says
WPShide doesn’t create a new folder, I use that too. The wp-admin folder is still on the server and functional. So if you use WPSHide, secure the wp-admin folder exactly the same.
Jiří Vaněk says
A good practice is also to rename the WordPress administration URL and choose a different administrator username than ‘admin.’ Changing the URL makes it harder for attackers to locate the administration, and not using ‘admin’ as the administrator reduces the risk of a successful brute force attack.
WPBeginner Support says
Having a username other than admin is definitely recommended but for changing the wp-admin url is not always recommended as that can cause trouble with some plugins as well as make troubleshooting more difficult.
Admin
Jose says
Ajax fix worked fine. Thanks a lot for this.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our article could help
Admin
Umer Yaseen says
What if someone accesses our WordPress admin directory by entering mywebsite.com/wp-login.php instead of mywebsite.com/wp-admin. This method only protects wp-admin and not protects wp-login.php. So how it is useful?
WPBeginner Support says
This would show the same prompt for users trying to log in using the wp-login.php
Admin
nadia says
you are the best. thanks for thousand time like allways.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad you’ve found our content helpful
Admin
Lordemmaculate says
I want to do this but my server is Nginx not Apache so I can’t use .htaccess
WPBeginner Support says
We’ll see if we can add a method for that type of server when we update this article
Admin
Rajah says
The first method through cPanel worked like a charm. However, when I logout again from WP and login again it doesn’t ask again for the directory password. Is it meant to ask only once?
WPBeginner Support says
Your cookies/cache will remember the login information. Normally the next time you start up your computer it will require you to log in again.
Admin
Webo says
Very good, Thank you…
WPBeginner Support says
You’re welcome
Admin
Izzy says
The “Password Protect Directories” is not on my cPanel under “securitiy”, so I tried the manual way, but it doesn’t seem to work as it doesn’t ask for login when I open wp-admin…
WPBeginner Support says
If you reach out to your hosting provider they should be able to assist and take a look if there’s any reason it wouldn’t be working.
Admin
Ahsan Ali says
Thanks for your efforts!
I used cpanel method it works fine but the problem is that the password prompt appearing on every page of my website!
What i have to do so that it appear only at wp-admin page?
WPBeginner Support says
It sounds like you may have password protected your public_html folder instead of the wp-admin folder. You would want to remove the current protection and attempt to set it up again
Admin
Onyenucheya Somto says
please where can I find my main WordPress .htaccess file
WPBeginner Support says
That would be where your WordPress folders are, you could either use FTP or your host’s file manager if they have one to get to your WordPress files.
Admin
CHHRIS says
Please this settings works fine for me, but my problem is that am using woocommerce and yith woocoomerce my account page, so when ever users login to their my-account area they are often prompted to put the login details for my protected admin, how can i fix this?
WPBeginner Support says
For that, you would want to remove this protection unless you wanted to give each user a login for the httpassword
Admin
Jose says
My wp-admin login page is broken after use that code.
I set the ajax fixit, but, still broken.
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on the specific error you are running into when trying to get to your admin area for how to solve the problem
Admin
Rahul Yogi says
Hy buddy, i had tried cpanel method which doesnt work for me but manual method work as shown above.
But i have one problem after going example.com/admin, i have to enter directory username and password but after after entering nothing happens means it does not redirect me to dashboard or anywhere. Just same page — shoing waiting for connection for example.com and get error too many redirect.
WPBeginner Support says
You may want to try the recommendations in our article: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-error-too-many-redirects-issue-in-wordpress/
for the twoo many redirects, another option would be to make sure you fix the ajax issue using the method at the bottom of this article
Admin
Rahul Yogi says
Thanks buddy, everything is working fine.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad to hear
Brian says
Wow,
You are a legend! Spent like 2hrs jumping from site to site to get this working… First site that mentioned the ErrorDocument 401 default. Works like a charm now
Thanks
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide could help
Admin
Deb says
Thanks so much – this is the first place I have found with all 3 bits of code that was needed – (I had the redirect problem). The code worked like a charm. I now have an extra layer of protection without adding another potentially vulnerable plugin.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our article could help
Admin
Garry says
All I get after adding the above code in a .htacess file on /wp-admin folder is 500 internal server error.
WPBeginner Support says
If the htaccess method is not working you could remove the code and then use the cpanel method for password protecting the directory
Admin
Colleen says
I did this, followed the link for the error message and for some reason I don’t have a .htaccess file!
WPBeginner Support says
The .htaccess by default is a hidden file, are you showing hidden files? https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/why-you-cant-find-htaccess-file-on-your-wordpress-site/
Admin
Samwel says
I followed the steps but i now can’t log in . It says “The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.”
even on refreshing the page the pop up to key in password does not re-appear help out
WPBeginner Support says
or resolving that error, you would want to take a look at our article here: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-internal-server-error-in-wordpress/
Admin
maria hag says
hi,
i bought new name and i change the name of website and than save it . now i cant login to admin. it show me 404 erorr
how can i change it
please advise
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to reach out to your hosting provider and they should be able to help you have your new domain point toward where your site is currently
Admin
taher says
I have activated password protection to wordpress directory via c-panel but wordfence is unable to scan my site. Due to ajax issue.
I tried fixing it by updating my wp-admin/.htaccess file with the provided code by you but wordfence is still unable to start a scan. What do you suggest?
WPBeginner Support says
You may want to ensure your caching is cleared and if that error continues, reach out to Wordfence about their plugin
Admin
Amit Mukherjee says
Enabling password protection of the wp-admin directory prevents me as logging in as the administrator. I get a page not found error. I cannot get to the login page. If I remove the password protection, I can login.
What should I do. I am setting up a WordPress website for the first time.
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Amit,
Yes you can remove password protection at anytime.
Admin
mary-anne J. says
So how do you undo the password protect using the cPanel ..that is, I want to remove my password protection for the wp-admin directory
Keri says
I followed the instructions to add the password protection using c_panel.
It works fine in IE 11 but doesn’t work in: Edge; Firefox; Chrome; or Opera.
Any ideas?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Keri,
Please review your settings in cPanel to make sure you didn’t miss anything.
Admin
Keri says
I’m not sure what I missed, given that it worked in IE but not in the other browsers. I deleted the user to whom I had given access and added the same user back in and, “Voila!”, all is good.
Valentin says
> Upload this file outside your /public_html/ directory.
Good advice—more generally: outside your DocRoot.
> A good path would be: home/user/.htpasswds/public_html/wp-admin/passwd/
That, however, doesn’t seem to be outside your DocRoot
Amigan says
How could we integrate this solution on IIs?
Thanks in advance for your help!
pawan singh says
hi syed, i followed your tutorial as i do always whenever i find a problem but i am facing this error continiously.
ERROR –
“401
Unauthorized
Proper authorization is required to access this resource!”
1. I made htpassword file properly with user name and password.
2. Edited main .htaccess file with proper code.
3. Implemented this line in .htaccess file on topas first line
ErrorDocument 401 default
4. Add AJAX functionality code
After doing all this i see additional popup box which need login details for wp-admin. – Success here
But i’m not able to access my home page like example.com. popupbox appears again without calling /wp-admin. Please tell how to remove this 401 Error. I see that many bloggers asked this issue in comment section, but you didn’t reply. I hope you will soon address the problem.
WPBeginner Support says
Hello Pawan,
This could be because the password your entered is incorrect or your server couldn’t find the .htpasswds file. We will recommend you to retrace your steps to figure out what went wrong.
Admin
Robbiegod says
I am seeing the same issue. On subpages on my site, when I have my /wp-admin/ .htaccess password protecting my site, I get the user/pass pop-up box on pages on the front end.
The temporary solution was to just remove the htaccess file from wp-admin. Now i am trying to put it back, so I’ll see what i can come up with and post back if i figure it out.
Arinze Ifeanyi says
Thank you for this. I worked really well especially that line “ErrorDocument 401 default” that prevented it from giving 404 error. I really dont miss tweet from you. My question now is, how can someone remove the password? And again, will the password be required upon users registration via a custom registration page?
Rony Ahamed says
after using this method now when i try to go in wp-admin its says me maintenance mood ( this mode is on in my wp dashboard ) .. so how can i use it ?
Adrian says
Do you have a method using IIS? I’ll be glad if you have. I’m very new to WordPress running in IIS server.
pawan says
hi how to change my cpanel default url like “www.example.com/cpanel” to “www.example.com/customized”
there is nothing on the internet about this topic.
Edgar says
Hi my dear friends I have a problem. I want to make double autentification on my wordpress.But there is conflict in wordpress htacsess between wp default rules and this code:
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Password Protected”
AuthUserFile path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
Satisfy All
I get error like 500 or error “this page is wrong”, but after delating wp default rules my code work.There is some conflict between wp code and my code! Can anyone take solution!
Aurangzeb says
A very nice approach, but I also suggest to go secure with https, because no matter how protected the admin panel is, with passwords, the passwords itself are not secure if it’s not https.
Daljit Singh says
Hey guys, my issue is related to this post but it is little different too.
I need to password protect my wp-content folder in my hosting.
I called my godaddy hosting and they said that it is not possible.
But i need to password protect it.
Can someone help me out please?
Akhil says
Password Protecting WordPress Admin with Permalink “Post Name” gives error error login page( Redirect too many times). How to solve?
ianx says
Hello sir,
its mean “Basic Authentication” ?
how do i using on newest Nginx?
Harmony A-E says
Can I do this for my wp-login?
The wp-admin is password protected and gives out a 401 if some tries to exit the pop-up (so 0 access without the 1st password).
But my wp-login allows access to a disfigured wp-login page if someone exits out of the pop-up.
Fabio says
Works fine in my blog. Thanks.
Frank says
That’s a great article.
However, I’d like to ask you how can I track the who visits the page (IP, etc) even though if they don’t type any username or password or type wrong ones. I can’t seem to find a way to do that.
Please let me know.
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support says
Hey Frank,
Check out our guide on how to monitor user activity in WordPress.
Admin
Frank says
Thanks for the reply.
I installed the Simple History plugin you recommend but it does not seem to track the http authentication either.
Any ideas?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Frank,
Sorry for misunderstanding your question. You can track http authentication in your server logs. However, usually these logs contain all access and errors to your website. Some website hosts offer apps in cPanel that make it easier to browse those logs. On some hosting environments you can even create custom log files of your own.
Deivamoorthy says
Thanks for this article. It is really helped me lot save the login form anonymous person. But, i have an issue on my site. Whenever the user visits and entering to the single post page it asks the user enter the username password, Even though they have didn’t accessed the wp -admin. it happens only in Mozilla browser. How to solve this?
Toan says
I has finished setting protect password for wp-admin folder. But i can not registered new account for guest. Because it apperance pop-up login require username/password.
WPBeginner Support says
Yes, you will have to either share the username password with the guest, or disable password protection.
Admin
paras arora says
sir actually i have changed my admin directory from example.com/wp-admin to example.com/abcde …how to password protect it now
WPBeginner Support says
Just password protect abcde directory instead of wp-admin.
Admin
Clecio says
Thank you !
Sarah says
Thanks for this valuable info.I have question I want to setup limit login Attempts if users fails 1st time then try after 24 hrs latter how to I make this on cpanel?
RJ says
Hi there I do password protect my wp-admin directory and I did add that code to my htaccess …but…it is still asking for authorization.
Any suggestions?
Sacha says
Thanks for the tip!
dipesh says
i dont ve set password for wp-admin folder but still it shows authorization dialog .
how to solve the issue,
Fabio says
Hello, after the first login in wp-admin I got 500 “Internal Server Error”…
Fabio
Fabio says
Solved, the problem was in server configuration
Gaurav Agrawal says
Hi, I am also facing the same problem. May I know what are the changes that have to be done in server configuration?
Please let me know as soon as possible.