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14 Vital Tips to Protect Your WordPress Admin Area (Updated)

Last updated on June 6th, 2017 by Editorial Staff
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14 Vital Tips to Protect Your WordPress Admin Area (Updated)

Are you seeing a lot of attacks on your WordPress admin area? Protecting the admin area from unauthorized access allows you to block many common security threats. In this article, we will show you some of the vital tips and hacks to protect your WordPress admin area.

Tips and hacks to protect WordPress admin area

1. Use a Website Application Firewall

A website application firewall or WAF monitors website traffic and blocks suspicious requests from reaching your website.

While there are several WordPress firewall plugins out there, we recommend using Sucuri. It is a website security and monitoring service that offers a cloud based WAF to protect your website.

Website Application Firewall

All your website’s traffic goes through their cloud proxy first, where they analyze each request and block suspicious ones from ever reaching your website. It prevents your website from possible hacking attempts, phishing, malware and other malicious activities.

For more details, see how Sucuri helped us block 450,000 attacks in one month.

2. Password Protect WordPress Admin Directory

Your WordPress admin area is already protected by your WordPress password. However, adding password protection to your WordPress admin directory adds another layer of security to your website.

First login to your WordPress hosting cPanel dashboard and then click on ‘Password Protect Directories’ or ‘Directory Privacy’ icon.

Directory privacy

Next, you will need to select your wp-admin folder, which is normally located inside /public_html/ directory.

On the next screen, you need to check the box next to ‘Password protect this directory’ option and provide a name for the protected directory.

After that, click on the save button to set the permissions.

Password protect directory settings

Next, you need to hit the back button and then create a user. You will be asked to provide a username / password and then click on the save button.

Now when someone tries to visit the WordPress admin or wp-admin directory on your website, they will be asked to enter the username and password.

Enter password

For more detailed instructions, see our guide on how to password protect WordPress admin (wp-admin) directory.

3. Always Use Strong Passwords

Always use strong passwords

Always use strong passwords for all your online accounts including your WordPress site. We recommend using a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters in your passwords. This makes it harder for hackers to guess your password.

We are often asked by beginners how to remember all those passwords. The simplest answer is that you don’t need to. There are some really great password manager apps that you can install on your computer and phones.

For more information on this topic, see our guide on the best way to manage passwords for WordPress beginners.

4. Use Two Step Verification to WordPress Login Screen

WordPress login screen with Google Authenticator enabled

Two step verification adds another security layer to your passwords. Instead of using the password alone, it asks you to enter a verification code generated by the Google Authenticator app on your phone.

Even if someone is able to guess your WordPress password, they will still need the Google Authenticator code to get in.

For detailed step by step instructions see our guide on how to setup 2-step verification in WordPress using Google Authenticator.

5. Limit Login Attempts

Limit login attempts

By default, WordPress allows users to enter passwords as many times as they want. This means someone can keep trying to guess your WordPress password by entering different combinations. It also allows hackers to use automated scripts to crack passwords.

To fix this, you need to install and activate the Login LockDown plugin. Upon activation, go to visit Settings » Login LockDown page to configure the plugin settings.

For detailed instructions, see our guide on why you should limit login attempts in WordPress.

6. Limit Login Access to IP Addresses

Another great way to secure WordPress login is by limiting access to specific IP addresses. This tip is particularly useful if you or just a few trusted users need access to the admin area.

Simply add this code to your .htaccess file.

AuthUserFile /dev/null
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "WordPress Admin Access Control"
AuthType Basic
<LIMIT GET>
order deny,allow
deny from all
# whitelist Syed's IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
# whitelist David's IP address
allow from xx.xx.xx.xxx
</LIMIT>

Don’t forget to replace xx values with your own IP address. If you use more than one IP address to access the internet, then make sure you add them as well.

For detailed instructions, see our guide on how to limit access to WordPress admin using .htaccess.

7. Disable Login Hints

Disabled login hints

On a failed login attempt, WordPress shows errors that tell users whether their username was incorrect or the password. These login hints can be used by someone for malicious attempts.

You can easily hide these login hints by adding this code to your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin.

function no_wordpress_errors(){
  return 'Something is wrong!';
}
add_filter( 'login_errors', 'no_wordpress_errors' );

8. Require Users to Use Strong Passwords

If you run a multi-author WordPress site, then those users can edit their profile and use a weak password. These passwords can be cracked and give someone access to WordPress admin area.

To fix this, you can install and activate the Force Strong Passwords plugin. It works out of the box, and there are no settings for you to configure. Once activated, it will stop users from saving weaker passwords.

It will not check password strength for existing user accounts. If a user is already using a weak password, then they will be able to continue using their password.

9. Reset Password for All Users

Concerned about password security on your multi-user WordPress site? You can easily ask all your users to reset their passwords.

First, you need to install and activate the Emergency Password Reset plugin. Upon activation, go to visit Users » Emergency Password Reset page and click on ‘Reset All Passwords’ button.

Reset all passwords

For detailed instructions, see our guide on how to how to reset passwords for all users in WordPress

10. Keep WordPress Updated

WordPress often releases new versions of the software. Each new release of WordPress contains important bug fixes, new features, and security fixes.

Using an older version of WordPress on your site leaves you open to known exploits and potential vulnerabilities. To fix this, you need to make sure that you are using the latest version of WordPress. For more on this topic, see our guide on why you should always use the latest version of WordPress.

Similarly, WordPress plugins are also often updated to introduce new features or fix security and other issues. Make sure your WordPress plugins are also up to date.

11. Create Custom Login and Registration Pages

Many WordPress sites require users to register. For example, membership sites, learning management sites, or online stores need users to create an account.

However, these users can use their accounts to log into WordPress admin area. This is not a big issue, as they will only be able to do things allowed by their user role and capabilities. However, it stops you from properly limiting access to login and registration pages as you need those pages for users to signup, manage their profile, and login.

The easy way to fix this is by creating custom login and registration pages, so that users can signup and login directly from your website.

For detailed step by step instructions, see our guide on how to create custom login and registration pages in WordPress.

12. Learn About WordPress User Roles and Permissions

WordPress comes with a powerful user management system with different user roles and capabilities. When adding a new user to your WordPress site you can select a user role for them. This user role defines what they can do on your WordPress site.

Assigning incorrect user role can give people more capabilities than they need. To avoid this you need to understand what capabilities come with different user roles in WordPress. For more on this topic see our beginner’s guide to WordPress user roles and permissions.

13. Limit Dashboard Access

Some WordPress sites have certain users who need access to the dashboard and some users who don’t. However, by default they can all access the admin area.

To fix this, you need to install and activate the Remove Dashboard Access plugin. Upon activation, go to Settings » Dashboard Access page and select which users roles will have access to the admin area on your site.

For more detailed instructions, see our guide on how to limit dashboard access in WordPress.

14. Log out Idle Users

Idle user logout

WordPress does not automatically log out users until they explicitly log out or close their browser window. This can be a concern for WordPress sites with sensitive information. That’s why financial institution websites and apps automatically log out users if they haven’t been active.

To fix this, you can install and activate the Idle User Logout plugin. Upon activation, go to Settings » Idle User Logout page and enter the time after which you want users to be automatically logged out.

For more details, see our article on how to automatically log out idle users in WordPress.

We hope this article helped you learn some new tips and hacks to protect your WordPress admin area. You may also want to see our ultimate step by step WordPress security guide for beginners.

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  1. Theo says:
    Dec 12, 2020 at 1:22 pm

    “This plugin has been closed as of November 23, 2020 and is not available for download. This closure is permanent.”

    I know that this is a 3 and a half years old article!

    It would be nice if someone could suggest an alternative! Thank you for your time!

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Dec 14, 2020 at 11:07 am

      We will certainly take a look at alternatives.

      Reply
  2. Raksa Sav says:
    Jul 1, 2018 at 12:10 am

    If I add someone as an administrator of WordPress, can they remove from administrator or stole my WordPress site?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jul 1, 2018 at 8:14 pm

      Hi Raksa,

      Yes, they can remove other administrators and take control of your website.

      Reply
  3. Muchsin says:
    Dec 7, 2017 at 10:07 am

    I want to ask
    I have tried the tutorial directory privacy on this article and it runs smoothly but there is one problem that is when I try the search feature located in the navigation menu on my website as a user and always asked to fill in the username and password of that directory. Then how do I solve the problem?
    I use the newspaper theme from tagdiv.

    Reply
  4. sherizon says:
    Oct 3, 2017 at 11:16 am

    what is the best advice in starting up an eceommerce website can i use wordpress?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Oct 4, 2017 at 6:24 am

      Hi Sherizon,

      Yes you can. Please see our guide on how to start an online store.

      Reply
  5. Brenda Donovan says:
    Jun 7, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    Good hints and tips here. Does is matter where in the functions.php file one puts the block hints script? Just add it to the bottom?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jun 8, 2017 at 12:07 am

      Hey Brenda,

      Yes, you should add it to the bottom.

      Reply
  6. Joe says:
    Jun 7, 2017 at 11:19 am

    Another really helpful means of protecting your WP site is to use a login that is NOT ADMIN and not your email address. Use a unique login name like WP@#% or something crazy like that.

    Reply
  7. Dragos says:
    Jun 7, 2017 at 9:25 am

    You should also change where you install the default folder of wp-admin.

    Reply
  8. Abhinav S Thakur says:
    May 22, 2017 at 7:28 am

    Can anyone fix this?
    How shall I force SSL only for admin and rest of the site should be http.
    Like wp beginner has non SSL site!
    Running wordpress, cPanel

    Reply
  9. Pinkey says:
    Feb 20, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    Hi,

    I just started a content based website and unfortunately my site got hacked. Please advice us with suitable solutions (software/certificates etc) to avoid any future hacks being done.

    Thanks & best Regards,

    Pinkey

    Reply
  10. Lucy Barret says:
    Nov 30, 2016 at 7:36 am

    The tips that you added are so helpful. But for securing WordPress, you need to give more emphasis to the security of your login area. You need to pay more attention on strengthening your admin login area.

    Reply
  11. John says:
    Sep 9, 2016 at 6:24 pm

    Any idea why deleting wp-login.php does not prevent brute force attacks? I thought it was a quick fix for a site that only requires my login, therefore only replace the file when needed?

    Help please!

    Reply
  12. Craig says:
    Aug 11, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    Great advice apart from the removal of admin messages, if you’re lessening the user experience because of security then you’re not doing it right.

    Reply
  13. Tahir says:
    Aug 2, 2016 at 9:41 am

    smart collection….!!

    Reply
  14. Talha says:
    Feb 20, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Thanks a lot. I have a website . I will set up there.

    Reply
  15. Pat Fortino says:
    Feb 18, 2016 at 11:35 am

    This plugin no longer exists: Stealth Login

    Can you recommend an alternative?

    Thanks

    Reply
  16. Lori says:
    Feb 13, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    I’ve also been told to “remove links to the admin page from the site so that the hacking robots can’t just follow a link.” I’m not sure what this means, or how I would do it… Anyone know what this means and could point me to step-by-step directions to do so?

    (I don’t see links to an admin page anywhere on my website, nor do I remember there ever being any. The only way I access the admin page is by going to the /wp-admin address.)

    Reply
  17. Emily Johns says:
    Feb 12, 2016 at 2:20 am

    Great information!

    For non expert bloggers and coders, I suggest installing a WordPress plugin, to make things easier.
    From the ones you mentioned, I found “Wordfence Security” plugin a free solution to secure blogs and make them faster.
    Tested and happy with it!

    Reply
  18. Barry Richardson says:
    Oct 9, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    I was under the impression that the original username (e.g. “admin”) of a WP site cannot be deleted, so even if we did add a new username, the original “admin” would still be available for a potential hacker to exploit.

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Oct 9, 2015 at 6:48 pm

      If you create a new user account with the administrator role, then you can safely delete admin user.

      Reply
  19. Sandeep Jinagal says:
    Oct 8, 2015 at 10:38 am

    Hyy WPBeginner first of All u are Doing Best OF Best???
    And m want to Know m Want to Set my login Page Like urs. bcoz when m trying to open ur login page. it shows a popup for login. can u give me that tool.

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Oct 9, 2015 at 1:19 am

      Please see our guide on how to password protect WordPress admin directory.

      Reply
  20. Kheti says:
    Oct 2, 2015 at 5:12 pm

    Thanks for this educative material. Very helpful. Thanks for the good work and support.

    Reply
  21. ifaheem says:
    Jul 22, 2015 at 5:44 am

    great article but needs to be updated. There are a few great plugins which do all of the above task by one plugin install!

    My site was under heavy attacks, fake google bot were always there. I noticed up to 300 Hits from a single IP. the most visited area was wp-admin :(

    After performing above steps (update them by some research), feeling secure a little.

    Don’t Install a plugin without reading Min. of 5 reviews. They tell you the truth (Go for a bad review and see what he/she says; they have suffered something bad!

    Reply
  22. Prince Jain says:
    Jun 2, 2015 at 1:38 am

    Thank you for such a great post. :)

    But please update that Stealth Login Plugin do not create customize URL for Login Window, instead it add up an authorization code below username and password at login window of WordPress.
    Also can you please suggest a plugin to create custom URL for login window.

    Reply
  23. Mitchell Miller says:
    Apr 19, 2015 at 7:26 pm

    Stealth Login was removed from WP Plugin repository.

    But changing wp-login.php link is the first step to protecting a WordPress site.

    Reply
  24. laya rappaport says:
    Apr 6, 2015 at 11:11 pm

    What happens when you give your login details to someone to work on your website and they change the login details so you can no longer access your word press account?

    Reply
    • James Campbell says:
      Apr 11, 2015 at 5:14 am

      I’m not sure if there’s a way for you to retrieve your sites information necessarily, but if you’re able to, always create a new user and give other people access through that particular user. This allows you to restrict access to certain areas and you can also delete their access when it’s no longer needed. Giving up your access to your site let’s them block you out.

      Reply
    • Lisa Wells says:
      Oct 2, 2015 at 10:33 am

      If someone’s changed your WordPress user information, hopefully you can still login to your database through, say phpMyAdmin. From there you should be able to create a new admin user directly in the tables:

      https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-an-admin-user-to-the-wordpress-database-via-mysql/

      Reply
  25. user4574 says:
    Feb 2, 2015 at 5:56 pm

    One other helpful item not mentioned is database permissions. The WordPress db user generally doesn’t need to be granted all permissions. In the vast majority of cases it only needs ALTER, CREATE, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DELETE, DROP, INDEX, INSERT, LOCK TABLES, SELECT, UPDATE.

    So if you’re doing it directly in mysql, it would be:
    GRANT ALTER, CREATE, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DELETE, DROP, INDEX, INSERT, LOCK TABLES, SELECT, UPDATE ON .* TO ”@’localhost’;

    If doing it in cPanel or whatnot, just tick the appropriate boxes when granting permissions to the db_user.

    Reply
  26. Tanmoy Das says:
    Mar 20, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Awesome tips for any newbie ! I want to always change the login URL but dont know how to do it. Thanks for those tips.

    Reply
  27. Derick says:
    Feb 7, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    @Daniel: Hackers now have a tool that enumerates/lists all your usernames including the roles of these, so doing that would not trick the hacker at all.

    Reply
  28. Thorir says:
    Sep 9, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    Just installed the Limit Login Attempts plugin on my WP sites. On one of it I almost instantly noticed a lock out, it was also the only install that was in root. All the others are in a subdirectory and several hours later none of them have registered a lock out.

    Perhaps this is a helpful factor, security wise?

    Reply
  29. Mary says:
    Aug 7, 2013 at 6:38 pm

    Hello, I hope you are well!
    This was a great article but a little complicated for me.

    because I need the easy way right now, the wordpress firewall plugin looked good but

    my fear is losing my login page.
    I have spent a long time trying to work with FTP and have not been able to understand it.

    Will this be a good plugin for a scaredy cat?? Thanks Mary

    Reply
  30. Ed van Dun says:
    Jul 6, 2013 at 8:43 am

    And what about Bullet Proof Security? It covers some area’s mentioned above and quite a few more.

    Reply
  31. Prodip says:
    Jan 17, 2013 at 1:31 am

    All of the above tips helped me to make my blog with more secured.

    Reply
  32. Dr. Sean Mullen says:
    Oct 12, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    This is great info but Please update! Thanks

    Reply
  33. Guest says:
    Sep 22, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    I know this article is from way back in ’09, but can you do an updated one, since a lot of these plugins are no longer “officially” compatible with the latest WordPress (3.4.x-3.5)?

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Sep 23, 2012 at 10:36 am

      Yes, it is in the works along with few other things. We are doing the best we can. Thanks for letting us know.

      Reply
  34. whoiscarrus says:
    Mar 27, 2012 at 6:05 pm

    Just really getting into WP development and can’t say thank you enough! These are great for beggin’n folk like myself!

    Reply
  35. abhizz says:
    Dec 27, 2011 at 1:26 am

    amazing tips about wordpress thank you

    Reply
  36. Bigdrobek says:
    Nov 25, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    Great turitorial, but please can you update it?

    Few plug-ins is not exist, are old or are hidden by WordPress.org.

    – Stealth Login

    – Login Lockdown

    – Admin SSL

    I am interested in step 1)Create Custom Login Links – do you have tip for new plugin which do similar job?

    Reply
  37. Faizan Elahi ( BestBloggingTools) says:
    Nov 17, 2011 at 6:23 am

    This is a great resource. Thanks :)

    Reply
  38. mattjwalk says:
    Sep 18, 2011 at 8:26 am

    You could also add to the list, “use second factor authentication” instead of standard passwords. There is a new website authentication method https://www.shieldpass.com where you buy cheap access cards and then install the WordPress plugin. You then place your card onto the screen to see the dynamic login numbers instead of a static password. It is unique in also being able to encode transaction digits for mutual authentication which stops attackers man in the middle tactics, even one with access into your laptop or mobile.

    Reply
  39. Jermaine says:
    Apr 26, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    The issue I have with No: 6 is dynamic ip address, you get locked out every time your ip address changes what the workaround?

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Apr 28, 2011 at 5:59 am

      You can add custom login if the IP doesn’t match.

      Reply
  40. vivek says:
    Dec 30, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    great post and nice guide for new bloggers like me

    Reply
  41. fareed says:
    Jun 25, 2010 at 6:48 am

    Great post and very useful to me thank you

    Reply
  42. Daniel says:
    Jun 1, 2010 at 6:20 pm

    Hacker will think he is successful when he logs in with admin username and finds that the role has been set to ‘subscriber’. Isn’t this another form of added security. I don’t want to delete my admin because i put messages etc in forums and the blog and like my users to know that it’s from administration. as well as i use my regular username!

    Reply
  43. Jonathan K. Cohen says:
    May 6, 2010 at 12:03 am

    This article needs to be revisited. A number of the plugins suggested have not been maintained, and may be incompatible with the latest version of WP.

    These include #1, #3, and #5.

    Reply
    • John says:
      May 20, 2015 at 10:08 pm

      For #1 ckeck this plugin called WPS Hide Login

      Reply
    • Greg says:
      Sep 8, 2015 at 5:14 am

      I completely agree with you. I’ve been using the Limit Login Attempts plugin for my WordPress for a while. Today this plugin is outdated. I’ve switched to WP Cerber:

      Reply
  44. Danang Sukma says:
    May 4, 2010 at 11:41 am

    Thanks for your post.
    Im using password protect for my wp-admin folder in cpanel, is it enough?

    Reply
  45. mby says:
    Apr 1, 2010 at 2:54 am

    uh what a useful info guys, it can help surely!!
    thanks for posting! ^_^

    Reply
  46. anthony says:
    Feb 24, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    This is great information which I will be implementing ASAP!I have already experienced having my blog hacked so have been worried about these issues.Many thanks!!

    Reply
  47. shoaib hussain says:
    Feb 18, 2010 at 5:32 am

    man m moving from one post to the other in your blog and m loving it it.thnx a lot.guess i’ll have to subscribe now.

    Reply
  48. tzutzu says:
    Feb 3, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    AWESOME post!! Thank you for this info

    Reply
  49. Marlin says:
    Jan 3, 2010 at 5:44 am

    Thanks Nice list this will surely help to secure wordpress admin panel.

    Reply
  50. Abhilash Thekkel says:
    Dec 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    Very useful tips. Thank you

    Reply
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