To login to your WordPress website you had to type /wp-admin or /wp-login.php behind the domain url. Not so easy to remember if you don’t do this daily. But did you know you can also type /admin or /login or /dashboard? These shortcuts were introduced in WordPress version 3.4.
A tip for the more technically minded: if you install the widget Php Text Widget you can place a login form in your sidebar by putting the code <?php wp_login_form(); ?> in a text widget.
Being the largest CMS on the World Wide Web has its drawbacks. With 19% of the internet being WordPress sites, WordPress is a popular target for hackers. The past months there has been a huge number of brute force attacks on WordPress sites. All of them aimed at gaining access to the dashboard. Continue reading Protect your WordPress login against hackers
This is the English blog for WP Webbouw. WP Webbouw is a Dutch company that specialises in WordPress development (that is what the Dutch word ‘webbouw’ means). You find the Dutch website here: wpwebbouw.nl.
On this blog I will post in English about WordPress tips & tricks.
You can read more about me on the… about me page.
webbouw
pronunciation: webbow
Meaning:
web = web
bouw = to build