Lockdown WP Admin
This plugin will hide WordPress Admin (/wp-admin/) when a user isn’t logged in. If a user isn’t logged in and they attempt to access WP Admin directly, they will be unable to and it will return a 404. It can also rename the login URL. Also, you can add HTTP authentication directly from WP Admin and
This plugin will hide WordPress Admin (/wp-admin/) when a user isn’t logged in. If a user isn’t logged in and they attempt to access WP Admin directly, they will be unable to and it will return a 404. It can also rename the login URL.
Also, you can add HTTP authentication directly from WP Admin and add custom username/password combinations for the HTTP auth or use the WordPress credentials.
This doesn’t touch any .htaccess files or change the WordPress core files. All the CSS/Images under /wp-admin/ are still accessible, just not the .php ones.
If you enable HTTP authentication, it will add HTTP authentication to the PHP files in /wp-admin/.
To contribute to the development, check out the GitHub Repository .
- 01Upload /lockdown-wp-admin/ to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- 03Navigate to the “Lockdown WP” menu
Frequently asked questions.
Installation Instructions
Upload /lockdown-wp-admin/ to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Navigate to the “Lockdown WP” menu
How can we add files to the white list to hide from the public eye? We want to have AJAX and use a custom file, but we can’t because it hides it from the public.
You can add a file using the ‘no_check_files’ filter. Use this:
function add_my_cool_filter($data) { // You have to accept the $data argument or else it will cause a system meltdown ;) $data[] = 'my-file-name.php'; // JUST the file name. return $data; } add_filter('no_check_files', 'add_my_cool_filter');
Simple.
