Posts tagged: login

Block brute force attacks on wp-login.php by implementing PHP-based login attempt rate limiting, adding CAPTCHA via the WordPress hooks, and hardening with .htaccess rules.

Create custom WordPress roles, add capabilities and restrict admin pages using current_user_can and add_role.

Rate-limit WordPress login attempts using transients to block IPs after too many failed logins, no plugin needed.

Use wp_login and wp_logout hooks to record login events to usermeta for security auditing.

Personalizing content based on who is currently logged in is a foundational requirement in WordPress development that appears in almost every non-trivial project. A membership site that shows different content to paying subscribers versus free users needs to check the current user’s role before deciding what to render. A WooCommerce store that greets customers by…

The default WordPress login page sits at /wp-login.php or /wp-admin/, and every automated scanning bot on the internet knows this. Within hours of a new WordPress site going live its login page begins receiving brute-force attempts from botnets that cycle through millions of username and password combinations around the clock. These attempts do not just…

WordPress sends every user to the same page after login — usually the dashboard. That works fine for administrators who manage content and settings daily, but editors, subscribers, and custom-role users rarely need /wp-admin at all. Sending a subscriber to the backend after login creates confusion and exposes UI elements they can’t use. It also…

Changing the WordPress login URL is a common security measure — it prevents bots from targeting /wp-login.php with brute-force attacks. The WPS Hide Login plugin handles this cleanly, but it can create a headache if you forget the custom login path. Here are three ways to recover it depending on what access you have.