How to Login to WordPress Dashboard

If you’re looking for a way to access your WordPress admin area, you’ve come to the right place. In this tutorial, you will learn how to login to your WordPress dashboard. Let’s take a look!

Locating the WordPress Admin Login Area

Before we go further, keep in mind that WordPress admin login credentials are set during WordPress installation. Thus, they’re not the same password as your hosting control panel.

Usually, WordPress is installed in the root of your domain (public_html directory of your hosting account), you can access its admin login area with the following link: yourdomain.com/wp-admin.

Since WordPress admin login URL is essentially the same by default, it’s recommended to alter your login URL for extra security measures. You can achieve this manually or with the help of a plugin.

Accessing the WordPress Dashboard

Now, to enter the WordPress admin area, you’ll need to fill in your WordPress Username, or Email Address, and the Password that you’ve created during the installation process.

Once you’ve typed in the required information, click Log In. That’s it. You’ve learned how to access the WordPress admin dashboard!

Troubleshooting Access Problems

Sometimes you may experience various issues while trying to login to your WordPress admin area. Here are the solutions to some common ones:

Using Incorrect Password

If you entered the correct email address, but the password can’t seem to be working, simply click the “Lost your password?” link located below the login form. Type in your username or email address. A link to change your password will be sent to your email. If you can’t reset your WordPress password via email for some reason, you can do it manually by changing the user_pass field using phpMyAdmin. Check this tutorial for detailed instructions.

Error Establishing Database Connection

You also can’t login to your WordPress admin dashboard when this error happens since it affects your whole website. However, don’t panic if you are currently experiencing it. Your site just fails to retrieve and display information from the database due to bad traffic or a corrupted database.

To solve the error, you’ll have to repair your database or create a new one. Check the full tutorial here.

You can also find other causes that might lock you out of the WordPress admin area along with the complete solutions in this article.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you now know how to login to the WordPress dashboard quickly and easily. Create, develop, and edit your website to your heart’s content and have fun!