August 10, 2020
3min Read
Edvinas B.
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!
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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 page with any of the following links:
If for some reason, none of the above URL’s work, you can use the following URL instead:
Once you successfully log in, you will be redirected to the WordPress dashboard.
ProTip: Check the Remember Me box before you login.
If WordPress is installed in any sub-folder such as /wp/, the URL to your login page would be www.yourdomain.com/wp/wp-admin.
If it’s on a sub-domain, it would be www.subdomain.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.
There are additional ways to make logging into your WordPress site easier. Let’s take a look at the different ways below:
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.
ProTip: If you ticked the Send me installation instructions via email box when installing WordPress, you can find your login credentials in your email.
Once you’ve typed in the required information, click Log In. That’s it. You’ve learned how to access the WordPress admin dashboard.
Sometimes you may experience various issues while trying to login to your WordPress admin area. Here are the solutions to some common ones:
If you entered the correct email address, but the password can’t seem to be working, make sure to 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.
You also can’t log in to your WordPress admin dashboard when this error happens since it affects your whole WordPress site. 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.
This can happen when there have been too many failed attempts to log into your WordPress account. Simply follow the instructions listed before you can try to login again. If you are unsure of your password, try to reset it.
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.
February 03 2018
Thank you!
February 20 2018
This system seem unnecessarily complicated. How do I get to dashboard? The above is no help. How do I get a hit counter established for my blog? It should be much more user friendly. P.S, I'm 88 years old. Have mercy!
Replied on February 27 2018
Hey Gene, Just add /wp-admin to your domain name. For example: genenewmanImagineThat.com/wp-admin
June 21 2019
Thank you. Was stuck a little while ago but this article helped.
August 05 2020
gave my site to a developer... and since my site has been put under construction cant seem to access my word press page i need help
Replied on November 06 2020
Hey John. Hope you are having a lovely day! :) There is not much I Can do via the comment section here, but if you can message our support team, provided that your website is hosted here in Hostinger, I am sure we can help you out. Drop us a note! :)
Gediminas B.
Replied on February 15 2018
You're welcome, Guarav!