Just know that it isn’t making you safer as a result. If changing the URL makes you feel better then by all means go ahead and do that. On the Wordfence > Login Security > Settings page you can block XML-RPC and/or require login attempts via XML-RPC have to provide a 2FA code to get in.Īdditionally, if you change the wp-admin or wp-login URLs you also lose visibility on who is attempting to log in to your site and when they are doing it since we’re not looking for logins on a random URL that you made up.Įven the person who introduced this feature in another popular security plugin has mentioned that this is not a good way to protect your site. Those will not be stopped by changing your admin URL. Half of all login attempts that are made on WordPress sites are made via xmlrpc.php. Any serious attacker will anticipate this and look for other ways in too.ģ.
Someone looking for a quick break in may be deterred, but any seasoned thief is just going to go look for another door or a window to get in. It’s like boarding up the front door of your home to protect yourself against a burglary.
It is what many security analysts refer to as “security through obscurity”. I am unable to login PHPMyAdmin via a root user, it says wrong password.
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Changing the URL makes us feel more secure but it does not actually make the site more secure. Hi, I install Hestiacp on clean Ubuntu 20.04. For example, WordPress JavaScript XMLHttpRequest object (AJAX) functions are triggered via admin-ajax.php which is located in wp-admin folder.Ģ. Changing WordPress URLs involves a risk of breaking functionality of WordPress themes and plugins.
We currently do not offer a feature for changing the wp-admin URL for three primary reasons:ġ. Because that’s not a good way to protect yourself from bots trying to login.
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