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Save settings<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Access Your New Login Page<\/strong>\n- Example: <code>https:\/\/yourdomain.com\/mylogin<\/code><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Monitor Attempts<\/strong>\n- See login attempt stats at the top of the settings page\n- Click \"Clear Logs\" to reset tracking data<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<h4>Installation from within WordPress<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Visit <strong>Plugins &gt; Add New Plugin<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Search for <strong>Login Defender<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Install and activate the <strong>Login Defender<\/strong> plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Or Manual installation<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the entire <code>login-defender<\/code> folder to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <strong>Plugins<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Activate <strong>Login Defender<\/strong> plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='what%20happens%20to%20wp-login.php%20after%20enabling%20the%20plugin%3F'><h3>What happens to wp-login.php after enabling the plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>When enabled, direct access to <code>wp-login.php<\/code> is blocked. Only the custom login URL you define will work. This prevents bots and attackers from targeting the default login URL.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='can%20i%20still%20access%20wp-admin%20directly%3F'><h3>Can I still access wp-admin directly?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>If you are not logged in, direct access to <code>\/wp-admin\/<\/code> will redirect you to the custom login URL. After logging in, <code>\/wp-admin\/<\/code> works normally.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Login Defender enhances your WordPress site&#039;s security by allowing you to change the default login URL.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/237870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237870"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/amzil000ayoub"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=237870"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=237870"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=237870"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=237870"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en-ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=237870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}