About this plugin
com/wp-admin” will no longer bring up the admin page.
secret).
Only people who enter the secret key will be able to access your admin area.
Features
The Basic Version will hide your administrator URL from public access. This is all most people need.
- Set “Enable” to “yes” in order for wSecure to work.
- In the “Key” field enter the key that will be part of your new administrator URL. For example,
wSecure.
Please note that you cannot have a key that is only numbers.
- If you do not enter a key, but enable the wSecure plugin, then the default URL to access the administrator area is /?wSecure
wSecure).
- Set the “Redirect Options” field. By default, if someone tries to access you /wp-admin URL without the correct key, they
will be redirected to the home page of your WordPress site. You can also set up a “Custom Path” is you would like the user
to be redirected somewhere else, such as a 404 error page.
- Click on the save button to make changes.
The Advanced version has additional features that you can have.
- Mail tab: This sets whether you want an email to be sent every time there is a failed login attempt into the WordPress administration area. You can set it to send the wSecure key or the incorrect key that was entered.
- IP tab: This tab allows you to control which IPs have access to your admin URL.
- White Listed IPs: If set to “White Listed IPs” you can make a white list for certain IPs. Only those specific IPS will be allowed to access your admin URL.
- Blocked IPs: If set to “Blocked IPs” you can block certain IPs form accessing your admin URL.
- Master Password: You can block access to the wSecure component from other administrators.
Setting to “Yes”, allows you to create a password that will be required when any administrator tries to access
the wSecure configuration settings in the WordPress administration area..
- Master Mail: These setting allow you to have an email sent every time the wSecure configuration is changed.
- Log: This setting allows you to decide how long the wSecure logs should remain in the database.
Important
In order for wSecure to work the wSecure plugin must be activated. Go to Plugins Manager and look for
the “wSecure Authentication”. Make sure this plug in is activated.
Help
Click on the “Help” link present on wSecure Authentication plugin page. Here you will find help on how to use this plugin.