Artigos de Users, Logins & Security
Users, Logins & Security 1,521
Cannot get into the WordPress dashboard: the six usual causes
The site opens, but the admin dashboard does not. Either it asks for the password in an endless loop, or it says the...
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Protecting the WordPress login: three steps in order of effect
WordPress’s login address is the same on every site in the world: /wp-admin and /wp-login.php. That means any...
Users, Logins & Security 1,252
Signing in to the WordPress dashboard, and the right address
The WordPress dashboard opens on your own domain, by adding /wp-admin to the address. There is no page of ours where...
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Adding a WordPress user, and which role to give them
Everyone who works on the site should have an account of their own. This is not paperwork: it is how you know who...
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Changing a WordPress username
WordPress will not let you change a username on the profile screen. The field is greyed out and you cannot type in...
Users, Logins & Security 1,539
Changing the WordPress administrator password
There are four roads, and which one you take depends on one thing only: how far you can still get. Start with the...
Users, Logins & Security 1,151
Changing the WordPress login address
Every WordPress in the world has its door in the same place: /wp-admin and /wp-login.php. Moving it to an address...
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Putting a captcha on the WordPress login
A captcha is a box the form puts in the way to tell a person from a program. On the WordPress login it does one very...
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WordPress login redirect loop: the causes, in order
You type the username and password, WordPress does not complain, and it shows the sign-in screen again. Or the...
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Stopping spam comments in WordPress
If your blog has comments open, sooner or later it fills up with offers for watches, links to doubtful sites and...
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Letting visitors register on your WordPress site: roles, bots and the risks
The short answer: WordPress can let anyone create an account (Settings > General, “Anyone can register”). It only...
Users, Logins & Security 1,165
XML-RPC in WordPress: what it is and whether to switch it off
The short answer: xmlrpc.php is an old WordPress file that lets outside programs publish to your site. Most sites no...
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Deleting a WordPress user without losing their posts
The short answer: when you delete a user, WordPress asks what to do with what they wrote: delete everything or pass...
Users, Logins & Security 1,242
Locking down the WordPress file editor and a few wp-config settings worth changing
The short answer: WordPress has, in the dashboard, a file editor that lets you change the code of the theme and...
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Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page in WordPress: the causes
The short answer: you log in to the dashboard as an administrator and, on opening a page, WordPress says “Sorry, you...
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Hiding WordPress usernames: author pages, the REST API and login messages
The short answer: WordPress shows, without meaning to, the usernames of those who write on the site: on author...





