If you still have a user called "admin," create a new administrator account with a unique name and delete the old one. Hackers already know the username "admin" exists.
Never use "admin" as a username. Always use a strong, unique password containing uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters. wp login
First time? If you installed WordPress yourself, you received an auto-generated password via email during installation. If a developer set it up, ask them for credentials. If you still have a user called "admin,"
By default, WordPress tells hackers whether the username or password is wrong. Hide this by adding to your functions.php: First time
function no_login_hints() return 'Login failed.';
add_filter('login_errors', 'no_login_hints');
If you manage dozens of WordPress sites, manually typing wp-login.php for each is inefficient.
<Files wp-login.php>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 123.456.789.0 # your IP
</Files>