I want to hide and rename wp-login.php in my URL for branding purposes on a Multisite set up.
From this forum post I see that I can change mysite.com/wp-login.php to mysite.com/login by inserting a RewriteRule ^login$ wp-login.php in my .htaccess. I like that the URL bar does not show login redirecting to wp-login.
If I try to login under a subsite mysite.com/subsite1/login it shows as redirecting from mysite.com/subsite1/wp-login to http://mysite.com/subsite1/wp-login.php?privacy=1&redirect_to=%2Fsubsite1%2Flogin
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How do I get it to show as mysite.com/subsite1/login without the redirect in the URL bar?
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If I enter mysite.com/wp-login.php it shows as page not found. Great!
Now if I enter mysite.com/subsite1/wp-login.php it shows as the page exists. Oh no!
How do I hide that this page exists for subsites? I tried the functions.php suggestion in my child theme but it created a redirect loop.
First things First …
The Rewrite Rule
Basically all this rewrite says is (say it out loud) … when I type mysite.com/login and hit enter, then take the user (rewrite) to mysite.com/wp-login.php
This is not a URL mask or URL Forwarding which is what you are hoping for.
Second Part …
After Login – Redirect too
The url your are seeing contains 2 parts
http://mysite.com/subsite1/wp-login.php
- this is the actual URL for the login page
- as @Brasifilo says you are better of telling your customers to go to
mysite.com/wp-admin
?privacy=1&redirect_to=%2Fsubsite1%2Flogin
- ignore the
?privacy=1
- then
&redirect_to=%2Fsubsite1%2Flogin is fairly obvious as where to GO after logging in successfully.
Hiding that you’re using WordPress
It’s probably better that your customers know that you have white labelled WordPress … it would give more confidence that their CMS is a trusted open source application used by tens of millions of people around the world. Don’t hide it 🙂
