Last updated on December 13, 2023 by esabela
Experienced users may laugh this off, but it is very common for first-time WordPress users to have difficulty in finding the Dashboard AKA the WordPress working space.
To help you in this search, I’m gonna show you four different methods for accessing the WordPress login site. Bookmark this page so you can find this guide easily when you need it for future reference.
Let’s get started, then.
Table of Contents
Whether you’re an experienced WordPress user or just starting a blog on WordPress, WP dashboard is the place you must take yourself into! It’s where everything will be happening for the website outcome!
To login to WordPress site admin, visit your site’s URL, add ‘/wp-admin,’ and enter the username and password. Alternatively, you can login to WordPress site through your hosting provider’s dashboard by locating the WordPress icon, clicking ‘Login,’ and entering your credentials.
However, there are a couple more ways to get you into the WP dashboard. Let’s see each in detail.
4 ways to login to your WordPress Dashboard:
The WP admin panel or Dashboard is where you can manage everything about your site. From here, you can add new posts for your site, install themes and plugins, manage users, and handle just about everything.
To access the WordPress Dashboard, simply add /admin or /login after your site’s URL.
For example, if your site is mattwrites.com, then its WordPress login URLs will be at mattwrites.com/admin or mattwrites.com/login.
Sometimes you need to add .php after /admin and /login after the URL. For most users, you don’t need to do this. But if you see the page not loading up, add .php at the very end of the URL, and then the admin page will load just fine.
Those with a WordPress site installed inside a subdirectory follow the same rule as before. Just add /admin and /login at the very end to access the WordPress dashboard.
So, for the e-commerce section of our example website, the admin panel would be at mattwrites.com/store/admin and mattwrites.com/store/login respectively.
Sometimes, people also buy subdomains for their domain name. A subdomain may look like our demo site: demo.newwebber.com. Subdomains also allow you to log in to their WordPress Dashboard in the same way as a normal domain name would.
To get to the WordPress dashboard from a subdomain, you just have to add the wp-login or wp-admin after the subdomain URL. The URL structure for the WordPress Admin page will remain the same as before.
So, for the demo website example, the Dashboard would be present in demo.newwebber.com/wp-admin.php.
Pro Tip: Make sure to check the Remember Me box on the WordPress login page. This saves the password, so you do not have to enter it every time.
It is also a good idea to set up a Two-Factor Authentication on your WordPress Admin login page. This beefs up the security and makes your site safe from attacks. We have covered this in a separate article, which you can check out.
Every site has a hosting dashboard. Here, you will find important tools such as FTP client, cPanel, MySQL Login Panel, etc. There is also a shortcut to your WordPress Dashboard present here.
Now, different hosting providers have different user interfaces for their Dashboards. Say Hostinger may have one type of dashboard while BlueHost may have another. But remember, the designs are just different. You just have to locate where the shortcut to the WordPress Dashboard is. Usually, it is present next to your domain’s settings.
We at New Webber use HostGator, so this is where the shortcut to our WordPress Dashboard lies:
This opens the WordPress Admin page in a new tab. If I had already saved my passwords before, the WordPress Dashboard will load automatically.
Similarly, if you use a different hosting provider, then do not worry. We have shown how to access the WordPress Dashboard for some popular Hosting providers.
WordPress Login Shortcut for Bluehost:
WordPress Login Shortcut For SiteGround:
WordPress Login Shortcut For Cloudways:
WordPress Login Shortcut For WPengine:
However, if you’re planning on buying a hosting and are lost in the middle, see our guide on how to choose the Best WordPress hosting for a secure website experience. This will certainly direct you toward the right way!
cPanel is basically a collection of useful software needed for server administration and has all the shortcuts in one place. It uses software called WordPress Management by Softaculous. It can detect WordPress installations and take you straight to the Dashboard.
So, let’s see how you can open the WordPress Dashboard using cPanel:
The WordPress login screen will open in a new tab. Use your credentials to log in, and the Dashboard will load up.
There are instances where users cannot log in to their WordPress dashboard even after providing the correct passwords. Sometimes, incorrect passwords, problems with the database connection, WordPress login redirects, or issues with PHP code can cause this.
Let’s look at what cause such errors and how to troubleshoot WordPress login page error:
WordPress is pretty strict about passwords. Entering the wrong passcode will not enable you to enter the Dashboard. So, make sure you are giving the exact password for WordPress. If you have the credentials stored somewhere, it is better to simply copy and paste them into the password field. This way, you will not get any errors.
But for those who have lost their WordPress passwords, click Lost Your Password? link to initiate the password reset. You will get a link to reset the password in your email. Make sure to keep it in a safe place so you do not lose it again in the future.
If you try entering the wrong password continuously, WordPress will eventually lock you out. This is done to protect your site from Brute Force attacks.
Normally, WordPress imposes a 20-minute time limit before you can enter the password again. So, to avoid it, simply reset the password by clicking the Forget Password button.
Your WordPress website also has a database to store all kinds of data, such as images, videos, posts, and, most importantly, the site’s passwords. If WordPress cannot connect to the database, then it will be unable to authenticate you and give access to its Dashboard.
This is a pretty big issue for your WordPress site. The possible fixes include repairing the database connection or installing a backed-up database from earlier on.
Another common problem is when you land back on the WordPress login page, even after entering the correct passwords. This happens continuously in a loop, not giving you access to the WordPress Dashboard.
As a fix, you can remove the browser cache, restart it, and then try logging back in. Most of the time, this fixes the issue. But if you keep getting it again, try restoring the default .htaccess file and reinstall the default themes and plugins.
To open the WordPress Dashboard in your local host, make sure the local server application is running. Turn on the server first. Then, from the browser, go to localhost/yoursitename/wp-admin.php. Here, you need to enter the correct username and password to enter the WordPress Dashboard.
For your site’s WordPress login URL, simply add wp-admin.php or wp-login.php after the domain name. Then, the browser loads the WordPress login page, where you can enter your site’s username and password to open the WordPress dashboard.
WordPress’s Dashboard is the key to managing everything on your site. It is secured by a login screen, which you can easily access by adding wp-admin or wp-login after the site’s URL.
Using a secure password manager to store your WordPress credentials will make it easier for you to log in every time. So, do that and access your WordPress Dashboard with the ease of a single click.
That pretty much sums up this guide. See you in our other WordPress guide next time.
Founder & CEO of New Webber.