We all know that WordPress community is among one of the most largest communities and they keep increasing by the day 🙂 . WordPress is widely popular with bloggers because of the features and the immense choices it offers to users. WordPress allows flexibility and easy customization to its users and they even offer access to a wide variety of products to their users for free.
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It is always fun and exciting to have numbers of subscribers on our website, right?If you are a WordPress user, you will know that they provide all their users with one “default” login page with where your users can register in your website. But wouldn’t it feel good to go a step ahead and create a custom login page? Yep, you can do that as well!
In this post, i am going to show you how to go about doing the same, without playing with your codes or working too hard.
How to Create a Custom WordPress Login page
You can create a Custom WordPress Login Page different from the “wp-admin.php” by using a Plugin called Theme My Login.
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What does this plugin actually do? It redirect users upon log in and log out based upon their role, Customize user emails for registration and/or password recovery, It allows you to create a custom login page and also allows your users to receive regular updates from your WordPress website. However, we all know that – creating a Custom WordPress Login Page makes your website standout.
As the first step towards installing this plugin, download it from WordPress.org. After that has been done successfully, install it by uploading it from the Plugin Management System. Once the Plugin gets uploaded, activate it. You can now see that the Login pages have been created.
This is a very powerful Plugin which gives you numerous options and as we continue, we shall be discussing the options and how to use them 🙂
In order to configure the Plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel >>> Click “Settings” >>> Click “Theme My Login”. And you will see something like the image below
Each module has a list of functions which can be extended to various levels. The basic tab has several functions which makes you include a Page ID in WP-LOGIN file and also allows your registered users to sign in to your website by using their Email address. This Plugin also assists you in editing the CSS of your login page for further customization of your website. Each module represents each function which you can extend for your needs. They are discussed as follows,
Custom Email and Password
This module allows initializing custom email for your website. It also allows you to configure custom email for your WordPress website. Not only Custom email address, you can also initialize and enable the custom passwords for your user accounts.
Custom Themed Profile
By using this option, you can easily modify your users profile and you can provide custom themed profile for your users.
Custom User Links
This Plugin also allows you to create a custom user link for your users. By enabling the check box, you can provide user links for your users.
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This Plugin also provides various functions as Custom User Moderation, Custom Security Menu, and Custom Redirection for your WordPress Website. Based upon your need, you can enable or disable the extra features you need or don’t need. Not only this options, Theme My Plugin allows you to add login components in the sidebar widgets, footer widgets and other widget areas. This makes you to login into your website without directly entering your login page.
Me: One best thing i love about this plugin is, it helps minimize the risk of hacking by changing your default login url from; “http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/” to “http://www.yoursite.com/my-login/” (or which ever name you think of 🙂 )
Over To You
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It looks like i have said so much about so much on my today’s topic, now it’s time to pass the ball to your table 🙂
What do you think about this little but powerful plugin? Let us know by using the comment box below…
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I would like to know if this tut works on a WP-Network install or how it should be tweaked to get it to work across a WP-Network?
And I totally agree, as a user of WPMUdev’s awesome Ultimate Branding plugin, being able to accomplish these same aesthetic feats with that plugin would be a spectacular update.
Hello Evan,
I’ll say yes, the plugin can work on a wp-network. And this plugin is indeed a good one for bloggers who want to customize their blog’s admin panel 🙂
Thanks for the comment and do have a good week ahead
Hi Ambika, good to see you at Babanature’s blog 🙂
Informative post on creating custom WordPress login page indeed!
Who doesn’t like customization! I’ve seen a few login and register pages where people had their own logos and I always used to wonder how they did that. Though I’ve presently disabled registrations on my blog, but I can try to have a customized login page for myself. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. Have a nice week ahead, both of you 🙂
Hi Harleena,
Yea. Small world- we keep bumping into one another!
Thanks for appreciating. I learnt to create one only last week, and thought I might as well share it with all my friends.
Hello Harleena,
I have also disabled my registration form because of the amount of spammy article i received from spammers. This plugin really do sound nice and i do hope i use it on my new site i am creating 🙂
Thanks for the lovely comment my friend. do have a good week ahead 🙂
That was a nice article explained very well. I have been wondering when seeing other blogs while doing guest post for logging into them.They all use to have these kind of customized logins which is unique and attractive. They brand them self in different ways that’s why we call them pro-bloggers. But I came to know how to do it. Thanks for sharing this.
Also I want to know how we can the logo in the login page. Even I see some websites having their logo in login page than the official wordpress logo. If you know, let me know it in your next article.
Thank You.
Hello Shathyan,
This post is a guest post by Ambika 😉 and sure, amma try to make a post about that when the time comes.
Thanks for your comment and hope you have a nice week ahead 🙂
Hi Shathyan,
Am so delighted to get such a wonderful response to this article here for my good friend, BabaNature.
Yes, you can also add your own logo instead of the WP logo on the customized login page you create for yourself.
All you need to do for that is replace the logo in wp-register.php.
I am sure you are smart enough to be able to handle that.
Please write back to us if you need more help with that.
Apart from being very unique, custom log in pages for wordpress can help curb a lot of things that could appear to be a sorta vulnerability or security risk.
This is one of the first things I learn in my early days of blogging.
Thanks for taking your time to explain this pragmatically and also do have a great week ahead
Very true. I forgot to mention that within the article.
Thanks for reminding about that!
Hello Obasi,
You are absolutely right there, a custom login page will definitely help reduce the risk of getting hacked.
It is good to hear that you already know about this 🙂 . Thanks for your comments and do have a good week ahead 🙂
Thanks Ambika for this post. having a custom login is something we ought to inplement in our WordPress blog. though i haven’t myself, will find time to do it.
Am glad you found the post useful. As for me, I dont have this option on my blog. Please do write to us if you face problems with customization after using this plugin! 🙂
Hi Ambika, This is a nice article and very helpful, who want to make their blog more attractive.It helped me to change my log in page too.Thanks for sharing…
Hello Sohan,
It is good to hear that you’re using the good old plugin. Hope it is working for you as expected?
Thanks for your lovely post, Do have a blissful week:)
Hi Sohan,
Am so happy to know you were able to do that with the help of this post!
Thanks for visiting us.
I never knew something like this every existed. Never knew that you could customise your login page. I am sure its something handy and could be used and tried. Seems as if this plugin has a host of other features which is good in a way as it will limit the number of plugins to be used.
Hello Shalu,
I also haven’t heard of the plugin till Ambika posted it here. I went to do a lot of digging to know whats the plugin can actually do. Aside from the login customization it performs, it also has a lot of other cool features that will indeed help improved blog security.
Thanks for the comment and hope you have a good week ahead 🙂
Hi Shalu di,
Great to see you here. 🙂
I didnt know about this plugin till I saw a custom login page on one of my friend’s page. I then asked him how he had managed it. And once I knew about this wonderful plugin and the added security it offers, I wanted to share it with all my friends.
I am happy to know that you liked the post.
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
Wow man today i’m shifting to wordpress and this might come in handy for me. Thanks and u never cease to amaze me.
Ambika was the lovely Lady that posted this article and to be honest, it will definitely work for you. 🙂
Thanks, Sumanth!
I am sure you will love WordPress. Though I have never really tried Blogger, all my friends who have migrated from there do tell me how blogging suddenly became much easier for them.
If you do decide to keep registration open on your blog, I am sure you will love this plugin. 🙂
Good luck with WordPress.
Hi,
Very Informative blog, I think custom log in pages for wordpress can help a lot of things.It is unique and attractive .
I couldn’t agree with you more Sonal.
P.s. it will be nice to have a gravatar enabled email for your self so people can see you in a professional way 🙂
Thanks, Sonal. It’s a pleasure having you here. Hope to see you on this blog more often.
WordPress is #1. Hundreds of plugins to choose from and themes too. Anyone wondering “how to .. something” just search on Google and the tutorial is in your face. “Custom login by OnenaijaBLOG”. Thanks bro’!
Best regards from I. C. Daniel
Totally agree to that!
And isnt that one of the reasons WordPress has an edge over other blogging platforms?
There is so little that needs to be done manually, which makes it easy for someone like me manage a blog easily too. 😛
Hi Ambika,
Nice to see you here at Babanature’s blog and a very interesting topic.
I’ve read about this in the past but I’m the kind of girl that prefers less plug-ins. I’d prefer someone coding it for me to be honest with you then relying on another plug-in. I really believe that less is best and although they do some really cool things like creating your own opt-in page we can really get carried away with them.
I’m sure there will be plenty of people though jumping in to give this one a go.
~Adrienne
Hi Adrienne,
If every blogger was as smart as you and could handle coding, we wouldnt see those many plugins as we do today.
The fact is that I myself cant handle the codes, etc too confidently and use plugins heavily on my blog.
For those like me who are technically handicapped, this plugin is a blessing!
Oh Ambika, I’m not a coder. I either Google how to do it or ask someone I trust to help me with it. I can do a few little things and I’ve learned a lot but I’m not brave enough to break my theme over something. I only wish I knew more code but I’ll definitely find someone to help me with it. That’s why relationships online are so important. I’ve got the perfect list of friends. 😉
~Adrienne
Hi,
Indeed very informative post.
Really, I didn’t know about this plugin. I feel this is helpful for me and as well as other bloggers. 🙂
Thank You for sharing. 🙂
the same as Adrienne,
I’m not a coder .. but this post has given some light on technical information. Thanks Ambika
Nice tutorial Ambika it’s really really nice, i will follow your guide to setup a wonderful custom logo on my blog and i will send you feed back thanks
Hi Ambika
thanks for sharing such a nice post with us. I have changed the logo for more professional looking website but never thought of the whole new style. You have shared such an amazing article. Keep up the good work. Would love to read more from you. Have a great weekend ahead.
Thanks & Regards.
Well, customizing the wordpress’s login page had made a great difference to me. I mean recently I did so and applied new customization with a a great feel.
Thanks a lot for sharing such an informative post.
Regards
Charmie
Thanks for this post 😀 customizing the wordpress’s login page had made a great difference to me tc..