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Hidden WP Admin

Hide the WordPress admin, login and signup pages from all users except those you allow.

By Justin Busa·Hide·Free
3.4(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Hidden WP Admin is a WordPress hide plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.4/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 15K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses….

3.4/55 reviews
100active installs
15K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

This plugin allows you to hide the WordPress admin, login and signup pages from all users except those with a specific capability. Unauthorized users will be redirected via a 301 redirect to your site’s homepage or a URL that you specify in the settings.

This plugin is useful if you want to allow signups for your site but only want users with a certain capability (e.g. edit_others_pages for editor and administrator) to be able to access the admin area. This helps to ensure that malicious users can’t access something that you didn’t intend for them to access.

You are also given the option to redirect the WordPress login and signup pages to your own custom pages. Redirecting those pages in addition to the admin can also help secure your site from someone trying to attack t…

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Ratings & Reviews

3.45 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 1.1

Initial release.= Version 1.2 =

  • Fixed a bug that broke logging out in some cases.
  • Added update message to settings page.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Justin BusaJustin Busa
Plugin Info
Version
1.2
Last Updated
Feb 11, 2015
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
15K+
Added
Jun 10, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

hideloginsecurelockdownwp login

Developer

J
Justin Busa
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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