Once you have an account for your WordPress site, you must log in to create content, edit users, and perform many more administrative functions for your website.
How to log in to WordPress
To log in to WordPress, open the browser of your choice and navigate to:
htttp://<your website address>/wp-admin
This is the address for your WordPress administration panel and will take you to the login page, similar to the image below.
- Here you enter your login details as provided to you by your site administrator.
- Enter your password. Remember that, as this is a password field, the characters will be hidden from you for extra security.
- Select the Log In button.
- We all forget our passwords. If you have forgotten, select the “Lost your password?” link, and it will send you to a screen that will help you reset your password.
How to log out of WordPress
On the top right of any page in the administration area is a message with your name and a welcome message (this message may vary).
Hovering over this message will reveal a drop-down menu with a Log Out link. Selecting this link will log you out of WordPress on all browsers and computers.
That’s it, you’re logged out. Remember to go to htttp://<your website address>/wp-admin whenever you want to log back in.
In case you missed our previous article, here’s how to recover a previous version of a WordPress post.