Admin dashboard 404 error

It seems you’ve disabled access to wp-admin for non-logged in users.
Go to the Main Settings page and uncheck: Disable automatic redirecting to the login page when /wp-admin/ is requested by an unauthorized request

Wondering why this is turned on by default?

I’m wondering why this should not be turned on by default? Do you want to help bots/hackers to reach your custom login page with no efforts? I don’t think so.

It blocked admin out using default setting, i think that’s something wrong.

If admin logged out and changed IP, the admin can’t log in back and have to submit ticket for help?

The URL /wp-admin/ is not a login page and normally you should not use it. The default WordPress login page is /wp-login.php. If you’ve set up a custom login page, then you need to use it.

The URL /wp-admin/ is a part of the admin dashboard and should not be exposed to hackers and bots neither logged out users. But if you’d like to increase a surface of attack and get related risks, let them attack it by unchecking that setting.

I can confirm that the latest version enabled several options, e.g. “Immediately block IP when attempting to login with a non-existent username” and “Disable automatic redirecting to the login page when /wp-admin/ is requested by an unauthorized request”.

That’s really not something that should be done IMO – our existing setting should be preserved. I had several angry clients not being able to log in since they’re used to go to /wp-admin/ not wp-login.php

Yes, I agree. There is no doubt that all settings must be preserved. I’ll find out the reason for that unexpected behavior.

It’s been fixed in the development version 5.7.2 https://wpcerber.com/development-version/

Yes, I can confirm this issue with the changes from checkboxes to toggle switches in the settings screen.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by leemon.

Hi Gioni,

Thanks for looking into this.
Quick question: if I install the dev 5.7.2 version, will it update automatically when you publish the ‘release’ 5.7.2? Or will I have to keep an eye and update manually?

Thanks again.

Yes, it will be updated the same way as any other versions from www.remarpro.com.