Redirection URL NOT working

Hello,

Thanks for using WPS Hide Login.

I think about a conflict with another plugin. Have you tried to deactivate every other plugins ?

@scarlywebs

You have to create a domain redirect for your new page. Needs to be 301 redirect in cPanel.

For example:

https://site.com/wp-login.php redirects to https://site.com/mypage

Depending on what control panel you are using, look for “Domain Redirects” as an option.

@seinomedia Hi thanks for the reply, I did try that but none of the plugins seems to cause the problem of the redirect.

Also just now realized this only happens to the wp-login.php page if I try to go to the admin page it will redirect so not a problem with that.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by scarlywebs.

Hey @sandgroper thanks for reply, i do not have a cPanel i have my own server and use Runcloud panel to control it. Is it a file do i need to change in order to use redirects?

Hello,

@sandgroper There’s no need to create a redirect in .htaccess or in cpanel…

@scarlywebs Even with WPS Hide Login only activated, you still have the redirect ? To wp-login.php or another random URL ?

@seinomedia just now realized this only happens to the wp-login.php page it won’t redirect it, but if I try to go to the wp-admin page it will redirect so not a problem with that.

And yes even with the WPSHide plugin only activated still wouldn’t redirect the wp-login page it will just go straight to my 404 error page.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by scarlywebs.

Euh… I don’t uderstand.

WPS Hide Login let you create a secret slug for your login page.

Then, you can only log in at https://www.yoursite.com/yoursecretslug.

With this secret slug set in WPS Hide Login, https://www.yoursite.com/wp-login.php and https://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin should redirect to 404 for non_logged_in users and /wp-admin reaches to WordPress backoffice for logged_in users. Is it the case ?

@scarlywebs No it’s not a file. By default the plugin goes to the error 404 page. You need to redirect it to your page instead.

Somewhere in Runcloud I would assume there is a function to set up redirects. In cPanel it’s under Domains>Redirects

Look for where you have the option to add a subdomain or addon domain and it will probably be around that area somewhere.

Or maybe there is a totally separate area where you can configure redirects. You’re not looking for a file or a way to modify the plugin, only a function in your account for that domain.

If your server supports .htaccess you could add this to the bottom, changing mysite and mypage to yours:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mysite.com$
RewriteRule ^wp-login.php$ "https\:\/\/mysite.com\/mypage" [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mysite.com$
RewriteRule ^wp-login.php\/$ "https\:\/\/mysite.com\/mypage" [R=301,L]

@seinomedia I am not sure why it’s only working for the wp-admin.php
I think it has something to do with the plugin settings forcing the wp-login to only redirect to a 404 page. And like @sandgroper it is its main default.

@scarlywebs Yes, by default wp-admin goes to your page, but wp-login.php does not.

That’s why you need the redirect.

@sandgroper Hey graham thanks for the input! I did see in my Runcloud panel for domain redirects I can try that and see if it works. I would prefer not to use it that way but seems I got no choice lol.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by scarlywebs.

It’s the only way it will work. It doesn’t do any damage using redirects, so no need to panic.

@seinomedia We are not talking about the secret slug, but the page you set up to send hackers to.

Your plugin has always used that page for wp-admin/wp-admin.php but not for wp-login.php

To send hackers to that page for wp-login.php you need to create the redirect.

Maybe you could capture that page somehow and let the plugin do the redirect. It would solve the problem. Something to think about?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Graham.