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Custom Login URL
Whitelabel your site by hiding wp-login.php in the login and registration URLs
The facts
- Rating
- 3.8★ from 18
- Active installs
- 1k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 15 Sep 2025
- Added
- Feb 2014
- Requires WP
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- WP 6.8.8
- Downloads
- 50,707
Our analysis
AI-assistedCustom Login URL (CLU) is a WordPress plugin that enables you to customise the default login, registration, password reminder, and logout URLs without altering any core files. This is useful for site owners who prefer to conceal the fact that they are using WordPress by masking the original URLs.
The plugin allows you to define custom paths for various actions, such as changing '/wp-login.php' to a user-friendly URL like '/user/login/'. It also lets you set redirect URLs for successful logins and logouts, provided that Permalinks are enabled in your WordPress settings.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress site owners looking to mask their login URLs.
What it does well
- ✓Customises default WordPress login and registration URLs
- ✓No need to modify core files
- ✓Allows for user-defined URL paths
- ✓Supports redirect URLs for login and logout
Where it falls short
- •Requires Permalinks to be enabled in WordPress settings
- •Limited feature information available
Verdict
Custom Login URL provides a straightforward way to customise login paths, making it a practical choice for users wanting to enhance their site's privacy.
From the developer
Greg Winiarski's own description of Custom Login URL, lightly tidied.
Custom Login URL (CLU) is a lightweight plugin that allows to customize default WP login, registration and password
reminder URLs without modifying any files, simple and swift.
Why would anyone would want to use this plugin? Well, after developing some sites it turned
out that site owners do not want to reveal to customers that they are using WordPress, hence the plugin that will mask
original URLs.
What the plugin can do:
- change /wp-login.php to for example /user/login/
- change /wp-login.php?action=register to for example /user/register/
- change /wp-login.php?action=lostpassword to for example /user/remind/
- change /wp-login.php?action=logout to for example /user/logout/
- you can define your own custom paths for each URL above
- set successfull login and logout redirect URLs
In order to make the plugin work you need to have Permalinks enabled in WP Settings.
Tagged as
purpose
Admin Dashboard & White Label
feature
White Label
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