{"id":6357,"date":"2019-02-15T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T10:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:17:48","slug":"how-to-secure-joomla-or-wordpress-admin-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-secure-joomla-or-wordpress-admin-page\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Secure Joomla Or WordPress Admin Page?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you redirect your Joomla or WordPress admin area to be accessible only from one single IP, you will be able to completely secure your Joomla or WordPress website. You can do this without adding any complex code to the .htaccess file. Refer to the steps mentioned below:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to your account and click on the \u2018Secure Admin\u2019 button.<\/li>\n<li>You will be asked to enter the IP address from which you are going to access the admin panel, if you know the IP address enter it otherwise you can get your IP address from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsmyip.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">whatsmyip.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter the IP and click on \u2018Continue\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After completing this process, your \u2018\/wp-admin or \/administrator\u2019 folder can only be accessed with the IP address that you have provided. It is possible to add more than 1 IP address to this field in the list of \u2018allowed IPs\u2019 or you can also remove any existing entries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you redirect your Joomla or WordPress admin area to be accessible only from one single IP, you will be able to completely secure your Joomla or WordPress website. 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