How to Login to WordPress Dashboard

Step 1 — Locating WordPress Dashboard

If you have installed WordPress on the root of your domain (in public_html folder of your hosting account) then to access your WordPress Admin Area you should use this link: yourdomain.com/wp-admin

After you have located your WordPress Dashboard you will see a screen like this:

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Step 2 — Accessing WordPress Dashboard

Now, in order to get into the WordPress administrator area, you should login:

• WordPress Username – username you set up when you were installing WordPress.
• WordPress Password – password you set up when installing WordPress.

If you have entered required information please press on Login.

After you have successfully logged in, you will see the WordPress dashboard:

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Step 3 – Troubleshooting Access Problems

Sometimes administrators experience various issues while trying to access WordPress admin dashboard. Below you can find the most frequent issues and their solutions:

Using Incorrect Password

If you entered the correct email address during WordPress installation, simply hit Lost your password? link located below login form, enter your username or email address and a new password will be sent to you.

Do not worry if you cannot reset WordPress password via email reminder. Yet another way to reset it is to manually change user_pass field using phpMyAdmin.

Using Incorrect Username

Just like password, administrator username can be easily changed by editing user_login field.

Conclusion

Congratulations, now you will be able to login to WordPress dashboard and create, develop, edit your website and install various plugins, templates.