Julio Potier

Grégory Viguier

SecuPress

This plugin forbids access to https://example.com/wp-login.php and creates new urls, like https://example.com/login or https://example.com/logout. 
This is a great way to limit bots trying to brute-force your login (trying to guess your login and password). Of course, the new URLs are easier to remember too.
Also remember: the use of this plugin does NOT exempt you to use a strong password. Moreover, never use “admin” as login, this is the first attempt for bots.
By the way, if you are looking for a complete security solution, take a look at <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/secupress/" rel="ugc">SecuPress</a>: Move Login is included inside.
<h4>Multisite</h4>
Yes! The plugin must be activated from your network. 
Note 1: this plugin deals only with <code>wp-login.php</code>, not with <code>wp-signup.php</code> nor with <code>wp-activate.php</code> (yet). That means https://example.com/register will still redirect to https://example.com/wp-signup.php. I think this will be the next step though, but no ETA. 
Note 2: if users/sites registrations are open, you shouldn’t use this plugin yet. There are some places where the log in address is hard coded and not filterable. A <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31495" title="Always use 'login' as $scheme parameter for "login-ish" URLs, and other inconsistencies" rel="nofollow ugc">bug ticket</a> is open.
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>You will need a FTP access: if the <code>.htaccess</code>/<code>web.config</code> file is not writable (you will need to add the given rules manually), or if something is wrong and you can’t log in anymore (see the FAQ in that case).</li>
<li>Should work on IIS7+ servers but not tested (I guess you should probably save a copy of your <code>web.config</code> file before the plugin activation).</li>
<li>For Nginx servers, the rewrite rules are not written automatically of course, but they are provided as information in the plugin settings page.</li>
</ul>

Move Login

Don't know why I didn't find "Move Login" first. I already tested 2 alternative free plugins and it was deficient in different ways.  "Move Login" is powerful, light and easy to set up. Very nice find. Thanks.

The best of the 3 ones I tested

Change your login URL for something like https://example.com/login and stop login brute-force attempts.

James Collins

There are 3 shortcodes that can be used:
<pre><code>[logout] - A standard Log Out link, where the user stays on the login screen after being logged out.
[logout_to_home] - A link that logs the user out, and redirects them to your home page.
[logout_to_current] - A link that logs the user out, and redirects them back to the current page/URL.
</code></pre>
Advanced Usage:
All 3 shortcodes all support 3 attributes/parameters:
<pre><code>[logout text="" class="" redirect=""]
</code></pre>
The 3 supported attributes/parameters are:
<pre><code>text=""
</code></pre>
– The text to use for the link anchor text. 
– Default: <code>Log Out</code> 
 class=”” 
– The HTML class(es) to use for the link. Multiple classes should be separated by a space. 
– Default: <code>logout</code> 
 redirect=”” 
– The path/URL to redirect the user to after they are logged out. 
– Default: the WordPress login screen. 
– Note: must be a URL or path on the same domain name as the WordPress website (cannot be an external domain/URL)
Some Examples: 
 [logout text=”Log Off”] – A <code>Log Off</code> link that logs the user out. 
 [logout redirect=”/members/”] – Log the user out, and redirect them to <code>/members/</code>. 
 [logout_to_home text=”Log Off”] – A <code>Log Off</code> link that logs the user out and redirects them to your home page. 
 [logout class=”log-out-link”] – Use a custom CSS/HTML class name for the log out link.
Note: the shortcodes will return nothing/empty if the user isn’t logged in.
This plugin is inspired by the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/logout-button/" rel="ugc">Logout Button plugin by Ben Poland</a>.
If you like, you can <a href="https://github.com/OM4/log-out-shortcode" rel="nofollow ugc">contribute to this plugin on GitHub</a>.

Log Out Shortcode

I was just about to write a plugin like this for myself. This is simple and to the point with just the right number of features.



Wonderfully simple plugin

Easily add a log out link or button to a post or page using a simple shortcode.

Move Login vs Log Out Shortcode