Logging into WordPress Admin: A Complete Tutorial

Overview

Once you start using WordPress, it might not be clear how to access the WordPress Admin Panel for administering your website. Nexcess-managed WordPress and WooCommerce hosting plans allow you to retrieve your admin user credentials and log into the WordPress Admin Dashboard from the Nexcess Client Portal.

Step by step instructions

Sign into my.nexcess.net and choose your managed WordPress or WooCommerce cloud plan from the Plans page.
Choose the needed WordPress or WooCommerce website from the list shown in the user interface.
Next, click the domain name to access your Site Dashboard. Alternatively, you can click the three dots icon to the right of your website’s IP address and open an additional menu. Choose Site Dashboard from the dropdown menu to open your website’s management interface.

Logging into the WordPress Admin Panel is possible from the Site Dashboard’s Credentials page, which will open by default. Additionally, you can retrieve your WordPress admin user credentials, view your WordPress admin login URL, and access WordPress admin from the Application section.

Scroll down to the Application section to retrieve your website admin panel credentials and access your WordPress Admin Dashboard. Next, click the eye icon to get your WordPress admin password.

You can view your WordPress admin password a limited number of times. Once the limit is reached or the option to view the password expires. When this occurs, you can no longer retrieve it from the Site Dashboard. Make sure you save it and store it in a safe location:

Click the Admin button to proceed in logging into the WordPress Admin Panel with the credentials provided. Once you access your WordPress or WooCommerce admin area, you can change your admin password, add new admin users, and change your WordPress login address. Please note that if you modify your WordPress login address, you can no longer log into the WordPress Admin Panel from the Site Dashboard.

Frequently asked questions

By default, your WordPress admin will be available at yourwebsite.com/wp-admin or yourwebsite.com/wp-login.php, where yourwebsite.com is the domain name of your WordPress website.

Many WordPress website owners change their WordPress login URLs to hide their admin interface and ensure additional protection from brute-force attacks (password guessing). The best way to change the address of your WordPress or WooCommerce admin is by using a plugin like WPS Hide Login.

You can reset your WordPress admin user password using the lost password link on the WordPress login page. Next, insert the email address associated with your WordPress admin user and click the Get New Password button. You will be emailed a message containing a password reset link.

You can easily add another admin user from the Users page of your WordPress Admin Dashboard. To do so, click Add New, provide a new username, and also supply the new user’s email address.

Conclusion

Now logging into the WordPress Admin Panel from your Nexcess Client Portal should be no issue for you. Nexcess makes it easy to manage all aspects of web hosting. Our user-friendly web hosting admin panel makes it easy to perform daily tasks that website owners can often find complicated and time-consuming.

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