Change WordPress Admin URL

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Here’s an article from wordpress’s site.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-change-the-admin-url-or-wp-admin-to-secure-login

  1. Add constant to wp-config.php 

    define('WP_ADMIN_DIR', 'secret-folder');  
define( 'ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', SITECOOKIEPATH . WP_ADMIN_DIR);

  2. Add below filter to functions.php

    add_filter('site_url',  'wpadmin_filter', 10, 3);  

function wpadmin_filter( $url, $path, $orig_scheme ) {  
    $old  = array( "/(wp-admin)/");  
    $admin_dir = WP_ADMIN_DIR;  
    $new  = array($admin_dir);  
    return preg_replace( $old, $new, $url, 1);  
}

  3. Add below line to .htaccess file

    RewriteRule ^secret-folder/(.*) wp-admin/$1?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

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