Admin redirect works great, wp-login.php doesn't

Sorry, don’t think that was super clear.

/wp-admin > goes to homepage (correct)
/myspecialadminpage > allows me to log in as admin (correct)
/wp-login.php > allows me to log in, but shouldn’t! (fail)

Thanks

That’s strange. What version of WP are you using? Are you using any other security plugins that could interfere?

Hi. I’m using 3.7.1.

The only other security plugins I have installed is “Limit Login Attempts”. I’ll try disabling and see if that does anything…

Ok, that fixed it, thanks for the quick reply!

i have the same problem but not using Limit Login Attempts plugin.

It redirects to the home page after login not the admin dashboard.

This is my new htaccess file it created

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteRule ^securelogin/?$ /wp-login.php [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

I see that this is marked “resolved,” but I have the same problem, and this thread does not offer any solution.

1) The redirect to my custom login works fine, but
2) wp-login.php is still available for logging in.
3) I have disabled “limit login attempts.

This plugin was recommended by my server host in response to botnet attacks. I really, really want it to work, and it appears to be just what I need.

UPDATE: I am locked out of my site now. The login page returns me to the site itself, with no dashboard access. Though I want this plugin to work, as soon as I can hack into my own site, I will have to remove it.

I agree with @dmkizer. The same thing is happening to me. The login page returns me to my homepage after logging in, not the dashboard.

Upon commenting out the below line in my .htaccess, I was able to log into my dashboard normally (though wp-admin; though, the functionality of the plugin doesn’t work anymore – of course).

# RewriteRule ^youcanttouchthis/?$ /wp-login.php [QSA,L]