Logging In to the WordPress Dashboard
In WordPress you have two sides to your website. The front end which is what your users or visitors get when navigating to your URL (domain name). The other is the Dashbaord. The dashbaord is where you log in and can make changes to your website (front end). It is simple to get to the dashboard all you do is add “/wp-admin” the end of your websites URL.
* I am using a demonstration URL of “http://example.com/” replace it with your URL when you are following this tutorial.
The two images below show a URL for the front end of the site, and the URL to use to get to the dashboard.
All that changed to get to the dashboard was adding “/wp-admin” to the end of the websites URL.
You will know you when you have made it to the WordPress dashboard when you see this screen after adding “/wp-admin” to your URL:
* If you installed WordPress yourself you should have acquired a username and password during installation. If you had someone set up your WordPress site for you, they should of given you the username and password.