Hi, you must follow the onscreen instructions very carefully while renaming wp-admin path name or else you might be locked out of the backend. Please follow these steps:
In “wp_options” table in your database, delete the rows with following “option_name”:
– hide_my_wp
– hide_my_wp_undo
– hmwp_ids_installed
– hmw_all_plugins
– external_updates-hide_my_wp
– hmwp_spam_counter
– hmwp_temp_admin_path
You shall now be able to login to backend.
– in HMWP Start Tab, select “Medium Privacy – More Compatibility” scheme and save the settings (assuming that it’s Apache server and htaccess file is writable)
– in Permalink & URLs tab set “New wp-admin Path” field to “NEW_WPADMIN_PATH_NAME” (a new window will open with the instructions)
– add following line in wp-config.php, before require_once(…)
define(“ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH”, “/NEW_WPADMIN_PATH_NAME”);
– you’ll also need to update your .htaccess file (if it’s not writable) by adding following line before ‘RewriteCond REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f’:
RewriteRule ^NEW_WPADMIN_PATH_NAME/(.*) /wp-admin/$1 [QSA,L]
– click on “I did it (login to new dashboard)” button.
Let us know if any issue.