A new site of mine will require authors to login, but rather than having them see the normal WordPress logo on the login page, I replaced it with my own. This is also a good idea if you’re building a site for a client, so you can give them their own branded login page. It’s easy and quick, but shows you paid attention to details.
Here is an example:
Before:
After:
Here is how you do it:
- Backup yoursite.com/wp-admin/images/logo-login.gif
- Create your logo image with transparent background or match background color (#f9f9f9)
- Save as logo-login.gif and overwrite existing file
- Backup yoursite.com/wp-login.php
- Change (’login_headerurl’, ‘http://wordpress.org/’); to (’login_headerurl’, ‘http://yoursite.com/’);
- Save wp-login.php and overwrite existing file
That’s all it takes. If you’d rather use a plugin, there are some available to help you customize your login page.
- Wordpress Custom Admin Branding – This changes the log in screen, as well as the logo in the header and footer of your admin panel.
- Branded Wordpress Log In Screen – This is a plugin that brands only the log in screen.
UPDATE:
When you upgrade WordPress, you will need to do this again. Upgrading to the latest version, 2.8.4 in this case, overwrote the files with the originals.
