SleekView for Rename wp-login.php
Rename wp-login.php points the login URL at a custom slug and 404s any request to wp-login.php. SleekView reads WordPress's last-login meta and the access-log probe rows to render real logins and probes as a sortable, filterable grid.
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Login traffic that survives a one-field plugin
Rename wp-login.php is the original "rename the login URL" plugin and the lightest possible deterrent against credential-stuffing bots. It does exactly one job: serve the login form at a custom path and 404 any request to wp-login.php. The plugin has no log of its own and no UI beyond the single field for the renamed slug.
Operators usually pair it with the WordPress access log or with another plugin that records authentication events. The data needed to answer real questions, how many genuine logins happened this week, how many probes of the original URL still arrive, which IPs keep retrying, is already in those logs. The plugin just does not present it.
SleekView reads the user-meta last-login data and the access-log probe rows as one dataset. Each row carries the event date, the user (for real logins) or IP (for probes), the event type, the country, and the outcome. Saved filters narrow to probes-only or real-logins-only. The plugin keeps doing the rename; SleekView turns the silent 404 into a measurable record.
Workflow
From a silent 404 to a real login grid
Read login meta and access logs
Map the columns
Save the probe feed
Drill into the row
Sample columns
Login traffic across users and probes
wp_usermeta last-login keys joined to the access-log probe rows
| Date | User / IP | Type | Country | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 10:14 | marco | Real login | IT | OK |
| 2026-05-15 10:11 | 45.61.x.x | Probe | RU | 404 |
| 2026-05-15 10:08 | 104.28.x.x | Probe | US | 404 |
| 2026-05-15 10:02 | dennis | Real login | DE | OK |
| 2026-05-15 09:58 | 185.220.x.x | Probe | NL | 404 |
Comparison
Default Rename wp-login.php admin vs SleekView
Default Rename wp-login.php
- Plugin admin is a single field, no logs at all
- Probe volume is not surfaced anywhere in the plugin
- Real-login cadence is not visualised
- Top probing IPs need a separate access-log scan
- Real-vs-probe ratio requires a manual log pivot
SleekView
- One row per event whether it is a real login or a probe
- Filter by event type, country, or role in one click
- Saved view for probes in the last 24 hours
- Sort by IP repetition to surface returning offenders
- Click through to the user profile or the access-log entry
Features
What SleekView gives you for Rename wp-login.php
Real-login signal
Filter to event type equals Real Login over the last 7 days to see whether genuine traffic is healthy. The grid turns a silent rename into measurable evidence.
Probing IPs as a grid
Filter to event type equals Probe and sort by IP frequency. The view turns the access log into a triage queue for the firewall rules.
Audit-ready exports
Export any filtered slice to CSV with active filters preserved. Posture reviews and compliance packs get a defensible sheet of login activity instead of a screenshot.
Audience
Who uses SleekView for Rename wp-login.php
Security leads
Real-vs-probe split on the morning grid. The chart converts a silent 404 into evidence that the deterrent is working.
Site owners
Weekly real-login filter on the dashboard. The grid answers the once-a-week posture question without opening an access log.
Firewall maintainers
Sort by IP to surface which addresses keep probing wp-login.php. The chart drives the next batch of permanent block rules.
The bigger picture
Why a renamed login deserves a workspace
Rename wp-login.php is the cleanest deterrent in the WordPress ecosystem because it does one thing and asks for no operational time. The cost is that the plugin has no posture report of its own, and the questions it cannot answer matter on a Monday morning. Real-login cadence, probe volume, probing IPs, and the real-vs-probe ratio all live in the user meta and the access log already.
SleekView reads those rows and lays a real grid over them. The smallest possible defence gets a measurable layer on the posture report.
Questions
Common questions about SleekView for Rename wp-login.php
The real-login rows work from WordPress's own user-meta last-login data, no extra plugin needed. The probe rows depend on having the access log readable or a login-attempt logger that records wp-login.php hits.
Yes. The role column is filterable, so isolating administrators from subscribers is one click. An administrator-only view is useful for spotting silent admin lockouts.
Probes are requests to wp-login.php after the rename has taken effect. The grid reads them from the access log or from a connected login-attempt plugin's log table, whichever is present.
Yes. Rename wp-login.php supports multisite, and SleekView can scope the grid per subsite using the site_id column on user meta and access logs.
Yes. The grid can sort probe rows by IP frequency, which surfaces the addresses returning most often. The longest streaks are the candidates for a permanent firewall block.
Yes. The same data source feeds both, so a row reviewed in the grid stays in sync with the donut on the next chart render. The grid is the row-level workspace; charts are the rollup over the same data.
No. Only the rows on the current page are queried, and queries use indexed timestamp columns on user meta and the connected log. Sites with high authentication volume render the grid in well under a second.
Yes. Any filtered view exports to CSV with active filters preserved. Security reviews get a defensible sheet of the exact real-vs-probe slice the auditor asked for.
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