Nginx rewrite for changing /wp-login.php to /login

[JasmineAhmed]

Hi Perusio,

Firstly, thank you for the config. Not really an issue but was wondering what the nginx equivalent of the apache rewrite is -

RewriteRule ^login$ http://YOUR_SITE.com/wp-login.php [NC,L]

Thanks for the help

Jasmine

[perusio]

On 2 Out 2012 15h38 CEST, [email protected] wrote:

Hello Jasmine,

Hi Perusio,

Firstly, thank you for the config. Not really an issue but was
wondering what the nginx equivalent of the apache rewrite is -

RewriteRule ^login$ http://YOUR_SITE.com/wp-login.php [NC,L]

You can hide the wp-login.php file in order to block direct access:

location ^~ /login {
    try_files /wp-login.php /index.php?q=$uri&$args =404;
 }

location ~ ^(?<script>wp-login\.php)(?<path_info>.*)$ {
    internal; # block direct access if you want.
    include fastcgi.conf;
    ## The fastcgi_params must be redefined from the ones
    ## given in fastcgi.conf. No longer standard names
    ## but arbitrary: named patterns in regex.
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$script;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $script;
    fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
    ## Passing the request upstream to the FastCGI
    ## listener.
    fastcgi_pass phpcgi;
}

You can omit the previous location block if you don't want to block
direct access to wp-login.php.

--- appa

[JasmineAhmed]

Thanks Perusio. I do not want to hide wp-login.php file. My client doesnt want authenticated users on his website knowing that its a wordpress site, hence why i need to rewrite the url to /login and not /wp-login.php

[perusio]

The mod_rewrite rule, rewrites /login to http://YOUR_SITE//wp-login.php. Is YOUR_SITE the same site or another one? If it's another one, it's simpler:

location ^~ /login {
    return 301 http://YOUR_SITE/wp-login.php;
} 

[JasmineAhmed]

it is the same site. I'm guessing the solution to my clients problem would be -

location ^~ /wp-login.php {
return 301 http://YOUR_SITE/login;
}

[perusio]

Yep. That's it. If you want just a 302 redirect omit the 301.

location ^~ /wp-login.php {
    return http://YOUR_SITE/login;
}

[JasmineAhmed]

thank you very much Perusio, i will try that.

[rajuginne]

renaming wp-login.php by redirect
blocking direct access to wp-login.php

rewrite rule not working for multiple websites

please help?