Title: A request
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# A request

 *  Resolved [gizmomol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gizmomol/)
 * (@gizmomol)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/)
 * Thank you for your plugin “Rename wp-login.php”.
 * It works as you designed and has already stopped many Bots on my site. Your plugin
   is the first I have seen that actually prevents access to the default /wp-login.
   php which is targeted by many bots.
 * It works and very well.
 * I also use another plugin “User Switching” which allows a site admin to assume
   the user_id of another. We use this plugin often enough to test user permissions
   and even fix a few things not editable using wordpress.
 * Unfortunately your plugin disables the “user switching” plugin. The switching
   plugin is [http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-switching/).
   It passes GET parms like this ?action=switch_to_user&user_id=323&_wpnonce=123456790.
 * I diffed your changes of wp-login.php and they look very logical and simple enough.
   But for some reason it does not work with user switching. The original user switching
   does not require the administrator to know user passwords and do an new login.
 * The “user switching” is a popular plugin so I am requesting that you enable you
   plugin to support it as well.
 * Thanks for you great plugin!
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-wp-login/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-wp-login/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ella Van Durpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellatrix/)
 * (@ellatrix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111326)
 * Thank you for your feedback! I’ve used User Switching before and it’s very useful
   indeed, so I’ll do my best to make it work. I’ll keep you updated.
 *  Plugin Author [Ella Van Durpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellatrix/)
 * (@ellatrix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111336)
 * [@gizmomol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gizmomol/) [@johnbillion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * Found the problem – I hook into `init` just before User Switching gets the chance,
   so I’ll give it priority 11 instead of the default 10 (we both hook at 10).
 * I released a new version, 1.5, which should fix your problem.
 *  Thread Starter [gizmomol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gizmomol/)
 * (@gizmomol)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111385)
 * I tested your Rename wp-login.php plugin, version 1.5 on WP 3.42 and 3.6 and 
   it worked correctly on both WP versions. The priority 11 change enabled the User
   Switching plugin to work.
 * Your plugin is really useful and adds a simple solution to a nagging WP problem.
 * Thank you Avryl!
 *  [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111415)
 * Thanks for the update Avryl!
 *  Plugin Author [Ella Van Durpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellatrix/)
 * (@ellatrix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111465)
 * [@johnbillion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/) Just wondering,
   but why don’t you hook into `login_init`?
 *  [John Blackbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnbillion/)
 * (@johnbillion)
 * WordPress Core Developer
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111467)
 * It’s just a remnant of how the plugin used to work. The switch links used to 
   point to wp-admin rather than wp-login.php but I subsequently changed it. I’ll
   bear it in mind for the next version!
 *  Plugin Author [Ella Van Durpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellatrix/)
 * (@ellatrix)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111472)
 * Ok, thanks!

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 * [Rename wp-login.php](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-wp-login/)
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 * Last reply from: [Ella Van Durpe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ellatrix/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-request-2/#post-4111472)
 * Status: resolved