Title: Security Settings
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Security Settings

 *  Resolved [dancingpony](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancingpony/)
 * (@dancingpony)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m just curious about the ‘Private Login’ option under Security Settings. I 
   know this says ‘Disable wp-login.php’, but can you explain a bit more about what
   this actually does?
 * Thanks,
    Taylor
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Farthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfarthing84/)
 * (@jfarthing84)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings-1/#post-6152557)
 * This turns _wp-login.php_ into a 404 error, as if it doesn’t exist.

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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Farthing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jfarthing84/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-settings-1/#post-6152557)
 * Status: resolved