Custom Login

NOTE: in Custom Login 4.4, PHP 8.1 or greater was required, but in version 5.x, PHP requirements were
dropped back to 7.4 or greater. Enjoy the update.

Custom Login 3.0 was 200% faster than version 2.0, and version 4.0 and 5.0 is now even better!

For more information visit the official Custom Login page.

Support
Austin and the Frosty Media team will always try our best to support the Custom Login plugin on the WordPress.org forum, but please note that we can not guarantee a response in a timely manner. If you have an issue we would appreciate you using GitHub or purchasing priority support on our site.

Any extensions purchased on Frosty Media (not hosted on WordPress.org) will not be supported on the WordPress.org forum. You can always browse our small but growing documentation for further assistance. You need a valid license key to make support submissions on our site. We thank you in advance.

Bug Reports
Bug reports for Custom Login are welcomed on GitHub.

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Extensions

There are currently seven premium extensions available, with more coming (suggestions welcome – and will be offered for free to said user).

Extensions available now

• Stealth Login – obscure your login URL.
• Page Template – add a login form to any WordPress page.
• Login Redirects – Manage login redirects.
• No Password – allow users to login without a password.
• Style Pack #1 – four pre-designed login styles.
• Style Pack #2 – four pre-designed fun login styles.
• Style Pack #3 – four pre-designed holiday login styles.

Extensions in development/extension ideas

• Email Logins for usernames.
• 2-step Authentication.
• “Super User” only access for client sites.
• Added in core as of version 3.0 Remove default WordPress login CSS.
• Submit button styles!
• Added as of version 3.2 Custom Login pre-made settings templates AKA Style Packs.

More info

Activate the plugin and customize your WordPress login screen. It’s as easy as modifying a few settings, there is no need to understand CSS at all. Custom Login even has a HTML, CSS & jQuery textarea for more advanced customizations.

1. Read more about Custom Login 5.0
2. Read more about Custom Login 4.1
3. Read more about Custom Login 4.0
4. Read more about Custom Login 3.1

For those looking to show off your login screen, check out the Flickr group! Share you designs with the community!

links

• Additional Plugins: https://frosty.media/plugins
• Austins Blog: https:/austin.passy.co/
• Austin on Twitter: @TheFrosty
• Frosty Media on Twitter: @Frosty_Media
• Development welcomed on GitHub

Follow the steps below to install the plugin.

1. Upload the custom-login directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings/custom-login to edit your settings.
4. Design away.
5. Activate the settings by checking “Enable” in the “General Settings” tab.

1. 

   Custom Login v3 Design Settings part 1.

2. 

   Custom Login v3 Design Settings part 2.

3. 

   Custom Login v3 General Settings.

4. 

   Custom Login Extensions Installer (an active license key is required).

Version 5.1.2.2 (2025/11/29)

• Upstream dependency updates from thefrosty/wp-utilities.
• Don’t load vendor/autoload.php if already autoloaded externally.

Version 5.1.2.1 (2025/11/23)

• Fix edge case Fatal error found in legacy plugins using Hash from thefrosty/wp-utilities update.

Version 5.1.2 (2025/11/22)

• Bump thefrosty/wp-utilities.

Version 5.1.1 (2025/11/14)

• Resolve gettext mixed type fatal error.

Version 5.1.0 (2025/11/14)

• Bump js-yaml and standard by @dependabot[bot]
• Feature: Add Login style with srcset for responsive image backgrounds.

Version 5.0.2 (2025/10/11)

• Remove roave/security-advisories (due to political support on their README I don’t agree with).

Version 5.0.1 (2025/07/16)

• Fix: export-ignore for Composer installs.
• Bump PHPUnit to 11.
• Change Requires PHP back to 8.3 (modified in downgrade action for WordPress repo)

Version 5.0.0 (2025/07/15)

• Tested up to 6.8.2
• Bumped dependencies for PHP >= 8.3.
• Dropped plugin PHP support back to >= 7.4 (WordPress repo) with Rector.
• Add better Composer installation support, requires PHP >= 8.3 (for installations via Packagist).

Version 4.5.2 (2025/06/10)

• Bump WP Utilities to 3.4.3
• Resolve dashboard visibility no hiding on setting toggle.
• Update default remote request timeout from 15 to 2 seconds.

Version 4.5.1 (2025/05/20)

• Only load Import/Export on Custom Login Settings page.

Version 4.5.0 (2025/05/14)

• Add roave/security-advisories
• Update codecov-action to v5
• Setting: Expose Extensions Submenu
• 🔄 Regenerate translation files
• Readme Updates
• Update references from Twitter to X.
• Hide “active” Custom Login Extensions from the plugins.php page
• Bug: Fix Codemirror syntax issue

Version 4.4.0 (2025/04/14)

• Requires PHP >= 8.1.
• Bump Tested up to too “6.8.0”.
• Resolve “Translation loading for the custom-login domain was triggered too early” added in WP 6.7.0.

Version 4.3.0 (2024/10/30)

• Bump Tested up to too “6.7.0”
• Updated login logo HTML attribute for CSS targeting in WP 6.7.

Version 4.2.0 (2024/04/25)

• Bump Tested up to too “6.5.2”
• Resolve possible “Uncaught TypeError” when initializing wp.codeEditor on empty element.

Version 4.1.1 (2023/12/13)

• Resolve Security Vulnerability (CVE-2023-49858).

Version 4.1.0 (2023/11/09)

• Drop support for PHP <= 7.4.
• Resolve PHP deprecation notices in PHP 8.2.
• Official supported WordPress is >= 6.2.
• Tested with WordPress 6.4.
• Remove deprecated function CUSTOMLOGIN().
• Fix: resolve use of path instead of URL for animate.css.

Version 4.0.12 (2023/12/13)

• Resolve Security Vulnerability (CVE-2023-49858).

Version 4.0.11 (2023/09/20)

• Fix: Removed Opis Closure package (causing PHP deprecation notices in 8.1+).

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