How to Log In to MediaWiki

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After you install MediaWiki, it is time to log in to the platform, so you can start working on your new MediaWiki website.

To log in, you must open the MediaWiki login page and enter your credentials. Doing so will open the platform’s admin panel.

In the following paragraphs, we show how to do so.

 

How to Log in to MediaWiki

The first thing you should do is to open the MediaWiki login page.

To open this login page, type in the registered domain name you connected with MediaWiki in your browser when installing the CMS.

Once you type in the URL, a page similar to this should load:

How to Log in to MediaWiki

 

Once you see it, click on the Log In button, located at the top right of the screen:

How to Log in to MediaWiki login button

 

After you click on Log In, a new page will load. It looks like this:

MediaWiki login page

 

While here, type in the login credentials that you chose when installing MediaWiki:

Add MediaWiki login credentials

 

After you type in the credentials, click on the blue Log In, located just below the credential fields:

MediaWiki login button to admin panel

 

Once you click on Login, the admin dashboard will appear and you can start working on your new website:

MediaWiki login page

 

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