Your login screen is the front door to your site — it's where you go to write posts, add pages, and change how everything looks. All you need is your username or your email address, plus your password.

## Before you start

- The address of your site — the same address your visitors type into their browser.
- Your username, or the email address you signed up with.
- Your password.

## Steps

### Step 1: Open your login screen and sign in

Your login screen sits at the end of your site's address — `example.com/wp-login.php` for a site at `example.com`. Type your username, or the email address you signed up with, into **Username or Email Address**, then type your password into **Password** — the **Show password** icon inside the field reveals what you typed if you'd like to check it. Tick **Remember Me** only on your own device, then click **Log In**.

![Open your login screen and sign in](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODkwMCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7c0a6faf800969f81b764fdfb0ef7a215f5154ba/block_sign-in.png)

### Step 2: You're in

That's it — you're logged in and looking at your Dashboard, the starting point for everything you do on your site.

![You're in](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODkxOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3623811171fc70fb5f7cd1d2d00c4706a71b2e19/block_youre-in.png)

## Tips

- Your username and your email address work in the very same field, so there's nothing to switch between.
- It's worth adding your login screen to your browser bookmarks so you can get back to it in one click.
- Forgotten your password? The **Lost your password?** link under the login form emails you a link to set a new one.

## Summary

Logging in takes two fields: your username or email address, then your password. Click **Log In** and your Dashboard opens.