---
title: "How to log into DokuWiki"
description: "The first step in administering your DokuWiki site is logging into the Administrative dashboard. Below are the steps to log into your DokuWiki administrator dashboard. Logging into DokuWiki Navigate..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/dokuwiki/login-dokuwiki/
date: 2012-12-12
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["DokuWiki"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to log into DokuWiki

The first step in administering your DokuWiki site is logging into the Administrative dashboard. Below are the steps to log into your DokuWiki administrator dashboard.

## Logging into DokuWiki

1. **Navigate to your DokuWiki site**.
2. At the top right, **Click Login**.
3. [![login-dokuwiki-1](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_dokuwiki_101_login-dokuwiki_login-dokuwiki-1.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_dokuwiki_101_login-dokuwiki_login-dokuwiki-1.gif) Enter your Username and Password and **click Login**. **Note!** If you lose your password or username you can follow the instructions on [How to reset or recover your username](/support/security/forgot-username-password-doku/). [![login-dokuwiki-2](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_dokuwiki_101_login-dokuwiki_login-dokuwiki-2.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/edu_dokuwiki_101_login-dokuwiki_login-dokuwiki-2.gif) When logged in as the Administrator, you should see the following at the top right hand side of your site: **Logged in as: Webmaster (admin)**

After you get logged into your DokuWIki site, you will want to learn how to create pages. Please see the article on [How to create pages in DokuWiki](/support/edu/dokuwiki/edit-create-delete-restore-dokuwiki/).