{"id":2069,"date":"2012-12-12T16:10:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/12\/12\/login-username-password\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:27:18","slug":"login-username-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/login-username-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to log into MediaWiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in working with MediaWiki is knowing how to log in. This section of the <a href=\"\/support\/website\/soho-website-builder-resetting-the-admin-userpassword\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here for getting started with MediaWiki\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting started with MediaWiki<\/a> course will explain how to log into MediaWiki.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<h2>Logging into MediaWiki<\/h2>\n<p>The first step in building the MediaWiki site is to log in as the administrator and begin configuring the site. The Admin username and password are the ones that were set during the MediaWiki installation. The following will explain how to log in to your MediaWiki site.<\/p>\n<h3>How to log in<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><strong>Visit your mediaWiki home page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>At the top right side, <strong>click the Log in link<\/strong>.<br style=\"clear: both;\"><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_101_login-password-username_log-in-mediawiki-2-login-screen.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/edu_mediawiki_101_login-password-username_log-in-mediawiki-2-login-screen.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"MediaWiki login screen\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Now you should see the Log in \/ create account page. <strong>Use the Name and Password you created when installing MediaWiki. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><strong>Click Log in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_mediawiki_101_login-password-username_log-in-mediawiki-2a-user.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"log-in-mediawiki-2a-user\" class=\"std_ss alignright size-full wp-image-9511\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/edu_mediawiki_101_login-password-username_log-in-mediawiki-2a-user.gif\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; max-width: 100px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Now you should see your username at the top right hand side.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in working with MediaWiki is knowing how to log in. 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