How to limit access to wp-admin in case of a dynamic IP address?

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I have dynamic IP address and I am trying to find the solution to limit the access to wp-admin. It seems that the only option is to block the access by domain name by using a Dynamic DNS Manager instead of IP address. Are there any alternatives?

I have dynamic IP address and I would like to limit access to wp-admin. The website is hosted on shared server. — elievi, Aug 30 '19 at 13:12
"I have" -- my question is who the "I" is. The server or the client? — schroeder, Aug 30 '19 at 13:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 27 '19 at 06:30

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What about using client certificates for the particular URI?

eg: Access to https://example.com/ is allowed, but for https://example.com/wp-admin the client needs to provide a valid certificate.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/ssl/ssl_howto.html#accesscontrol https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_ssl_module.html#ssl_client_certificate

edited Aug 27 '19 at 06:30

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answered Aug 27 '19 at 05:49

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You can also use a basic HTTP authentication for this location. – binarym Aug 27 '19 at 09:09
Thats true, but most people would use the same as the wp admin password, so when you got one you can login to wp. – RolfRisiko Aug 27 '19 at 11:56

How to limit access to wp-admin in case of a dynamic IP address?

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