Secure your administration log in
Your can restrict your Joomla! website backend administration access to only your computer (via it's IP address).
Your IP address is not permanent and be changed automatically by your internet service provider so you may need to update the configuration from time to time after you have set up the basic restriction.
To set up :-
- Visit whatsmyip.org to get your current IP address.
- Log into your web host control panel (i.e www.yoursite.com/cpanel).
- Choose file manager.
- Browse to the administrator sub directory in your domain.
- Create a new file called .htaccess (Make sure your include the dot before the filename).
- Enter the 3 lines of text below and replace the 111.111.111.111 with your IP address then click save
order deny,allow deny from all allow from 111.111.111.111