August 30, 2010 
A customized WordPress login is a nice touch to any site, especially if you’re making it for someone other than yourself. There should be no need to install a plugin to do this for you. In order to keep your site lean, you’ll want to avoid adding loads of plugins that do little things like this.
Here’s how you can customize your WordPress login with your own logo in under a minute. Simply add this to your theme’s functions.php file:
function my_custom_login_logo() { echo '<style type="text/css"> h1 a { background-image:url('.get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/images/logo.png) !important; } </style>'; } add_action('login_head', 'my_custom_login_logo');
Replace the logo.png with your filename and make sure to drop the file in your theme’s images directory.
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I think it’s better if you include in this article the recommended height and width of the logo. Thanks!
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hey! Great twist.. I like the way you put the codes in paper background..
I think this is not a good idea. It will be overwritten when you update your theme.
Correct me if i’m wrong.
Hello, this is pretty cool. I already used in my personal blog! :) Thanks for sharing. Max.