Actually both URLs will let you login into your site's dashboard.

However, they are different: While wp-login (which should be wp-login.php) is a php file in the root folder which returns the form to login into your WordPress, wp-admin is one of the three default folders (wp-admin, wp-content and wp-includes) which contains internal files such as libraries and scripts.

So, if you haven't logged in yet, by going to wp-admin you will be redirected to If you are already logged in, by going to wp-login it will show you once again the form to access, and wp-admin will take you directly to your dashboard.

wp-admin redirects to wp-login.php. I.e. there is only one admin log in page.

Both of these URLs will redirect to the WordPress login page. If your 'wp-login' url is not working properly you can use another one 'wp-admin'.