cuve

<p>With this plugin, you can ask users to authenticate before they can see your WordPress site.<br />
You can either use the WordPress logins to authenticate, or a given password.<br />
This plugin can be useful when your website is still under construction or in beta fase.<br />
No HTTP Authentication is used.</p>


Basic Authentication

With this plugin, you can ask users to authenticate before they can see your Wordpress site.

Drivingralle

Jan Reimers

<p>Only logged-in users can view the frontend, backend or content of the REST API if this plugin is activated. The password reset process on wp-login keeps on working.</p>
<ul>
<li>No options/settings</li>
<li>No by-pass</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage as MU-Plugin</h3>
<p>This plugin is very simple and can also be used as a must-use plugin. That way no admin of a website can deactivate the plugin, making sure the requirement of just authenticated  users is ensured.<br />
! No automatic updates are made for mu plugins</p>


Logged-in-only

It just works!

A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access.

Basic Authentication vs Logged-in-only