Prashant Baldha

Frontend HTTP Authentication Protection provides simple HTTP authentication layer to your fronend site. There is often need to prevent normal visitors and search engine from navigating front website, when website is in development environment before release website in production environment. This plugin serves this need very well by adding HTTP authentication layer to frontend site. This WordPress Plugin uses HTTP Basic Authentication. This plugin is fully configurable from admin panel.
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Features: 
1.Enable Disable Frontend HTTP Authentication 
2.Set Custom Username and Password 
3.Set Login Message which will display in login dialog prompt 
4.Set error content by WYSWYG editor

Frontend HTTP Auth Protection

Frontend HTTP Authentication Protection makes private front part of your website. When web developer like to give demo of website to end client before …

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wokamoto

Enabling this plugin allows you to set up Basic authentication on your site using your WordPress’s user name and password. 
It is very useful for setting up Basic authentication temporarily to your development WordPress site and so on.
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WP BASIC Auth

All media files can still be accessed via direct paths.



Doesn't block access to uploads folder

Great plugin. Instead of setting up ht authentication yourself you can use this plugin and it will allow you to use an existing user and password to authenticate instead of adding one on top or for creating this type of authentication yourself connection it to the users in the admin. 
Only thing I missed was some more documentation so 4/5 starts. Thanks!



Awesome Plugin

Enabling this plugin allows you to set up Basic authentication on your site using your WordPress's user name and password.

Frontend HTTP Auth Protection vs WP BASIC Auth