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 …

Jeff Starr

This plugin enables WP Cron on sites using HTTP Authentication.
How to use: Visit the plugin settings, enter your HTTP Auth credentials, save changes, done.
Everything happens silently and automatically in the background.
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👉 Supports defined constants via wp-config.php 
 👉 Super lightweight, fast, and effective 
 👉 Plugin uses only 30KB of code
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Privacy
This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.
WP Cron HTTP Auth is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.
Support development
I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:
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<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
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And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
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WP Cron HTTP Auth

Needed it. Simply works. Awesomeness. :-)

Works like charm!

Exactly what was needed to solve the cron task problems we encountered once we put in place Require valid user restrictions into our .htaccess file.

Small plugin. Does exactly what it says on the tin. No spam. No ads. No nags.

Solved our Staging and Dev environment issues

Enables WP Cron on sites using HTTP Authentication.

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