Josh Eaton

A small plugin that lets you “hide” the front-end of a site, all front-end requests of logged-in users are redirected to the WP Dashboard (filterable).
Useful mainly for developers, if you’re developing a site and want to give users access to see the dashboard while you’re working on the front-end. Also can be used if you have a site with no front-end and always want users to stay on the dashboard.
Filters included:
<ul>
<li><code>rfe_redirect_caps</code>: Control capabilities required to bypass redirect, lets Administrators access front-end by default (default: <code>manage_options</code>) </li>
<li><code>rfe_redirect_url</code>: Change the redirect URL (default: <code>admin_url()</code>)</li>
</ul>

Redirect Front-end

A small plugin that lets you "hide" the front-end of a site, redirecting to the WP Dashboard.

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Secures the backend AND the frontend with ssl when you are logged in. If a user logs in and calls a http site you will be redirected to the equivalent https site. You do not have to manually define <code>FORCE_SSL_ADMIN</code> in the <code>wp-config.php</code>. The authentication cookies will be ssl secured.
<h4>Warning</h4>
There is no protection against ssl leaks. If you follow a http link, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack" rel="nofollow ugc">men in the middle</a> could, for example, see which site you enter.
But he cannot steal your login session! 😀

Secured Users Front

Secures the backend AND the frontend with ssl when you are logged in

Redirect Front-end vs Secured Users Front