Marcus Downing

Dani Llewellyn

Whenever a site is under development, or its content should remain private, you want to prevent to general public 
from reading it – whether deliberately or by accident.
A comman way to do this is with <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/auth.html" rel="nofollow ugc">HTTP authorisation</a>, 
but this has some problems:
<ul>
<li>Each user of your site has two different sets of username and password, one for the authorisation and one for 
WordPress login. It’s not uncommon for some users to find this confusing.</li>
<li>To set up authorisation you need access to your web server’s configuration (at least using the <code>.htaccess</code> file), 
which may not be available depending on your hosting supplier. 
You also need to learn how to configure the authorisation correctly, and risk breaking the site if you get it wrong.</li>
<li>When the time comes to remove the authorisation, you need to edit the configuration again.</li>
<li>In certain circumstances, combining authorisation with WordPress login can get a visitor into a circular redirect 
loop, where the result of logging in is to redirect to the login page.</li>
</ul>
Site PIN solves these problems by replacing authorisation with a simple PIN. This has the following advantages:
<ul>
<li>Everybody knows what a PIN is, and it’s clearly not the same as a password.</li>
<li>Logging into WordPress bypasses the PIN, so you can’t lock yourself out</li>
<li>It’s just a WordPress plugin, so no server configuration is necessary.</li>
<li>You can change or remove the PIN from WordPress admin.</li>
</ul>

Site PIN

Prevent careless visitors by locking your site down with a PIN

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, and done.
Everything happens silently and automatically in the background.
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New! Supports defined constants via wp-config.php (<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-cron-http-auth/#installation" rel="ugc">learn more</a>)
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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:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://digwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digging into WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://htaccessbook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">.htaccess made easy</a></li>
<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>
</ul>
And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro</a> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blackhole Pro</a> – Automatically block bad bots</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro</a> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro</a> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Ajax Chat Pro</a> – Unlimited chat rooms</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">USP Pro</a> – Unlimited front-end forms</li>
</ul>
Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

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.

Site PIN vs WP Cron HTTP Auth