zmaxteam

zmadmin – Admin Access Key is a simple yet powerful security plugin that adds an extra layer of protection to your WordPress admin dashboard. By requiring a custom URL parameter, it prevents unauthorized users from even reaching your login page.
Key Features:
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<li>🛡️ Enhanced Security: Protects your admin dashboard with customizable URL parameters</li>
<li>🔧 Easy Configuration: Simple settings page with intuitive interface</li>
<li>🌍 Multilingual Support: Full internationalization support</li>
<li>⚡ Lightweight: Minimal impact on site performance</li>
<li>🔒 WordPress Standards: Follows WordPress coding standards and security best practices</li>
</ul>
How It Works:
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<li>Set up your custom access parameters (parameter name and value)</li>
<li>Access your admin dashboard using the secure URL provided</li>
<li>Only users with the correct parameters can reach the login page</li>
<li>Normal login process continues as usual after reaching the login page</li>
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Perfect For:
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<li>Developers who want to hide their admin areas</li>
<li>Websites requiring additional security layers</li>
<li>Preventing bots and automated attacks on login pages</li>
<li>Clients who need simple but effective admin protection</li>
</ul>
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>
Security Note: 
This plugin adds an additional layer of security but should not be considered a replacement for other security measures like strong passwords, two-factor authentication, and regular WordPress updates.
Development: 
This plugin follows WordPress coding standards and security best practices. The code is fully commented and follows PHP best practices.
<h3>A brief Markdown Example</h3>
Access your admin dashboard securely: 
 https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/?who=your-secret-key
Customize your parameters: 
 https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/?custom-param=custom-value

zmadmin – Admin Access Key

Enhance WordPress backend security with access key protection. Protect your admin dashboard with custom URL parameters to prevent unauthorized access.

DJ Abrams

Password Sentry (PS) is the must-have application for every membership site! We developed and released Password Sentry in 1999. Password Sentry was groundbreaking as the first application of its kind. Password Sentry continues to be groundbreaking as we grow and re-invent Password Sentry to continue to be the leader in the industry – exceeding anything our competition offers. Password Sentry is an affordable and reliable tool used by thousands of clients to secure and protect thousands of websites from password trading and dictionary / brute force attacks: saving webmasters hundreds or thousands of dollars each year in extra bandwidth, and lost sales. Password Sentry is a free Open Source App.
WordPress (WP) has become a CMS (Content Management System) for many webmasters. In particular, paysite webmasters who offer paid memberships. To that end, we have seen an explosion of apps and WP plugins that enhance the membership functionality of WP. Our plugin is the perfect fit to WP and those plugins. PasswordSentry Plugin hooks into the WP Login to track and log logins to detect and block password sharing and compromised passwords. The PasswordSentry Plugin protects your members and your WP from hackers trying to access your members WP accounts. It also protects your bottom line if you run a paysite by blocking members from sharing their passwords with others. The PasswordSentry Plugin depends on the Password Sentry App: <a href="https://www.password-sentry.com/" title="Password Sentry" rel="nofollow ugc">Password Sentry</a>. The Password Sentry App includes a standalone, web-based control panel (PS AdminCP) to manage Password Sentry App and logged WP users.
o Detect and block password sharing via UserTracking and GeoTracking technology
o Web-based control panel to administer Password Sentry App, and monitor / manage users
o Priority Support [Fee-Based]
o FREE Regular Forum Support
o FREE updates
o Unlimited Domains
o Capability to block logins from specified countries, and/or IP addresses
o Monitor and throttle per-user bandwidth
Before you use this plugin, you must FIRST install the Password Sentry App. Once the Password Sentry App is fully installed and configured, you can then activate and configure the PasswordSentry Plugin. This plugin monitors WP logins, checking for password sharing. If password sharing is detected for a given user, that user is automatically suspended, and you are emailed. Suspended users can either be manually restored via PS AdminCP, or you can setup a cron job to automatically restore suspended users after XX minutes.

PasswordSentry

Secure WordPress by detecting shared passwords, and blocking password sharing. The plugin integrates Password Sentry app into WP to track logins.

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