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<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>🛡️ <strong>Enhanced Security</strong>: Protects your admin dashboard with customizable URL parameters</li>
<li>🔧 <strong>Easy Configuration</strong>: Simple settings page with intuitive interface</li>
<li>🌍 <strong>Multilingual Support</strong>: Full internationalization support</li>
<li>⚡ <strong>Lightweight</strong>: Minimal impact on site performance</li>
<li>🔒 <strong>WordPress Standards</strong>: Follows WordPress coding standards and security best practices</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How It Works:</strong></p>
<ol>
<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>
</ol>
<p><strong>Perfect For:</strong></p>
<ul>
<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>
<p><strong>Security Note:</strong><br />
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.</p>
<p><strong>Development:</strong><br />
This plugin follows WordPress coding standards and security best practices. The code is fully commented and follows PHP best practices.</p>
<h3>A brief Markdown Example</h3>
<p>Access your admin dashboard securely:<br />
    https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/?who=your-secret-key</p>
<p>Customize your parameters:<br />
    https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/?custom-param=custom-value</p>


zmadmin – Admin Access Key

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

Andrew Norcross

Jason Coleman

<p>WP Bouncer restricts the number of simultaneous logins for the same WordPress user account. The plugin’s goal is to deter people from sharing their login credentials for your site, which is especially important for a paid membership, premium content, or eLearning site.</p>
<h3>How WP Bouncer Protects Shared User Logins</h3>
<ul>
<li>The plugin stores a random <code>FAKESESSID</code> for each user when they log in.</li>
<li>If a user is logged in, on each page load (init hook), WP Bouncer checks if the <code>FAKESESSID</code> stored in the user’s cookies is the same as the last login stored in a transient (<code>fakesessid_user_login</code>).</li>
<li>If the two values do no match, WP Bouncer logs the user out and redirects them to the WordPress login page or a custom page using the wp_bouncer_redirect_url filter.</li>
</ul>
<p>If the WP_BOUNCER_HEARTBEAT_CHECK is defined to true, JavaScript will be loaded to bounce users when a new user logs in with the same login. This is useful for sites with page caching.</p>
<p>Admininstrator accounts or any users with the “manage_options” capability are excluded from bounces.</p>
<h3>Or, Allow a Specific Number of Active Sessions</h3>
<p>By default, WP Bouncer only allows one session per user.</p>
<p>You can use this plugin to offer bulk memberships to corporate, education, or other group-type customers via a shared login.</p>
<p>Use the <code>wp_bouncer_number_simultaneous_logins</code> filter to allow a defined number of active “sessions”.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/limit-user-active-sessions/" rel="nofollow ugc">View the Recipe</a></p>
<h3>Example Use Cases for WP Bouncer</h3>
<ul>
<li>User A logs in as “user”. Their <code>FAKESESSID</code>, say “SESSION_A” is stored in a WordPress option.</li>
<li>User B logs in as “user”. Their <code>FAKESESSID</code>, say “SESSION_B” is overwrites the stored WordPress option.</li>
<li>User A tries to load a page on your site, WP Bouncer catches them and logs them out, redirecting them to the warning message.</li>
<li>User B can browse around the site as normal… unless…</li>
<li>User A logs in again as “user”. Their <code>FAKESESSID</code>, “SESSION_A_v2” is stored in the WordPress option.</li>
<li>Now user B would be logged out if they load another page.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Hooks and Filters</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_ignore_admins</code> filter: if returning false even admins will be bounced.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_redirect_url</code> filter: can be used to change the URL redirected to after being bounced.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_number_simultaneous_logins</code> filter: can be set to limit logins to a number other than 1. 0 means unlimited logins.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_login_flag</code>: runs right before bouncing (can be used to potentially stop the bouncing).</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_session_ids</code> hook: used to filter session ids when saving them. Passes $session_ids, $old_session_ids (before any were removed/bounced), and the current user’s ID as parameters.</li>
<li><code>wp_bouncer_session_length</code> hook: used to filter how long the session ids transients are set. This way, you can time the transients to expire at a specific time of day. Note that the transient is saved on every page load, so if you set it to 5 minutes, it’s going to push it out 5 minutes on every page load. You should try to set it to (the number of seconds until midnight) or something like that.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support the Plugin Authors</h3>
<p>If you like this plugin, please check out Jason’s work with <a href="https://www.strangerstudios.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Stranger Studios</a> and <a href="https://www.paidmembershipspro.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Paid Memberships Pro</a> and <a href="http://andrewnorcross.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Andrew’s work at his personal site</a>.</p>


WP Bouncer – Limit Simultaneous Logins

Deter members from sharing login credentials: restrict simultaneous logins for the same user.

zmadmin – Admin Access Key vs WP Bouncer – Limit Simultaneous Logins