Basic Authentication
With this plugin, you can ask users to authenticate before they can see your Wordpress site.
Maintenance 22/1005186d since update
Active installs
60
Downloads
16,756
Reviews
1
Age
15.6y
Plugin info
Total downloads: 16,756
Active installs: 60
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 1
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/13/2011 (5186 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/25/2010 (15 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 3.3.2
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 5186 days ago • 1 reviews
22/100
Is Basic Authentication abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 5186 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.3.2
Requires PHP: f
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Description
With this plugin, you can ask users to authenticate before they can see your WordPress site.
You can either use the WordPress logins to authenticate, or a given password.
This plugin can be useful when your website is still under construction or in beta fase.
No HTTP Authentication is used.
Installation
- Upload all files to a folder in the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Activate/deactive authentication and edit preferences in the Option page
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Changelog
1.0
- first version of this plugin
1.3
- fix for people with older PHP
1.4
- fix use site_url for redirection
1.5
- typo fix
1.6
- description
- flood message
- better flood protection
- defined blocked time
- if using predefined pwd, you are not loggedin when the pwd changes (even though you’re sessions can still be active)
1.6.1
- debug fix
1.7
- fix for xmlrpc
1.8
- fix redirect_url when WP isn’t installed in root directory. Thx @ Rob Record
1.8.1
- bugfix
1.9
- make compatible with WordPress 3.3