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Basic Authentication

By Klaas Cuvelier
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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.

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Installation

  1. Upload all files to a folder in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. 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

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  • Version: 1.9
  • Last updated: 9 years ago
  • Active installations: 100+
  • WordPress Version: 3.0 or higher
  • Tested up to: 3.3.2
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