Title: API Validation not user login
Last modified: May 11, 2020

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# API Validation not user login

 *  Resolved [millesm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/millesm/)
 * (@millesm)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-validation-not-user-login/)
 * I love the idea of this plugin but am looking for something slightly different.
 * I have an external membership database and can query via an API to see if a user
   is current or not.
 * I would love this plugin so simply call the API and let me know if the user is
   active or not. I can then allow people to get content from my site.
 * Security is not the goal here, just making it harder for people to take stuff
   without knowing the username of a valid member.

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 *  Plugin Author [tbenyon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbenyon/)
 * (@tbenyon)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-validation-not-user-login/#post-12819378)
 * Hi [@millesm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/millesm/),
 * So little of the plugin handles what you need and it’s quite a custom thing you’re
   looking for. I’d recommend you have read of [this article](https://ben.lobaugh.net/blog/7175/wordpress-replace-built-in-user-authentication)(
   which is what I based the plugin on).
 * Yours will be super simple with just a basic API request and can all be handled
   in one file.
 * I’ll mark this as resolved for now as this is outside the scope of the plugin
   and I hope I’ve pointed you in the right direction.
 * I’d love to hear how you get on, and if you have any more questions feel free
   to post back here also 🙂
 * Thanks,
 * Tom

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 * Last reply from: [tbenyon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tbenyon/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-validation-not-user-login/#post-12819378)
 * Status: resolved