Application password not visible

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  • Moderator threadi

    (@threadi)

    8 hours, 11 minutes ago

    WordPress does not display this option once the website uses HTTP Basic Auth on the front end. Is your website generally protected by such a password on the front end? You’ll notice this if you open the website – which is normally public – in a private browser window and are first prompted for a username and password.

    If you’re not using anything like that, try deactivating all plugins to rule them out as the cause. Plugins could affect this check.

    Thread Starter SRD75

    (@srd75)

    6 hours, 46 minutes ago

    Thanks.

    For the record, I used Health Check & Troubleshooting to disable plugins for my admin session only (which didn’t affect the public website).

    I found the offending plugin was Patchstack Security.

    Disabling that plugin re-enabled Application Passwords.

    I’ve asked Patchstack Security support if their plugin allows Application Passwords.

    Thank you.

    • This reply was modified 6 hours, 43 minutes ago by SRD75.
    Kishan Sonar

    (@kishansonar)

    5 hours, 47 minutes ago

    Check two things.

    First, make sure your WordPress Address and Site Address in Settings, General both use https:// not http://. If the site URL is still http, Application Passwords won’t appear even with SSL active.

    Second, something might have disabled it. Add this to your theme’s functions.php temporarily:

    add_filter( 'wp_is_application_passwords_available', '__return_true' );

    If that brings them back, another plugin or custom code disabled them. Remove the line once you find the culprit.

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