Autologin Links
WARNING: THIS PLUGIN CAN BE INSECURE IF NOT USED CAUTIOUSLY. Allows selected users to autologin to your WordPress website via autologin links.
4.7(15 reviews)
·8.0K+ active installs·Updated 5 years agoAs of April 2026, Autologin Links is a WordPress auto plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 56K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 26% this week. Top alternative: Companion Auto Update.
4.7/515 reviews
8.0K+active installs
56K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
This plugin allows admininstators to generate autologin links for their
WordPress website, logging in visitors under a certain user name. Administrators
can edit (generate and delete) autologin links for users, users can only view
their autologin links. Note that This plugin bypasses the standard
authentication method of wordpress via login and password and should only be
used if you understand the security issues mentioned below and on the
plugin website.
Usage
Once this plugin is activated, administrators can generate autologin links on
the edit profile administration pages for different users. Users can view their
autlogin links on their profile pages. Autologin links are of the form:
http://yourwebsite/[subdirectory/]?autologin_code=ABC123
For more convenience it is possible…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Nice.
by con·4 years ago
Plugin authors that create free plugins love people complaining and giving a 1-star rating instead of creating a support thread.
Fact.
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by ofihsdfoi·5 years ago
Cam here just to say the auto login link is gone and when I click auto login links I cannot find a link just a useless page. It would be smart to add an option to copy and paste the link.
Great and works!
by onehare·5 years ago
I use it on a staging site when dealing with freelancers. It works every time and make it pain free. Thanks for taking the time out to dev this plugin. love you.
Great! just works!
by palansher·5 years ago
Thank you, author!
One of a kind
by Nickolay Petrov·5 years ago
There are no other similar solutions except this plugin.
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 10This week: 51Period total: 5K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9.8+ requiredTested up to 5.6.17 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.12
91.2%
Other
8.8%
Top Alternatives to Autologin Links
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.12.0
- Feature: Add admin menu under Settings -> Autlogin Links that allows to:
- Feature: Disable the “generate autologin-link” adminbar menu for good.
- Feature: Set the details of the new loging-lockout feature.
- Feature: (Security) Add limited number of login retries from a single remote
address. Remote IP addresses are blacklisted for certain amount of time after
too many login failures. Can be disabled from the new menu. - Fixed: Deleting autologin links was impossible after a recent wordpress update.
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