Enable login in WordPress only with user e-mail address.
As of April 2026, Force Login With Email is a WordPress email plugin with 200 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 8.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most….
Force Login With Email is a fork of the Email Login Auth plugin. It is a very simple WordPress plugin, which allows users to login with their account email address. Just install, activate it and try to re-login! You can also disable login with username for all users or for ‘admin’ only.
This version of the Force Login With Email plugin was developed without any connection with the previous developer and we count on your help to improve the code and operation of this plugin.
Compatible since version 4.0.x of WordPress.
Compatible since version 3.0.x of WooCommerce.
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| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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