HTTP Basic Auth
Basic Auth for Wordpress.
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·200 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, HTTP Basic Auth is a WordPress auth plugin with 200 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: authLdap.
1/51 reviews
200active installs
9.8K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
With this plugin you can protect your WordPress installation with Basic Auth. Basic Auth can use custom password or WordPress users login data.
This plugin protects all dynamically generated content: posts, pages, archives, etc. Basic auth does not protect static content like images, scripts and CSS files.
You can protect: admin area (wp-admin), login page and frontend area.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.0 – 2022-02-27
- Added compatibility with WordPress 5.9
Contributors
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