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One Time Login

Use WP-CLI to generate a one-time login URL for any user

By Daniel Bachhuber·Login·Free
5(2 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 2 months ago
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As of April 2026, One Time Login is a WordPress login plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 186K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: WPS Hide Login.

5/52 reviews
40K+active installs
186K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

Need access to a WordPress install but don’t want to create a new user account? Use this plugin to generate one-time login URLs for any existing user.
Then, copy the URL, paste it into your web browser, and… voila!

Because they are one-time login URLs, they will only work once. If you need access again, you’ll need to run the WP-CLI command again.

Using WP CLI to generate OTT URLs

Example

wp plugin install one-time-login --activate && wp user one-time-login <user> --count=3 --delay-delete

After you run the command above, you’ll see a success message like this:

http://wpdev.test/wp-login.php?user_id=2&one_time_login_token=93974b48e3a418b895fc7ca476f1a607d8b99345

Or like this if you asked for more than one:

http://wpdev.test/wp-login.php?user_id=1…
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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Super!
by semseysandor·3 years ago·1 reply

Just what I need in a CD pipeline to deploy WordPress. Works great with WordPress v6.0.3 too.

Awesome!
by noahbalboah·9 years ago·1 reply

This is super awesome and will be helpful managing customers sites.

Download Trends

Today: 87Yesterday: 84This week: 675Period total: 35K

Compatibility

WordPress4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP7.1+ required

Version Adoption

v0.4
94.6%
v0.3
5.3%
v0.1
0.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.4.0 (August 30th, 2021)

  • Introduces one-time-login/v1/token WP REST API endpoint to generate tokens [#28].
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

AngeloAngeloGaelle DespoulainGaelle DespoulainDaniel BachhuberDaniel Bachhuber
Plugin Info
Version
0.4.0
Last Updated
Jan 10, 2026
WP Requires
4.4+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
7.1+
Active Installs
40K+
Downloads
186K+
Added
Apr 28, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

login

Developer

D
Daniel Bachhuber
10 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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