by Miina Sikk 4 (3 reviews)

.htaccess Site Access Control

Name: .htaccess Site Access Control
Rating: 4.0 (3 reviews)
Author: Miina Sikk

Using the password protection will give you extra security layer of protection from brute force hacking attacks. Additionally, it's also an easy …

.htaccess Site Access Control ranks #7,552 among WordPress.org plugins with 800+ active installations, is #477 of 4,512 in the Security category, a 4/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated May 11, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.4 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 11 May, 2016

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#477 of 4,512 in Security Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: May 11, 2016
Requires WP: 3.0.1+
Tested Up To: 4.4
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Miina Sikk

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to password protect their site or specific pages without creating separate user accounts for each visitor. It adds .htaccess-based password protection to block unauthorized access and add a layer of defense against brute force attacks.

Password protect wp-login.php
Password protect WordPress admin pages
Enable/disable password protection
Change .htaccess user passwords
Remove .htaccess users
Add one .htaccess user
Unlimited .htaccess users (premium)
Protect entire site (premium)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about .htaccess Site Access Control

As of version 1.0, you can choose between the following options: 1. Enabling/disabling the password protection to wp-login.php, WordPress admin pages, and/or the whole site. Note that you'll be asked to re-type the .htaccess username/password you created before enabling any of the settings - to ensure that you wouldn't enable the password protection without even knowing the password yourself! 2. Modifying the existing users: you can change any .htaccess user's password and remove the users. 3. Adding a new .htaccess user. Note that you have to have at least one user to be able to enable any of the options: otherwise you would be locked out! For more information and support, check out: http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-htaccess-site-access-control/

Since the plugin is protecting your site via modifying .htaccess and .htpasswd files, it works only if these files are writable by WordPress. If the files don't exist, you can just create empty writable files to the location brought out in the plugin's warning. You can also see from there which files are already writable and which not.

For accessing your site again, you have to modify two files: 1. .htaccess file in your WordPress root directory (the directory where the file wp-config.php is located); 2. .htaccess file in your WordPress wp-admin folder From both files, delete everything BETWEEN these two lines: # BEGIN WPSOS htaccess plugin # END WPSOS htaccess plugin IMPORTANT: Before modifying either of the files, make a copy of them! For accessing the files, either use FTP or log in to your web hosting service provider, usually they also enable direct file modification.

Check out our site, at: http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-htaccess-site-access-control/ I have some suggestions for other options I want edited Let us know, via: http://www.wpsos.io/wordpress-plugin-htaccess-site-access-control/