by Jesin A 4 (5 reviews)

HTTP Digest Authentication

Name: HTTP Digest Authentication
Rating: 4.0 (5 reviews)
Author: Jesin A

Protect your wp-login.php page with HTTP Digest Authentication without the need of adding web server modules or changing config files.

HTTP Digest Authentication ranks #32,896 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #662 of 1,659 in the Authentication category, a 4/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Nov 25, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.9 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.2.1 Current Version v1.2.1

Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 25 Nov, 2017

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#662 of 1,659 in Authentication Top 50% by installs No update in over a year

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Review 4 out of 5

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.1
Last Updated: Nov 25, 2017
Requires WP: 3.1.0+
Tested Up To: 4.9
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Jesin A

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
Reviews: 5
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about HTTP Digest Authentication

The username is stored in the wp_usermeta table in plain-text. The password is stored in a two-way encryption format in the same table. It is encrypted and decrypted with the mcrypt_encrypt() and mcrypt_decrypt() functions. But I saw the plain-text password in my database That means your PHP installation doesn't have the mcrypt extension. To check if this is the case go to your <?php phpinfo(); ?> and check if there is a section called mcrypt. If there isn't one in your VPS/Dedicated server install it on Debian/Ubuntu apt-get install php5-mcrypt on Centos/Fedora yum install php5-mcrypt After installation change the password (or enter the same password in Your Profile) to encrypt it. Shared hosting users needn't worry about this as any decent host should already have this installed. Help! I forgot my HTTP Digest credentials You can find your username by executing the following MySQL query. SELECT meta_value FROM `wp_usermeta` WHERE meta_key = 'http-digest-auth_username' and user_id = (SELECT ID from wp_users where user_login = 'WordPress_Username'); Remember to replace wp_ with your actual database prefix and WordPress_Username with your login name. The password can be reset with the following query UPDATE `wp_usermeta` SET meta_value = 'password' WHERE meta_key = 'http-digest-auth_password' and user_id = (SELECT ID from wp_users where user_login = 'admin'); This will set the HTTP password to password. Login and change it immediately.

By default if you access the wp-login.php page using your HTTP credentials, only YOUR WordPress username can login. This security measure can be disabled by ticking this option.

Deactivating this plugin doesn't affect the credentials but deleting the plugin erases all HTTP user credentials leaving no trace of it in the database.