by zoltanlaczko 3.7 (6 reviews)

htaccess protect

Name: htaccess protect
Rating: 3.7 (6 reviews)
Author: zoltanlaczko

htaccess protect - Protect your wordpress login or admin pages with password.

htaccess protect ranks #7,552 among WordPress.org plugins with 800+ active installations, is #474 of 4,529 in the Security category, a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jan 23, 2022. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.9 (Current: 7.1.1)

v0.7.0 Current Version v0.7.0

Updated 4 years ago Last Update on 23 Jan, 2022

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#474 of 4,529 in Security Top 10% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

800+

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10.8K

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74%

Review 3.7 out of 5

3.7 (6 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.7.0
Last Updated: Jan 23, 2022
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 5.9
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: zoltanlaczko

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.7
Reviews: 6
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 login, admin, or entire site without creating individual user accounts. It adds an .htaccess-based authentication layer to block unauthorized access and reduce brute force login attacks.

Password protect wp-login.php
Password protect WordPress admin pages
Password protect entire website
Create unlimited .htaccess users
Modify existing .htaccess users
Change .htaccess user passwords
Remove .htaccess users
Enable/disable password protection

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about htaccess protect

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. 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!

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 ZOTYA htaccess protect # END ZOTYA htaccess protect 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.