Title: Basic Auth for WP-Admin
Author: Walid Sadfi
Published: <strong>January 24, 2023</strong>
Last modified: January 24, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Basic Auth for WP-Admin

 By [Walid Sadfi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evolurise/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/basic-auth-for-wp-admin.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/)

## Description

This plugin adds an additional layer of security to your WordPress website by adding
a basic authentication HTTP to the wp-admin and wp-login pages. This means that 
before accessing these pages, users will be prompted to enter a username and password.
This can help to prevent unauthorized access to your website’s backend.

### Credits

This plugin was developed by Evolurise (https://www.evolurise.com/)

### License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by the Free Software
Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this
program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth
Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

## Installation

Upload the plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 Activate the plugin through
the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. Go to the plugin settings page and configure the
username and password that you want to use for the basic authentication. Save the
settings and test the plugin by attempting to access the wp-admin or wp-login pages.

## FAQ

### How do I change the username and password for the basic authentication?

You can change the username and password for the basic authentication by going to
the plugin settings page and updating the relevant fields.

### Will this plugin work on my WordPress website?

This plugin has been tested with WordPress 3.0 and above, and should work on any
website that meets this requirement.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Basic Auth for WP-Admin” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Walid Sadfi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evolurise/)

[Translate “Basic Auth for WP-Admin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6.20 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/)
 * Tags
 * [Basic auth](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/basic-auth/)[security](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
   [wp login](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-login/)[wp-admin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-admin/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/basic-auth-for-wp-admin/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Walid Sadfi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evolurise/)

## Support

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