Basic Authentication Plugin

With this plugin, you can ask users to authenticate before they can see your WordPress site.
You can either use the WordPress logins to authenticate, or a given password.
This plugin can be useful when your website is still under construction or in beta fase.
No HTTP Authentication is used.

1. Upload all files to a folder in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Activate/deactive authentication and edit preferences in the Option page

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   Overview of the options for this plugin

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1.0

• first version of this plugin

1.3

• fix for people with older PHP

1.4

• fix use site_url for redirection

1.5

• typo fix

1.6

• description
• flood message
• better flood protection
• defined blocked time
• if using predefined pwd, you are not loggedin when the pwd changes (even though you’re sessions can still be active)

1.6.1

• debug fix

1.7

• fix for xmlrpc

1.8

• fix redirect_url when WP isn’t installed in root directory. Thx @ Rob Record

1.8.1

• bugfix

1.9

• make compatible with WordPress 3.3