Description
Enable, set a user and PW via WP admin and users will be prompted via HTTP AUTH for a user/pw before being able to view the frontend.
Aim of the plugin is to protect staging sites from the prying eyes of search engine robots, and to keep out anyone who might stumble across it accidentally.
This isn’t particularly secure – password is in the database.
Reviews
consolidated
September 3, 2016
Gets the job done if you need one simple step between your staging site and the outside net.
So yeah – this does just what I needed, unsurprisingly seeing as I wrote it to do just what I need….
Contributors & Developers
“Password Protect Staging” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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