HTTP Authentication (password-protected setup)

  • Hello,

    We are having to use the plugin within a password-protected site using .htpassword This has been noted as a 401 auth error because the plugin needs access to the user:password first before attempting to make view/write to .htaccess

    Can I suggest that you add an indication that if a 401 error is received, that the plugin will inform to ask for the username and password to the basic authentication, before proceeding?

    This seems to currently affect the $config['redirect-to-existing-in-htaccess'] and the error message is misleading.

    Let me know how I can help if needed,

    Kind regards,
    Michael

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  • Thread Starter Michael Sumner

    (@xmic)

    I’ve went with a temporary solution by tweaking all mentions of wp_remote_get()
    and replacing them with wp_remote_request(), please see below that I hope will be implemented in the next release of the plugin:

    $username = 'myusername';
$password = 'mypassword';
$args = array(
    'headers' => array(
        'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode($username . ':' . $password)
    ),
    'timeout' => 10,
    );
$response = wp_remote_request($url, $args);

    Kind regards,
    Michael

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Michael Sumner. Reason: re-format code
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