[Site] requires a username and password – Chrome

  • Hi, I’ve seen this issue is other parts of the forum (and elsewhere), and none of the suggested solutions seem to work.

    In Chrome, I get the following pop-up message when I try to login to my site:

    [Site] requires a username and password.
    Your connection to this site is not private.

    I am working from home, where I do almost all my work on the site. This just appeared in the last day or so, and I haven’t made any changes to the site that I can think of in the recent past.

    I can login just fine on Windows Explorer.

    These are the plugins I’m running (which I have bulk-deactivated, to no effect):

    • Add Meta Tags
    • Jetpack by WordPress.com
    • Lightweight Social Icons
    • Simple Full Screen Background Image
    • Social Media and Share Icons (Ultimate Social Media)
    • TPH SSl fix for Chrome
    • Widgetkit
    • Wordfence Security

    The TPH SSl fix for Chrome didn’t work either.

    What do you suggest?

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    please post your .htaccess file

    Thread Starter jafprrr

    (@jafprrr)

    Is this what you mean?

    IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName lifesupportva.org

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    That first section of your htaccess file is what prompts for a name/password. IE may have it cached and supplies it automatically. Is there a reason you put a password over the whole site? If you don’t need/want it, delete everything above # BEGIN WordPress

    Thread Starter jafprrr

    (@jafprrr)

    Okay, so firstly, ‘I’ didn’t put a password over the whole site, and secondly, when I made that edit, it immediately reverted back to the original version.

    Could it be related to Wordfence Security? If so, what would I need to look for?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    No, Wordfence doesn’t do that. Check with your host as it may be a “feature” they’ve enabled.

    Thread Starter jafprrr

    (@jafprrr)

    Well, here’s the answer. WebHostingPad – can’t say I recommend them:

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting us. Actually we have enabled wp captcha protection on our servers for preventing the WordPress attack. That is why while loading the admin page you got an authentication pop up window, unfortunately it doesn’t support on chrome browser, you will get the logins details when you are using the Firefox browser.

    If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask us, we will be happy to answer them. Please update us if you feel any issues. Please feel free to contact us for further help. We are committed to making your hosting experiences pleasant and fulfilling.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Wow, they certainly inspire confidence. Yup.

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