Easy Basic Authentication – Add basic auth to site or admin area

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 39% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ ziordia68

   10mo ago

   I found it easy to implement, and works perfectly. With it, I do not need those really big security plugins, just combine it with other small plugins like 2fa.

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2. ★★★★★ Nguyen Minh Hung

   2.0y ago

   Works perfectly and doesn’t require complicated configuration. Thank you for creating this plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ James Joseph Finn

   2.2y ago

   Ciao from an Italian-American. The plugin works flawlessly. Thank you for publishing it. One question: After configuring the plugin, I was expecting to find a .htpasswd file in the root directory; but apparently the plugin sets Basic Auth in a manner different than the one I’m familiar with. I’m no backend dev, but I always love to learn. I’m wondering how this works under the hood to implement Apache Basic Auth. Thank you again, paisano.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 8 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-16 600+ → 700+ up after 22 days in tier
2. 2026-06-24 700+ → 600+ down after 64 days in tier
3. 2026-04-21 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2026-04-19 700+ → 600+ down after 12 days in tier
5. 2026-04-07 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-04-06 700+ → 600+ down after 14 days in tier
7. 2026-03-23 600+ → 700+ up after 4 days in tier
8. 2026-03-19 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• L Limit Login Attempts 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• WPS Limit Login 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Google Authenticator 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• SP Move Login 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B
• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A

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Easy Basic Authentication – Add basic auth to site or admin area: 700+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/easy-basic-authentication