HTTP Digest Authentication is a WordPress app, with a 4.0 average rating from 5 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
HTTP Digest Authentication is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Jesin A. With a rating of 4.0★ from 5 reviews.
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HTTP Digest Authentication is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 5 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Jesin A — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (5) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How HTTP Digest Authentication works
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This plugin adds an additional layer of protection for the wp-login.php page using HTTP Digest Authentication with the PHP header() function.
So it doesn’t require configuring web server files like .htaccess or .htdigest and works on all web hosting environments.
Important: If you already have a plugin which does HTTP Authentication please deactivate it before activating this plugin. Similarly if you have configured your web server to do HTTP authentication on the wp-login.php file please remove it before using this plugin.
If you are using FastCGI PHP this plugin may keep prompting for the credentials even if you enter the right pair, in this case use the following in your .htaccess file
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c> SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" PHP_AUTH_DIGEST=$1 </IfModule>
Advantages of HTTP Digest Authentication
Digest Authentication is very much safer than HTTP Basic Authentication whose credentials can be easily decoded with a base64 decoder.
From Wikipedia on HTTP Basic Authentication:
The BA (Basic Authentication) mechanism provides no confidentiality protection for the transmitted credentials. They are merely encoded with BASE64 in transit, but not encrypted or hashed in any way.
Digest Authentication on the other hand uses MD5 on the credentials making it “one way”
Uses server and client nonces to prevent replay attacks
Features of the HTTP Digest Auth plugin
Works using PHP header() function and doesn’t require modification of service config files (like .htaccess, nginx.conf etc)
Supports HTTP credentials for each WordPress user
Clears the HTTP Digest credentials when the user logs out of WordPress (more on this in the FAQ)
Verifies if both the HTTP and WordPress credentials are of the same user (this is the default behavior and can be changed)
Works on all major Web Servers (Tested on Apache, Nginx and Lighttpd)
Plugin Behavior
When this plugin is activated for the first time all WordPress users will have the following Digest credentials
Username: <WordPress username>
Password: password
This can be changed from Users > Your Profile.
After activating this plugin for the first time you’ll be prompted for HTTP credentials when you logout
Similarly if you change your HTTP username or password you’ll be prompted for this when you logout
Available languages
English
Serbo-Croatian by Borisa Djuraskovic
The HTTP Digest Authentication Plugin official homepage.
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Frequently asked questions
What is HTTP Digest Authentication?
HTTP Digest Authentication is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.0-star rating from 5 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Jesin A.