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

The Easy Basic Authentication plugin provides a simple method to add basic authentication to your WordPress site. You can enable basic authentication for the entire site or only for the admin area by setting a custom username and password. Secure your site by restricting access only to authorized users. Try it on a free mock site: click here Key Features Simple Configuration: With Easy Basic Authentication, you can easily set up basic authentication for your entire website or specifically for the admin area. Set a custom username and password to ensure secure access. Admin Area Protection: If you wish to restrict access to your WordPress admin area, Easy Basic Authentication allows you to do so quickly and effectively. Only users with the correct credentials will be able to access this critical part of your site. Entire site protection: If you wish, there is an option to extend the access limitation to the entire site and not just for your WordPress admin area, Easy Basic authentication allows you to do this quickly and effectively. Only users with the correct credentials will be able to access this critical part of your site. Failed Access Logging: The plugin keeps track of failed login attempts, helping you identify unauthorized access attempts. This is particularly useful for monitoring your site’s security. Access Log: If you choose to enable this feature, Easy Basic Authentication allows you to log successful logins, providing a comprehensive overview of login activities on your site. Easy Management: The plugin’s intuitive interface makes it simple to manage basic authentication settings. You can easily enable or disable basic authentication and adjust credentials to suit your needs. Email Alert Functionality: Easy Basic Authentication includes an email alert feature to notify you of unauthorized access attempts. You can receive email alerts when someone tries to access your site without proper credentials. White List Functionality: Easy Basic Authentication now includes a White List feature, allowing you to specify trusted IP addresses exempt from basic authentication. Configure this list to grant immediate access to known users or systems without requiring credentials, enhancing convenience while maintaining security. Protect your WordPress site with basic authentication quickly and reliably. Easy Basic Authentication gives you control to ensure that only authorized users can access your online resources. Maintain your site’s security and prevent unwanted access today with Easy Basic Authentication. Usage Visit the plugin settings page to configure your desired basic authentication options. Choose whether to enable basic authentication for the entire site or just the admin area. Set a custom username and password for secure access. Monitor failed access attempts and access logs for added security. Troubleshooting: Resetting Basic Authentication If you’re having trouble logging in due to the basic authentication, you can reset it and regain access by following these steps: 1 Connect to your website via FTP. 2 Navigate to the plugin directory: wp-content/plugins/easy-basic-authentication/class/ 3 Locate the file: easy-basic-authentication-class.php 4 Find the following line: add_action( 'init', array($this,'basic_auth_admin') ); 5 Comment out that line by adding a # at the beginning: #add_action( 'init', array($this,'basic_auth_admin') ); 6 Save the file and re-upload it to your server. This will disable the basic authentication temporarily, allowing you to log in. Once logged in, you can adjust the plugin settings as needed. If you need further assistance, feel free to reach out. GitHub Repository You can find the source code and contribute to the project on GitHub: Easy Basic Authentication on GitHub

GuardianKey is a service to protect systems in real-time against authentication attacks. It implements GK Auth Security for login protection and GKTinc dissuasion challenges, helping detect and block malicious accesses, and notify the legitimate user and the system administrator. Beyond the security, the GuardianKey solution provides a good user experience, because the user is not required to provide extra information or to execute tasks during the login. When GKTinc is enabled, the challenge runs automatically during login, with server-side validation in the plugin. GuardianKey’s approach provides a risk assessment in real-time. The events and risks can be explored in the GuardianKey’s administration panel. How GuardianKey works The GuardianKey detection engine analyzes the events sent by your online system to the GuardianKey servers. The detection engine uses Machine Learning and our secret mathematical risk formula to combine the following three analysis approaches: Threat Intelligence, Behavioral Profiling, and Psychometric Profiling. Using these three pillars, our engine computes a risk for each event sent by the protected systems. In real time, the online attempt can be blocked, an extra requirement can be requested to the user, or notifications can be triggered. All data sent to GuardianKey servers are doubly encrypted, and NOT send passwords or sensitive data. More information at https://guardiankey.io/ Plugin Installation Install GuardianKey from WordPress plugin directory, and activate plugin Go to https://panel.guardiankey.io/auth/register, and create account in GuardianKey Access GuardianKey panel (https://panel.guardiankey.io/) and go to Settings->Authgroups->edit/view/Deploy information and get keys Access Administration->Tools->GuardianKey in your WP and put keys of GuardianKey Configure GKTinc by filling API Key, Protection Group Hash ID, and Default Challenge Level If you want notify users, change “Notify Users” option to “yes” Using GuardianKey Access https://panel.guardiankey.io and login using the credentials sent to your e-mail address during the registration. You can recover the pass if you forgot it. GKTinc is optional and can be enabled in the plugin settings. When enabled, the plugin loads the GKTinc JS setup, injects the config generated by the SDK, and validates each login server-side. There is a documentation for the panel available at https://guardiankey.io/docs