HTTP Basic Auth vs WP Similar Basic Auth

With this plugin you can protect your WordPress installation with Basic Auth. Basic Auth can use custom password or WordPress users login data. This plugin protects all dynamically generated content: posts, pages, archives, etc. Basic auth does not protect static content like images, scripts and CSS files. You can protect: admin area (wp-admin), login page and frontend area.

Attackers trying to breakthrough WordPress admin page. Basic Authentication helps to prevent attacks. But some case it can’t modify .htaccess or ssl.conf. This plugin is useful for servers where prohibition modify Apache conf(.htaccess) or Nginx conf(ssl.conf). Protect WordPress admin page on similar Basic Auth. It doesn’t need .htaccess or ssl.conf. Features Auth log in with User Name and Password. Customization title and message in Login page. Note This plugin doesn’t replace Basic Authentication. If you can modify .htaccess or ssl.conf, I recommend using that. See differences running layer. Running Layer Fronts-end (ex: CSS, Javascript) Application Plugin <- This plugin Application (ex: WordPress) Programming language (ex: PHP) Middleware Web (ex: Apache, Nginx) <- .htaccess Basic Authentication Middleware DB / OS