Title: Lightweb Media Basic Authentication
Author: Sebastian Weiß
Published: <strong>August 4, 2022</strong>
Last modified: August 4, 2022

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# lwm-basic-auth

 By [Sebastian Weiß](https://profiles.wordpress.org/piep/)

 * [Details](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/lwm-basic-auth/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/lwm-basic-auth/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/lwm-basic-auth/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lwm-basic-auth/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of December 3, 2025 and is not available for download.
Reason: Guideline Violation.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Excellent Basic Authentication plugin for WordPress staging environments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-basic-authentication-plugin-for-wordpress-staging-environments/)󠁿

 [Joel Burghardt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jolle775/) April 23, 2023

Since we published this plugin I am using it on almost every staging environment.
Its so much easier and fasten than using htpasswd. I highly recommend everyone to
start testing the plugin and its functionalities with wp-cli and mu-plugin support.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lwm-basic-auth/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Lightweb Media Basic Authentication” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Sebastian Weiß ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/piep/)

[Translate “Lightweb Media Basic Authentication” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/lwm-basic-auth)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lwm-basic-auth/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/lwm-basic-auth/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lwm-basic-auth/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/lwm-basic-auth/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **4 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.0.11**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lwm-basic-auth/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/lwm-basic-auth/advanced/)