Brainspill
Web, Programming, Usability, etc.
Wordpress Password 0.6.1
Minor update to the WP-Password plugin I’ve let languish. I think I’ve fixed the redirect bug.
http://www.broome.us/wp-password/wp-password_0_6_1.zip
You’re welcome to try it out. Update the comments with any bug reports, ideas, complaints, etc.
Future plans might involve integrating WP 2.7 (and later) internal password protection to provide a better UI, handling it’s inherent per-page/post nature better (Default value, etc). Preliminary checking looks like it’ll take some changes to the WP Core to really work well, but I’ve been known to think on problems like that slowly for a while and suddenly come up with a solution… we’ll see.
10/7/2009 - 9:36 am
I miss the pictures. And if you try to post without an email it takes you to an error page but there’s no link to get back here.
10/7/2009 - 11:26 am
I miss the pictures too. Haven’t modified this theme enough to bring them back yet, but I will.
Thanks for the report about the error.. Just convinces me I’m not done searching for a replacement them, since the Vigilance theme I was using took a crap and quit working entirely.
10/19/2009 - 3:29 pm
Hi –
does this plugin have any sort of password hashing? Is the password passed as plain text when it’s submitted?
If so, looks like SSL for me!
Thanks,
-tim
10/19/2009 - 5:18 pm
@Tim, if you’re concerned about pw hashing, you should really be using the built-in WP security or some other solution entirely… This plugin stops the curious snoop, not the dedicated. SSL by itself isn’t an answer there, either… it’s just encryption of data while it’s in transit – it still sits in the same systems at either end of the connection.
12/20/2009 - 10:37 am
Hi,
I’m trying to get this plugin to password-protect my blog’s user registration form. However, the plugin does not seem to work for wp-login.php, is there any solution or workaround for this?
1/15/2010 - 4:39 am
I’ve installed this on my friends blog, but something must be wrong. Some of my friends get in, and some of them dont. I get in when I use google Chrome, but not on Internet Explorer.
How come?