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HTTP Auth

HTTP Auth

Security Firewall & Site Security

HTTP Auth is a WordPress plugin for Firewall & Site Security. It ranks #75 of 205 in that group by active installs and was last updated 1 year ago.

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Slug http-auth

6K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band
4.2 Rating out of 5 From 6 ratings
9 Releases Since 18 February 2016
Jul 2025 Last release 1 year ago

Maintenance check

Is HTTP Auth still maintained?

Probably not - several signs point to a plugin that is no longer being looked after. Compare the alternatives below.

  • No release for a while. The last one was 1 year ago.
  • Not tested with recent WordPress. Tested only up to 6.8.12; current plugins are tested on 7.1.

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HTTP Auth alternatives

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#1

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Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

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WPS Hide Login

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All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall

all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall 1M installs · 4.7 stars #5

Limit Login Attempts Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA, Firewall & Login Security

limit-login-attempts-reloaded 1M installs · 4.8 stars

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Standing

More installed than 93.9% of the directory

Ahead of 44,823 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

93.9% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count
44,823 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one
2,910 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band
How to read that

The directory rounds install counts hard and publishes them as bands, so two plugins showing the same number are not necessarily level. The percentile is computed over the plugins that report a count at all, which excludes the quarter of the directory sitting on the reporting floor.

Details

The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version
1.0.1
Requires WordPress
3.5
Tested up to
6.8.12
Requires PHP
5.6
Added to the directory
18 February 2016
Last updated
22 July 2025
Contributors
1
Author
Sami Ahmed Siddiqui

Its own tags

  • brute attack
  • Brute Force
  • http auth
  • prevent-crawl
  • restrict site

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