Comments on: AskApache Password Protection, For WordPress

By: Gabstero

Gabstero — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:53:43 +0000

Hi All –

Tried to install the plugin (via the plugin install from the dashboard) on a WP 2.8.5. The plugin does not add the .htaccess files – had to add them manually and also for some mysterious reason I am getting these php errors on the AA Pass Pro settings page:

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in wp-content/plugins/askapache-password-protect/askapache-password-protect.php on line 1316 Warning: join() [function.join]: Invalid arguments passed in wp-content/plugins/askapache-password-protect/askapache-password-protect.php on line 1319

All the squares are green except the “Test folder writable” that is red.

Any help very useful!

Thanks

By: Daniel Pipitone

Daniel Pipitone — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:50:05 +0000

OK, I am having an issue. I just installed this running the latest version of WP (2.8.5) and activated the first two authentication options for the login area. Now I cannot get to the login and get a “nothing found at…”

Anyone help?

http://danielpipitonedesign.com/wp-admin/

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:22:49 +0000

I also ran into the problem where I was locked out of my wp-admin site. Other than that this plug-in seems very useful. I was able to fix the wp-admin login issue by deleting/renaming the .htaccess file in the wp-admin directory. The author appears to be working on an update. Hopefully this will fix that.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:52:05 +0000

I got this to install. It seemed to require that the .htaccess and .htpasswd files currently exist in the protected folder(s); wp-admin (I think).

After initial configuration I ran into another problem with the following SID modules: SPECIFIC CHARACTERS and Directory Traversal. They broke my site.

Would be nice if the Manage Security Module GUI listed which SID items in the .htaccess were related to what SID Module. That way when I my site breaks and i have to manually edit the .htaccess it is a little bit easier to know what lines to remove.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:18:40 +0000

How exactly am i supposed to configure my file/folder permissions in order to get this plugin to initialize correctly? I keep getting the following file permissions error; “/wp-admin/.htaccess file writable”. The installation instructions are a bit lite.

By: Cauchy

Cauchy — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:23:42 +0000

I tried installing the version available from the WordPress.org site today. It ran the tests and said everything was fine. I enabled protection for wp-admin and now I cannot access my wp-admin area at all. There was nothing in the .htaccess file and I removed the the .htaccess file in wp-admin after removing the plugin via FTP. Is there anyway I can regain access? I also did not see a .htpasswd file anywhere in my directories. Thanks.

By: manasi

manasi — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:42:57 +0000

Hey guys need some help here. I noticed several things after I upgraded to 2.8.2. first thing I noticed is that for some reason I could access my wp-admin page without getting a login page. Suspecting something amiss I clear cache rebooted and tried again I could still access the site Not good and not normal. So, I enabled the two options within AAPP that I had not before: protect wp-admin and protect wp-login. However, now even I cannot get into my admin page. There was no prompt to create a user, and when I try to get in I get 401 ( forbidden) which is the action it is supposed to do. how do I disable (temporarily) the security that blocks even me?

By: Raghu

Raghu — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:53:52 +0000

Great plugin for sure…

Thanks.

By: Perfu

Perfu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:42:48 +0000

Useful plugin thank you.

By: Norhafidz

Norhafidz — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:46:21 +0000

Thanks for this plugin. Now I can rest a lot without worrying about my blog’s security :)