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briteweb/wp-cron-auth
=====================

Enable CRON behind basic auth.

0.1.1(5y ago)11.4k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/Briteweb/wp-cron-auth/pulls)MITPHP

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Constants
---------

[](#constants)

The plugin requires the following constants to be defined

- `WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_USERNAME`
- `WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_PASSWORD`

Bedrock
-------

[](#bedrock)

If you're using bedrock, add this block to `config/application.php` to define the constants.

```
/**
 * WP CRON basic authentication
 */
Config::define('WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_USERNAME', env('WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_USERNAME'));
Config::define('WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_PASSWORD', env('WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_PASSWORD'));

```

And the following lines to `.env` and `.env.example`

```
WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_USERNAME=
WP_CRON_HTTP_BASIC_PASSWORD=

```

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1927d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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