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thebbapp/wp-basic-auth
======================

Basic Authentication handler for the JSON API, used for development and debugging purposes

v0.1.0(5mo ago)02PHP

Since Dec 14Pushed 5mo agoCompare

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Basic Authentication handler
============================

[](#basic-authentication-handler)

This plugin adds Basic Authentication to a WordPress site.

Note that this plugin requires sending your username and password with every request, and should only be used over SSL-secured connections or for local development and testing. Without SSL we strongly recommend using the [OAuth 1.0a](https://github.com/WP-API/OAuth1) authentication handler in production environments.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

1. Download the plugin into your plugins directory
2. Enable in the WordPress admin

Using
-----

[](#using)

This plugin adds support for Basic Authentication, as specified in [RFC2617](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617). Most HTTP clients will allow you to use this authentication natively. Some examples are listed below.

### cURL

[](#curl)

```
curl --user admin:password https://example.com/wp-json/
```

### WP\_Http

[](#wp_http)

```
$args = array(
	'headers' => array(
		'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode( $username . ':' . $password ),
	),
);
```

### [node-wpapi](http://wp-api.org/node-wpapi/)

[](#node-wpapi)

```
const WPAPI = require('./wpapi')
const wp = new WPAPI({
    endpoint: 'https://example.com/wp-json',
    username: 'editor',
    password: 'password'
});
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity24

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

154d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7a174c88ec31c735236ac39ef2c3c0caa95d9ee929fa595449ca1516f002526b?d=identicon)[thebbapp](/maintainers/thebbapp)

---

Top Contributors

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