htaccess

  • Resolved rekcah

    (@rekcah)


    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,

    My wp-admin directory contains an htaccess file to authenticate users prior to reaching the login page. I just updated to version 7.0.7 and when accessing the site (not wp-admin), I get the prompt of the htaccess. When clicking on cancel, I am able to access the site. Does 7.0.7 make call to the wp-admin directory when the site loads? I did not have this issue with version 6.4.17. I have reverted back to version 6.4.17. Is this an easy fix for version 7.0.7?

    Thank you.

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  • Thread Starter rekcah

    (@rekcah)

    P.S.
    Are the 7.x fixes only affect version 7, or are those bugs in version 6.x as well? I would prefer to stay on version 6.x if there are no security issues.

    Thanks.

    Plugin Author Jeff Farthing

    (@jfarthing84)

    I’m sorry, so are you password protecting only /wp-admin with .htaccess or your entire site?

    Thread Starter rekcah

    (@rekcah)

    Hi Jeff,

    Just the wp-admin directory.

    When accessing the site I get prompted for authentication. I can cancel the request and access the site; seems that the authentication is not required, as the user is not accessing the wp-admin directory. I have reverted back to 6.x and the authentication request is not an issue/I do not get the htaccess prompt when accessing the site, but still get prompted when accessing wp-admin as supposed to.

    I tested this using XAMPP and the issue can be replicated with 7.0.7. Placing an .htaccess requesting for authentication in the wp-admin directory, prompts the user for authentication when entering the site, but the prompt can be canceled and the user will gain access to the site. Version 6.x does not have this issue.

    Thank you.

    Plugin Author Jeff Farthing

    (@jfarthing84)

    It sounds as if something on the frontend is linking to a /wp-admin resource. When on the frontend of your site, not logged in, view the source and search for /wp-admin.

    Thread Starter rekcah

    (@rekcah)

    Hi Jeff,

    I reverted back to version 6, which does not produce the issue. If the call is coming from the frontend, wouldn’t the issue persist if the v7.x plugin was not installed/disabled? Believe me, I was troubleshooting this issue for several hours, before I figured out that the upgrade to version 7.x was the culprit. When I disabled the plugin (v7.x), there is no issue. Re-enabled the plugin and the issue returned. Maybe you are correct, that a call is being made from the frontend to the /wp-admin when v7.x is enable. But, in my XAMPP test, the installation was a fresh vanilla install and aside from the default plugins that comes with WP, which were disabled, v7.x was the only plugin (enabled), which replicated the issue I was having on the production site.

    I will consider this resolved, as I am using v6 without any issue.

    Thank you for the plugin.

    Best regards.

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