Multiple LogIns – Simple Question

  • Is it possible for someone to simply confirm that the following will work, without logging people out.

    I have set the MYSQL DataBase of a WordPress Demo Installation to Read Only.

    This means I can enable someone to log in as an Admin User with, say:

    UserName:Admin
    PassWord: WPForever

    and have a good look around to see what the WP Admin Interface is all about. But they will not be able to save any changes.

    This is exactly what I want.

    However, and this is the crucial question, I also want to be able to give out the same login credentials (Login & PassWord), to multiple people, so they can log in, at the same time, and have a look around.

    I can then simply publicize one single set of log in credentials for this demo site.

    Is there anything built into WordPress that will prevent multiple logins with the same user credentials in multiple locations at the same time? Or will any number of people be able to remain happily logged in with the same login credentials, from different locations (IP Addresses), without problems.

    Please note: this is only a demo site and has no data-value. So I am not concerned about security. I only want the simplest and fastest way of encouraging as many people as possible to login quickly and conveniently and have a look around.

    Many thanks in advance.

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  • You should be able to have as many people log in with the same credentials as you want. There is no restriction on login sessions that I am aware of.

    For your demo site however, you could setup a script that automatically reverts wordpress back to “default” upon log out or for a set duration. So, for example, every 30 minutes, the site could clear out data and restore to a specific version of the data. That way your demo users can use wordpress and mess around with posts for a short amount of time.

    Hope that helps!

    Thread Starter ElsieMay

    (@elsiemay)

    Hi kevinpowertv

    Many thanks,

    Is there any way you can give me a few technical key words that refer to what you are talking about so I can search for a script that does what you describe.

    Again, many thanks.

    Elsie,

    Doing a google search for “database cron job to restore database” will give you some direction. That is how I would do it. The first result on Google describes almost exactly what you’re doing.

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6456980/cron-job-replace-to-restore-a-database

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