Force Login

Description

Easily hide your WordPress site from public viewing by requiring visitors to log in first. As simple as flipping a switch.

Make your website private until it is ready to share publicly, or keep it private for members only.

Features include WordPress Multisite compatibility, login redirects to the original URL, an extensive developer API with hooks and filters, customizable login redirects, and the ability to filter exceptions for certain pages or posts. Additionally, it restricts the REST API to authenticated users and is translation ready and WPML certified.

Bug reports for Force Login are welcomed on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Force Login plugin.

Privacy

Private

Protected

Registered Only

Restricted

FAQ

By default, the plugin sends visitors back to the URL they tried to access. However, you can redirect users to a specific URL by adding the built-in WordPress filter login_redirect to your functions.php file.

You can bypass Force Login based on any condition by adding the following filter to your functions.php file.

You may use the WordPress Conditional Tags in your code.

/**  * Bypass Force Login to allow for exceptions.  *  * @param bool $bypass Whether to disable Force Login. Default false.  * @param string $visited_url The visited URL.  * @return bool  */ function my_forcelogin_bypass( $bypass, $visited_url ) {    // Allow 'My Page' to be publicly accessible   if ( is_page('my-page') ) {     $bypass = true;   }    return $bypass; } add_filter( 'v_forcelogin_bypass', 'my_forcelogin_bypass', 10, 2 );

Check out the Force Login Wiki on GitHub for additional examples to allow URLs to be publicly accessible.

The WordPress login screen includes a “ Back to {sitename}” link below the login form; which may not actually take you back to the site while Force Login is activated. You can hide this link by adding the following action to your functions.php file.

Requires: WordPress 2.5 or higher

// Hide the 'Back to {sitename}' link on the login screen. function my_forcelogin_hide_backtoblog() {   echo '<style type="text/css">#backtoblog{display:none;}</style>'; } add_action( 'login_enqueue_scripts', 'my_forcelogin_hide_backtoblog' );