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HTTP Header Authentication for Application Passwords

v1.0.1 · by Cameron Jones

Allows sending application passwords using HTTP headers instead of basic authentication

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About this plugin

Use HTTP headers for application passwords instead of basic authentication. Perfect for those sites already protected by basic auth.

Username header: X-WP-USERNAME
Password header: X-WP-PASSWORD

Note that at this point the plugin doesn’t actually remove the basic authentication validation for application passwords, but checks the HTTP headers at a higher priority.