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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][oauth] authentication handler in production environments. Installing 1. Download the plugin into your plugins directory 2. Enable in the WordPress admin Using This plugin adds support for Basic Authentication, as specified in [RFC2617][]. Most HTTP clients will allow you to use this authentication natively. Some examples are listed below. cURL WPHttp [node-wpapi][] [oauth]: https://github.com/WP-API/OAuth1 [RFC2617]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617 [node-wpapi]: http://wp-api.org/node-wpapi/