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Cookies are sent to the browser. The next time the browser sends a request for a page, it sends the cookie information back and the page can make use of it – it is not available without a new request being made.

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Hooking into ‘authenticate’ causes login to submit on page load

I am trying to understand why it runs even if the form is not submitted on wp-login page load. That’s just how it works. If the current action is login which is the default action, then wp_signon() is always called on page load regardless the login form was submitted or not, and thus your function … Read more

Rest API code to get ID of current user not working: get_current_user_id() gives 0

Options for authenticated feeds

Assuming you only want to switch it from excerpts to full content, then you could filter the rss_use_excerpt option based on whatever settings you prefer. Something like this would work: add_filter(‘option_rss_use_excerpt’,’random_function_name_here’); function random_function_name_here($value) { if ( whatever_check_you_want_here() ) { return false; // false = show full content } else { return true; // true = … Read more

How to password protect media library files (PDF)?

You could check for a log-in cookie in your .htaccess, but that can be spoofed: RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ! wordpress_logged_in_.+= [NC] RewriteRule \.pdf$ – [F,L]

WP REST API – Nonce passes wp_verify_nonce even after logout

The true reason of not using nonces for non logged in users, is that it adds a pointless burden on their usage as they need to refresh the page when the nonce expire, and the only way they will know that they need to do it is when something do not work. There is probably … Read more

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Authentication with the Rest API when using an External Application

Problem with getting RSS because of authentication

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