After reading more, thanks to Jacob’s link and more googling, it turns out that wordpress “nonces” aren’t actually nonces. Nonces are to be used once, but wordpress “nonces” are allowed to be used an unlimited number of times for 2 “ticks”, which normally means between 12 and 24 hours. These wordpress “nonces” are actually tied … Read more
Considering your code to be working, simply put it in a plugin. It should then work!
You need to debug the main issue first wp-config.php define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true); define(‘WP_DEBUG_LOG’, true); define(‘WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY’, false); functions.php // define the wp_mail_failed callback function action_wp_mail_failed($wp_error) { return error_log(print_r($wp_error, true)); } // add the action add_action(‘wp_mail_failed’, ‘action_wp_mail_failed’, 10, 1); For more detail read this article LINK
After upgrading to WP 5.1.1 sometimes I need to reauth infinitively
Extend Cookie with auth_cookie_expiration not working
You can set up your server to protect a directory of your choice and allow access only to the user running apache/nginx/etc. You would have to write something to verify the user’s credentials and then deliver the file or redirect to the proper url. It’s not difficult, but I don’t know of a solution that … Read more
How can I secure my custom rest api endpoint or add under a already existing rest group
how to add security questions on wp-registration page and validate it
From the answer in Password protect a specific URL, we can reverse the condition. To quote his answer, You should be able to do this using the combination of mod_env and the Satisfy any directive. You can use SetEnvIf to check against the Request_URI, even if it’s not a physical path. You can then check … Read more
Users aren’t stored as a post type like most other content in WordPress so you can’t use the per-page password feature in core. You can add a custom meta field to Users for the pin and then add some functions for displaying/handling the form, checking if the pin is valid, and so on. Another option … Read more