When you create a page and assign it to “Page for post” in Settings->Reading, it is not considered a page anymore but an archive. Taht is why standard password protection doesn’t work. You will need to build the latest posts page at your own, for example using a page template and/or pre_get_posts action.
Finally I used the wp_set_password(); function as the emergency reset script documentation of WordPress explains, which helped me to set a new password for my admin account.
You can use .htaccess to protect your wp-login.php. The Codex describes how to do so. There are also some plugins which do that job for you, finding and choosing a good one is up to you.
Users set passwords but cannot login
WordPress not sending registration mail? (works on ‘lost password’)
By default when a users submits a password reset from wp-login.php, reset_password is called. In user.php, reset_password() triggers the password_reset hook where you can see the plain text version before it is set. And the same for after_password_reset. add_action( ‘password_reset’, ‘my_password_reset’, 10, 2 ); function my_password_reset( $user, $new_pass ) { // Do something before password … Read more
Can I use core passworded page/post functions outside of wp-login.php?
Dont pass plain text as password, use this function: wp_set_password( $password, $user_id ); Keep in mind that it should only be run on user creation (so just once), otherwise the password might keep changing.
Accountless password generation
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