Basic Auth for WordPress
I assume you have shell access to your wordpress installtion here. Go to your wordpress directory and enter: (use your own name) htpasswd -c .htpasswd klaus Enter your password twice and then run: pwd Copy the printed directory into your clipboard and replace “your directory here” from the following lines with your path. AuthType Basic AuthName “Password Protected Area” AuthUserFile <your directory here!>/.htpasswd Require valid-user Now open .htaccess with your preferred editor like vim and copy/paste the above lines before it says # BEGIN WordPress You’re done.