Title: WP Auto Login
Author: Ren Ventura
Published: <strong>July 30, 2015</strong>
Last modified: December 9, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Auto Login

 By [Ren Ventura](https://profiles.wordpress.org/renventura/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-auto-login.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-login/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-login/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-login/#installation)
 * [Development](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-login/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-auto-login/)

## Description

This plugin was created for quick login when working locally. In the settings, you
add the username and password for any account (i.e. “admin” and “admin”). By visiting`
http://mysite.com/wp-admin/?wp_auto_login=true`, you will be automatically logged
into the account owning the credentials you defined.

## Installation

#### Install Automatically

 1. Search for WP Auto Login in the Add New Plugin section of the WordPress admin
 2. Install & Activate

#### Install Manually

 1. Download the zip file, unzip it and upload plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

_How do I use this plugin?_

First, I highly discourage you from using this plugin on a live/production environment
because it creates obvious security problems (anyone can sign into an admin account).
Therefore, you should only use this plugin to skip the login process on local environments.

Once installed and activated, the plugin adds its settings to the General settings
page. To use the plugin, simply choose an account to sign into and enter the username
and password. For example, on my local sites, I use “admin” for the username and
password. Therefore, I’d enter “admin” into these fields and save.

To automatically log in, visit your local site’s /wp-admin/?wp_auto_login=true and
the plugin will do the rest.

Again, DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN ON LIVE WEBSITES.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Auto Login” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ren Ventura ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/renventura/)

[Translate “WP Auto Login” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-auto-login)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-login/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-auto-login/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-auto-login/) 
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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Updated author info

#### 1.0

 * Initial version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated: **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations: **10+**
 *  Tested up to: **5.0.25**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-login/)
 * Tag:
 * [login](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-login/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Ren Ventura ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/renventura/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-auto-login/)