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WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Headless Login Guard version 1.1.0 as active, updated 3mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
A lightweight plugin that forces login for backend access in a headless WordPress setup. g. js) to pull content via GraphQL/REST.
What it does
Requires authentication for /wp-admin/ and other backend pages
Always allows the login page to avoid redirect loops
Leaves key endpoints open for headless use:
/wp-json/ (REST API)
/graphql (WPGraphQL)
/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (AJAX)
/wp-cron.php (cron)
/robots.txt
WordPress core and common SEO sitemap XML paths
/wp-content/uploads/* (media)
/favicon.ico
/newrelic (New Relic monitoring)
Logged-in users visiting the backend root get redirected to the dashboard
Works with Bedrock layouts (handles root path vs /wp/ )
Use case
WordPress is the content backend
Public site is built with Astro/Next.js/etc
Editors log in to WordPress. Visitors never see the backend
Front end builds and live pages can still query GraphQL/REST without authentication
Customization
Developers can customize allowed endpoints using the force_login_allowed_patterns filter:
*#'; // specific REST namespace return $patterns; });
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
rest api
graphql
headless
login
security
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 8.1
Update activity4 Aug 20263mo ago
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