Title: http authentication with wordpress credentials doesn't work
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# http authentication with wordpress credentials doesn't work

 *  [moxojo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moxojo/)
 * (@moxojo)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-authentication-with-wordpress-credentials-doesnt-work/)
 * Hey Sean,
 * Thanks for your hard work on the plugin. I have enjoyed using it for a while 
   and have recommended it to several people.
 * Never run into any problems until today when I tried to enable HTTP Authentication
   using the wordpress credentials.
 * Once I did that it simply keeps popping up a request for credentials but it does
   not accept my username and password. Simply pops up another box immediately.
 * I followed the instructions to create the disable_auth.txt and that worked so
   that I could get back in. But wanted to let you know that there is something 
   messed up with HTTP Authentication.
 * Thanks!
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 * Last reply from: [moxojo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moxojo/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-authentication-with-wordpress-credentials-doesnt-work/)
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