Title: Password protected wp-admin folder
Last modified: May 26, 2018

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# Password protected wp-admin folder

 *  Resolved [sikozu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikozu/)
 * (@sikozu)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/)
 * Hi!
 * I just installed your awesome plugin. It’s extremly helpful but I’ve a little
   problem with it. The privacy bar seems to send something to the wp-admin folder
   via ajax. But my wp-admin folder is protected with a htaccess file for security
   reasons. Therefore no one can agree to the policy actually 🙁 Is there some way
   to fix that?

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 *  [rcaetano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcaetano/)
 * (@rcaetano)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10327320)
 * Same issue as: [Can’t use /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-use-wp-admin-admin-ajax-php/)
 * Maybe Rest API could be used. But since the Rest API/wp-json exploit many sites
   also disabled the rest API.
 * There’s a plugin that converts admin-ajax.php in Rest API Call’s.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-ajax-php-no-thank-you/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-ajax-php-no-thank-you/)
 * I’ll give it a shot an see how it goes.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years ago by [rcaetano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcaetano/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years ago by [rcaetano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcaetano/).
 *  [rcaetano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcaetano/)
 * (@rcaetano)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10327448)
 * Instaled: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-ajax-php-no-thank-you/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-ajax-php-no-thank-you/)
 * Multi site Instalation, activated in only one site.
    Configured the Rest API 
   Endpoint: wp/v2/admin-ajax
 * Pushed: “I Agree” in the Privacy Bar and the Ajax request went to:
 * `https://<mysite>/wp-json/wp/v2/admin-ajax?_wpnonce=2286`
 * It works!
    -  This reply was modified 8 years ago by [rcaetano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcaetano/).
 *  Thread Starter [sikozu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikozu/)
 * (@sikozu)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10329536)
 * Awesome! It works. Thanks for your help rcaetano!
 *  [rcaetano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcaetano/)
 * (@rcaetano)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10329601)
 * Great ! Please don’t forget to mark the issue as Resolved.
 *  Thread Starter [sikozu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikozu/)
 * (@sikozu)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10329623)
 * Done 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * (@fclaussen)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10332631)
 * [https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2014/05/please-stop-password-protecting-your-wp-admin-folder-because-it-breaks-public-ajax-for-wordpress/](https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2014/05/please-stop-password-protecting-your-wp-admin-folder-because-it-breaks-public-ajax-for-wordpress/)

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 * Last reply from: [Fernando Claussen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fclaussen/)
 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-wp-admin-folder/#post-10332631)
 * Status: resolved