Title: [Plugin: External DB authentication] Cannot Login Successfully Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # [Plugin: External DB authentication] Cannot Login Successfully * [Omi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dekzgimutao/) * (@dekzgimutao) * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-cannot-login-successfully/) * Hi theres, i found these plugin very useful as it is what i need, but when i use External DB authentication it always shows that i have invalid password, i have plain password inside my data base it is does not use salt or hash method i believe i have miss configured the password field, i’ve tried to to use the 3 option but neither those 3 work, i hope someone could help me with this one, i badly need this to work with me thanks and regards, your reply is deeply appreciated * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/external-database-authentication/) The topic ‘[Plugin: External DB authentication] Cannot Login Successfully’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/external-database-authentication. svg) * [External DB authentication](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-database-authentication/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-database-authentication/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-database-authentication/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-database-authentication/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-database-authentication/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-database-authentication/reviews/) * 0 replies * 1 participant * Last reply from: [Omi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dekzgimutao/) * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-external-db-authentication-cannot-login-successfully/) * Status: not resolved