Title: Token Access Author: Anthony Published: Juko 17, 2010 Last modified: Morso 3, 2025 --- Search plugins 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. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/token-access.svg) # Token Access By [Anthony](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajferg/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/token-access.1.8.2.zip) * [Details](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/token-access/#description) * [Reviews](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/token-access/#reviews) * [Installation](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/token-access/#installation) * [Development](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/token-access/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/) ## Description This plugin will limit access to the site. Only visitors with a cookie token will be able to access the public website. Visitors without the cookie will see a “coming soon” style of page. You can customise the “coming soon” content, and you can change the way tokens work. Visit yoursite.com/?add_token to receive the token allowing you to see the site. To remove the limited access, simply disable this plugin. By default, the token is “letmein”. So use these links: site.com?letmein site.com? takemeoff This plugin is useful when you’re developing your site. You can work on your live web server without having your site open to the public. ## Installation 1. Upload plugin to your wordpress installation plugin directory 2. Activate plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress 3. Look at the configuration screen (found under `Tools` in the WordPress menu) 4. You can change settings or customise your ‘coming soon’ content here. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68a8d0f56b19c3a30a3f88119aa15995b0b1f2e0839c02274c84f628abf066cd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-4770/)󠁿 [brewgle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brewgle/) MBooy 9, 2018 We wanted a way to secure a support site for users of a paid site. The paid site is on a different platform (not WP). We weren’t looking for iron clad security, just want to keep prying eyes out. At first we thought we’d have to do some sort of database mind meld. Then I stumbled across this plugin. Now we set all support links to include a specific string at the end, and blamo, they get into the support site. If you go to the site without the string, you get a custimizable page. This was the solution for which we were looking. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0eee89883aa39216a1148819d3aaedf60759a3df677e9322b0c19c3813ba0776? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful plugin for restricting website access via token](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-plugin-for-restricting-website-access-via-token/)󠁿 [Anonymous User 13302461](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-13302461/) Siilto 3, 2016 I wanted to have links on Site A (authorised members only site) to send people to Site B and allow them access to it. Without unauthorised people being able to go direct to Site B and having access. OK so a member of Site A could get the most current token and give it to friends but, I’m sure I could run a con job to update the URL token on the private page on Site A and also in the Mysql database on Site B or something. Good plugin. Took me a while to find a solution so some keywords to help others find this: Allow cross domain access to website secure token authorisation [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Token Access” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Anthony ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajferg/) [Translate “Token Access” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/token-access) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/token-access/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/token-access/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/token-access/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/token-access/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.8.2 * Fix error with ?letmein operation #### 1.8.1 * Version bump for build process #### 1.8.0 * Refactor plugin and check compatibility with latest WP #### 1.7.1 * Fix: It was showing the placeholder on the wp-login.php page too. #### 1.7.0 * Rewrote plugin to meet code standards. * Now stores custom placeholder in options table, instead of writing to a file that will be overwritten when the plugin updates. * Using the proper WP Settings API to manage options. #### 1.6.3 * Updating versions & changelog * Better wp-cli compatibility #### 1.4.0 * Overhaul for better use of WP functions, and more acceptable CSS rules. * Compatible with WordPress 4.4 #### 1.2.0 * Initial public release. ## Meta * Version **1.8.2** * Last updated **10 months ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/token-access/) * Tags * [access](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/access/)[cookie](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cookie/) [private](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/private/)[public](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/public/) [whitelist](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/whitelist/) * [Advanced View](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/token-access/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/token-access/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Anthony ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajferg/) ## Support Got something to say? 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