Title: Header Login
Author: scweber
Published: <strong>January 1, 2013</strong>
Last modified: July 2, 2015

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# Header Login

 By [scweber](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scweber/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/header-login.2.8.8.zip)

 * [Details](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/header-login/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/header-login/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/header-login/#installation)
 * [Development](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/header-login/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/header-login/)

## Description

Header Login allows a user to be automatically logged into WordPress if they have
previously logged into
 an Access Management Tool and have admin-defined headers
present. The plugin checks for valid headers. If these headers are present then 
the user is logged into WordPress. If not, then nothing is done and the user remains
a guest to the blog. If desired, a new user can be created on WordPress automatically
if authenticated through Access Management Tool.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Settings Page for Single Site
 * [[
 * Settings Page for Multisite

## Installation

#### Automatic

 1. Go to your admin area and select Plugins >> Add New from the menu
 2. Search for “Header Login”
 3. Click Install
 4. Click Activate (Network Activate on Multisite)
 5. Setup and customize the plugin through the “Settings” Menu (Network Settings Menu
    on Multisite)

#### Manual

 1. Go to https://wordpress.org/plugins/header-login
 2. Download latest version of Header Login
 3. Unzip file into WordPress plugins directory
 4. Activate Plugin (Network Activate on Multisite)
 5. Setup and customize the plugin through the “Settings” Menu (Network Settings Menu
    on Multisite)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Header Login” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ scweber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scweber/)

[Translate “Header Login” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/header-login)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-login/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/header-login/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/header-login/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/header-login/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.8.8

 * **Enhancements**
    - Added a hook for the wp_login action.
 * **General Items**
    - Removed some extraneous logging

#### 2.8.7

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Usernames with non-lowercase characters were resulting in a redirect loop 
      when trying to access the wp-admin dashboard.

#### 2.8.6

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Another redirect loop bug was found.

#### 2.8.5

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - If authenticated user did not have a WordPress account and setting was disabled
      to create new accounts, user was caught in a redirect loop.

#### 2.8.4

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Add Domain to Path in list of sites when on a MultiSite Install. This fix 
      is for Domain Based Multi-site installations.

#### 2.8.3

 * **Enhancements**
    - Keep settings on deactivation. Settings are only removed upon uninstallation.

#### 2.8.2

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Minor fix to hide Role dropdown if Create New User is disabled

#### 2.8.1

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - User’s role was being overwritten in a single site

#### 2.8.0

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - User’s current role on multisite blog was being overridden by user’s role 
      on main site. This did not allow for a user to have varying roles on a multisite
      install
 * **Enhancements**
    - New multisite feature: Allow administrators to choose which subsites will 
      automatically create new users and with what role

#### 2.7.3

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Bug was overwriting the User-Defined Display Name and Nicename

#### 2.7.2

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Another user role issue

#### 2.7.1

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Issue where the plugin was setting the user’s role to null

#### 2.7

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Issue of not adding new users to all blogs when user already on Network

#### 2.6

 * **Enhancements**
    - If option chosen to add new users and a multi-site, then users are added to
      each and every blog in network

#### 2.5

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Blank Admin Bar appearing when not logged in

#### 2.4

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Some users not seeing the Admin Bar after logging in

#### 2.3

 * **Security Fixes**

#### 2.2

 * **Bug Fixes**
    - Do not update user info if header is blank

#### 2.1

 * **Enhancements**
    - Multi-Site Support

#### 2.0

 * **MAJOR UPDATE!**
    - New Admin User Interface.
    - Ability to set custom headers to use for creating and authenticating users
    - Can choose to automatically create new users

#### 1.0

 * This is the first release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.8.8**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/header-login/)
 * Tags
 * [Access Manager](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/access-manager/)[header](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/header/)
   [login](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login/)[Single Sign-on](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/single-sign-on/)
   [sso](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sso/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/header-login/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ scweber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scweber/)

## Support

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