Developers rejoice! Skip the login screen during local development. Automatic Login logs you in automatically on your local development environment.
Quick Start
- Install and activate the plugin.
- Define the WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE constant as
localin yourwp-config.phpfile. - Create a user with username
adminand passwordpassword. - That’s it—you’ll be logged in automatically!
Log in as another user
By default, Automatic Login uses the admin user. Add the following constants to your wp-config.php file to log in as another user:
define( 'AUTOMATIC_LOGIN_USER_LOGIN', 'your-username-here' );
define( 'AUTOMATIC_LOGIN_USER_PASSWORD', 'your-password-here' );
Note: Automatic Login does not create users. The user must already exist.
10up snapshots
The snapshots and wpsnapshots user names are automatically recognized for folks using 10up’s Snapshots project sharing tool.
Bug reports
Do you want to report a bug or suggest a feature for Automatic Login? Best to do so in the Automatic Login repository on GitHub.
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This plugin is available for download for your site.