Calendar prompts for authentication

[Amy]

I just protected my wp-admin folder using htpasswd and now the calendar prompts for authentication for anonymous browsers. Any advice on how I can resolve this?

[Barry]

The plugin loads some resources from the wp-admin directory (such as the wpspin_light.gif graphic) and so you’d need to either add an exception or use a different means of protecting the wp-admin directory.

[Barry]

(Just to elaborate a little on the above) it’s not only the spinner graphic that will cause problems here.

Following WordPress best practices some amount of communication also typically flows through a controller which lives in wp-admin – so this will also be impeded by the use of .htpasswd.

[Amy]

Thanks for the speedy response. I know how to write the exceptions, so I will just need to figure out which files are being used by the plugin.

[Amy]

Thanks so much for your help. I figured it out. Here is what I added to my .htaccess file (located in the wp-admin directory):

Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Satisfy any

Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Satisfy any

[Amy]

I did not realize that the code I posted in the above reply would be stripped out. Sorry about that!

I had to enter exceptions for two files: admin-ajax.php and wpspin_light.gif. This solved the issue.

[Barry]

No worries, we’ve got a plan in the works to remedy the problem with posting code in the forum but we haven’t rolled it out yet – until that day it’s best to use Pastebin, Gist or one of the other code sharing services.

… And thank you for posting back with the solution, even if some of it was (unfortunately) stripped out!

[Amy]

This reply is private.

[Amy]

This reply is private.

[Amy]

Here is link to the solution on Gist: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5407769.

I hope that this helps!

[Barry]

Great – do you have any objection to me sharing that gist publicly at all?

[Barry]

OK, posted at the same time there. Thanks again 🙂

[Amy]

I wanted to make sure that the link actually worked before I posted it publicly. 🙂

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