Description
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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Installation
Starting with Automatic Login on your locally hosted WordPress site consists of the following steps:
- 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.
Install Automatic Login from within WordPress
- Visit the Plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’
- Search for ‘Automatic Login’
- Activate Automatic Login from your Plugins page
Install Automatic Login manually
- Add the ‘automatic-login’ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the Automatic Login plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Install Automatic Login as a must-use plugin
Automatic Login also works great as a must-use plugin:
- Add the ‘automatic-login.php’ file to the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ directory
Automatic Login contains a GitHub Plugin URI plugin header to support updates via the Git Updater plugin.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Automatic Login” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
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Changelog
3.0.0
Release Date: January 2, 2026
- Rename the plugin file from
plugin.phptoautomatic-login.phpto make it easier to use the plugin as a must-use plugin. Existing users will need to reactivate the plugin: renaming the plugin file will unfortunately automatically deactivate the plugin.
2.0.0
Release Date: July 26, 2024
- Minor updates.
1.1.0
Release Date: July 25, 2024
- Add support for the ‘snapshots’ user name in addition to ‘wpsnapshots’.
1.0.0
Release Date: February 11, 2023
- Initial release.