Automatic Login

Developers rejoice! Skip the login screen during local development. Automatic Login logs you in automatically on your local development environment. Quick Start

1. Define the WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE constant as local in your wp-config.php file.
2. Create a user with username admin and password password.
3. 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: php 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.

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](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/wordpress/wp-config/#wp-environment-type) constant as 'local'.
• Create a user with the user name 'admin' and password 'password'. Note that Automatic Login is intended for local development environments. Do not create these login credentials on publicly accessible sites!

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: php 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

1. Visit the Plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’
2. Search for ‘Automatic Login'
3. Activate Automatic Login from your Plugins page

Install Automatic Login manually

1. Add the ‘automatic-login’ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. 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:

1. 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.

3.0.0 Release Date: January 2, 2026

• Rename the plugin file from plugin.php to automatic-login.php to 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.