Added login request

backend/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/basic-auth.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Plugin Name: JSON Basic Authentication
+ * Description: Basic Authentication handler for the JSON API, used for development and debugging purposes
+ * Author: WordPress API Team
+ * Author URI: https://github.com/WP-API
+ * Version: 0.1
+ * Plugin URI: https://github.com/WP-API/Basic-Auth
+ */
+
+function json_basic_auth_handler( $user ) {
+	global $wp_json_basic_auth_error;
+
+	$wp_json_basic_auth_error = null;
+
+	// Don't authenticate twice
+	if ( ! empty( $user ) ) {
+		return $user;
+	}
+
+	// Check that we're trying to authenticate
+	if ( !isset( $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] ) ) {
+		return $user;
+	}
+
+	$username = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
+	$password = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'];
+
+	/**
+	 * In multi-site, wp_authenticate_spam_check filter is run on authentication. This filter calls
+	 * get_currentuserinfo which in turn calls the determine_current_user filter. This leads to infinite
+	 * recursion and a stack overflow unless the current function is removed from the determine_current_user
+	 * filter during authentication.
+	 */
+	remove_filter( 'determine_current_user', 'json_basic_auth_handler', 20 );
+
+	$user = wp_authenticate( $username, $password );
+
+	add_filter( 'determine_current_user', 'json_basic_auth_handler', 20 );
+
+	if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
+		$wp_json_basic_auth_error = $user;
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	$wp_json_basic_auth_error = true;
+
+	return $user->ID;
+}
+add_filter( 'determine_current_user', 'json_basic_auth_handler', 20 );
+
+function json_basic_auth_error( $error ) {
+	// Passthrough other errors
+	if ( ! empty( $error ) ) {
+		return $error;
+	}
+
+	global $wp_json_basic_auth_error;
+
+	return $wp_json_basic_auth_error;
+}
+add_filter( 'rest_authentication_errors', 'json_basic_auth_error' );