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Force Login · Version history

Force Login changelog and version history

Latest version
5.6.3
Jun 19, 2026 (4 months ago)
Releases
23
since 2014
In the last year
1
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8

Releases each year

  • 20145 releases
  • 20153 releases
  • 20165 releases
  • 20172 releases
  • 20181 release
  • 20191 release
  • 20202 releases
  • 20213 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. Force Login 5.6.3Latest

    • Fix – Fixed issue for sites with a custom login URL.

20213 releases

  1. Force Login 5.6.2

    • Fix – Fixed issue for sites with a custom login URL.

  2. Force Login 5.6.1

    • Fix – Fixed too many redirects issue for Multisite users.

  3. Force Login 5.6

    • Feature – Added filter for Multisite unauthorized error message.
    • Tweak – Allow logged-in Multisite users to access bypassed pages of other sites.

20202 releases

  1. Force Login 5.5

    • Tweak – Deprecated whitelist filter, use v_forcelogin_bypass instead.

  2. Force Login 5.4

    • Tweak – Improved the visited $url variable.
    • Tweak – Changed code to comply with WordPress standards – props Alex Bordei.

20191 release

  1. Force Login 5.3

    • Feature – Added nocache_headers() to prevent caching for the different browsers – props Chris Harmoney.
    • Tweak – Removed $url parameter from whitelist filter.

20181 release

  1. Force Login 5.2

    • Feature – Added $url parameter to bypass and whitelist filters.
    • Tweak – Updated Multisite conditionals which determine user access to sites.
    • Tweak – Moved ‘v_forcelogin_redirect’ filter to improve performance.

20172 releases

  1. Force Login 5.1.1

    • Fix – Improved the REST API restriction to allow alternative modes of authentication.

  2. Force Login 5.1

    • Tweak – Restrict access to the REST API for authorized users only – props Andrew Duthie.
    • Tweak – Added load_plugin_textdomain() to properly prepare for localization at translate.wordpress.org.

20165 releases

  1. Force Login 5.0

    • Feature – Added filter to bypass Force Login redirect for allowing pages without specifying a URL.
    • Tweak – Changed the hook for Force Login to run at a later stage in the WordPress tree.
    • Fix – Replaced deprecated function – props Just-Johnny.

  2. Force Login 4.2

    • Tweak – Made plugin translation ready.

  3. Force Login 4.1

    • Fix – Multisite ‘Super Admin’ users do not need assigned sites to access the network.

  4. Force Login 4.0

    • Feature – Added exceptions for AJAX, Cron and WP-CLI requests.
    • Fix – Only allow Multisite users access to their assigned sites.

  5. Force Login 3.3

    • Fix – Check for existence of explicit port number before appending port – props Björn Ali Göransson.

20153 releases

  1. Force Login 3.2

    • Tweak – Removed v_getUrl() function to reduce possible duplicates of global functions – props Joachim Happel.

  2. Force Login 3.1

    • Fix – Rewrote v_getUrl() function to use HTTP_HOST instead of SERVER_NAME – props Arlen22.

  3. Force Login 3.0

    • Feature – Added filter for the redirect URL on login.
    • Feature – Added filter to allow whitelisting of additional URLs.

20145 releases

  1. Force Login 2.1

    • Fix – Rewrote v_getUrl function to include the server port – props Nicolas.

  2. Force Login 2.0

    • Feature – Added redirect to send visitors back to the URL they tried to visit before logging in.

  3. Force Login 1.3

    • Fix – Fixed password reset URL from being blocked – props estebillan.

  4. Force Login 1.2

    • Tweak – Streamlined code

  5. Force Login 1.1

    • Fix – Allow access to the registration and the lost password page URLs – props jabdo.

Questions about Force Login’s releases

What is the latest version of Force Login?

5.6.3, released on Jun 19, 2026 (4 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8.

How often is Force Login updated?

One release in the last year. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from July 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Force Login’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.