Access control

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Timing attacks and how to prevent them

20 October 2023

This week we'll take a look at a new (but simple) module available for ProcessWire that helps to prevent timing attacks. We'll cover what timing attacks are, how they work, and how to prevent them. More

A look at the new Page Edit Restore module

12 May 2023 2

The new Page Edit Restore module helps to prevent page edits in the admin from getting lost when the user’s session is lost. This post covers it in detail. More

Two-factor authentication updates in ProcessWire 3.0.159

5 June 2020 3

ProcessWire 3.0.159 brings some useful and time-saving upgrades to the core two-factor authentication system. Also summarizes core updates in 3.0.156, 3.0.157 and 3.0.158. More

Login Register Pro

13 December 2019 10

This week we’ll take a look at LoginRegisterPro — a new module that provides an all-in-one, self contained module for providing new user registration, secure logins, profile editing, and more. It does this all in a manner that is reliable, efficient, comprehensive and secure. More

New User Activity module

29 November 2019

This week we’ll take a quick break from core updates and have a look at a new module called UserActivity, just added to the ProcessWire ProDevTools package. It’s been a holiday week here in the U.S. (Thanksgiving) and the family is home, so there’s not much work getting done this week. Since I… More

ProcessWire 3.0.115 and 3.0.116 core updates

5 October 2018 2

This week we look at two new versions on the dev branch and a lot of updates. These include new page traversal methods, page list customization options, improved empty trash process, two factor authentication improvements, improvements to the profile editor, and more. More

ProcessWire 3.0.109 adds two-factor authentication

3 August 2018 1

In the last blog post I told you about how two-factor authentication was coming to the core and what our plans were. This week it's ready to use in ProcessWire 3.0.109, so we'll take a closer look at all the details and how to use it. More

2-factor authentication coming to ProcessWire

20 July 2018 7

This week we're going to discuss a new security feature that's currently in development on the dev branch: 2-factor authentication. In this post we look at the benefits of 2FA, how it works, the coming implementation in ProcessWire, and more. More

ProcessWire 3.0.103 core updates

18 May 2018 2

This week we've got some really nice upgrades to three core modules: SessionHandlerDB, ProcessForgotPassword and FieldtypeComments. This post covers all the details. More

ProcessWire 3.0.84 core updates

17 November 2017 3

This week we've got a newly updated ProcessWire installer, some nice upgrades to our user profile editor, along with more updates to the new Uikit admin theme that was recently added to the core. More

ProcessWire 3.0.83 core updates

10 November 2017 3

This week's version adds the new Uikit 3 admin theme to the core! Plus we've got some nice upgrades our built-in Password field. More

ProcessWire 3.0.81 upgrades the Role editor

27 October 2017 4

ProcessWire 3.0.81 makes major improvements to the Role editor, simplifying the setup of access control in ProcessWire. More

ProcessWire 3.0.76, a new front-end account module and much more

22 September 2017 15

This week we've got a new core version, a new version of the Uikit 3 admin theme, a new version of ProCache with SCSS and LESS support, plus a brand new module that provides user login, new user registration and a user profile editor, all for the front-end of your site. More

ProcessWire 3.0.69 plus Login for Facebook module

28 July 2017 4

This week's version of ProcessWire on the dev branch is 3.0.69 and it includes several minor bug fixes. This week's post focuses in on a new module released today called Login for Facebook, which I think many might find useful, and we've got all the details here. More