Force Login

A plugin for Kirby CMS.

• forces all users to login on non-panel pages
• redirects back to blocked page via urlParam after login

Especially useful for staging websites.

Inspired by WordPress plugin - Force Login

Requirements

• Kirby 5.1+ (just tested with 5.1 probably works on previous versions too)

Installation

Download

Download and copy this repository to /site/plugins/kirby-force-login.

Composer

composer require andrekelling/kirby-force-login

Usage

andrekelling.force-login.is-active supports bool and callable values in your config (for example in site/config/config.php).

Bool example

return [
    'andrekelling.force-login' => [
        'is-active' => true,
    ],
];

Callable example

The callable should return true or false depending on your runtime checks.

return [
    'andrekelling.force-login' => [
        'is-active' => function (): bool {
            if (!defined('SOMETHING') || SOMETHING !== true) return false;
            $path = (string) kirby()->request()->path();
            if (in_array($path, ['somepath', 'other/path', 'whatever/path.html'], true)) return false;
            return true;
        },
    ],
];

License

MIT License Copyright © 2025 André Kelling