Tutorial for IP Login

Introduction

IP Login is a Joomla! system plugin that allows you to log into your Joomla site automatically by IP address.

It can work for both the frontend and administrator areas of the site, based on your preference.

How to use it

You can simply set up your IP address and a secret URL key in your user profile in the administrator.

After installing IP Login, you will have the following settings in every user profile. So to set up IP Login for your user, go to the User Manager and click on your user account.

Enter your desired IP address, and any secret key you would like to use. For example:

With the above example, you will be able to automatically log in on IP address 123.456.789.123 with URL key mxx8hrv4.

The URL key needs to be put in the URL as a 'query' variable, like:
http://www.yourdomain.com?mxx8hrv4

If the URL already contains a ?, you can prepend the key with an &, like:
http://www.yourdomain.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&mxx8hrv4.

Multiple Setup PRO

With the Pro version of IP Login, you can set up the automatic login for up to 5 combinations of IP addresses/ranges per user, all with their own unique settings and URL keys.

IP Lists PRO

The pro version of IP Login gives you the ability to use multiple IP addresses per key.

You can enter a list of IP addresses by simply separating them with a comma.

So if you want to use the key for IP addresses 110.120.130.1 and 110.120.130.10 you simply enter:

IP Ranges PRO

The pro version of IP Login also gives you the ability to use IP ranges.

You can set ranges using the * wildcard to match any IP that starts with the given characters.

Or you can use a "dash" (-) for from - to ranges. In this case, the matched IP range depends on how many IP parts you give for the ending IP.

Here are some examples to show you how these work:

IPv4 Ranges

IPv6 Ranges

Security warning

Be aware that there is a small security risk.

Though the risk is low, as a hacker would have to find out your IP address (and spoof it), know that you have set it up as an auto-login IP address, and somehow find out your secret URL key.

So security breaches are unlikely.

Settings

IP Login comes with options, giving you control over how the plugin behaves. Here is the full list of options you can find in the User Manager and in the Plugin system settings: