Title: KolorWeb Access Admin Notification: extreme rescue for unauthorized admin logins
Author: Vincenzo Casu
Published: <strong>1, Xunu de 2022</strong>
Last modified: 8, Abril de 2025

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# KolorWeb Access Admin Notification: extreme rescue for unauthorized admin logins

 By [Vincenzo Casu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vincent06/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/kolorweb-access-admin-notification.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/kolorweb-access-admin-notification/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/kolorweb-access-admin-notification/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/kolorweb-access-admin-notification/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/kolorweb-access-admin-notification/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kolorweb-access-admin-notification/)

## Description

**What sets this plugin apart?**

In a sea of admin login notification plugins, KolorWeb Access Admin Notification
stands out for a few key reasons:

 * **Simplicity**: This plugin is designed to be lightweight, clean, and simple 
   to use in just 20kb (I challenge you to find something better).
 * **Compatibility**: It is regularly updated to ensure compatibility with the latest
   WordPress versions.
 * **Right checking**: Unlike many others, this plugin checks capabilities instead
   of roles, and this makes a really big big difference when an attacker modifies
   them by granting administrator privileges to roles that shouldn’t have them.
 * **Lightweight**: There are no options to manage and no information overload to
   store in the database.
 * **Pratical & Quick**: One-click logout and password reset capability for unauthorized
   access directly from mail notification.

I created this plugin because I couldn’t find any existing options that met my specific
criteria. If you’re looking for a no-nonsense solution that gets the job done without
any extra frills, this is the plugin for you.

Specifically, if you have tried any of these plugins:

 * [Simple Login Notification](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-login-notification/)
 * [Email Notification on Login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-notification-on-login/)
 * [Email notification on admin login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-notification-on-admin-login)
 * [Kaya Login Notification](https://wordpress.org/plugins/kaya-login-notification/)

I think it is time to abandon them and move on to a better solution like this one.

**Protecting Your Privacy**

Your privacy is really really important, which is why KolorWeb Access Admin Notification
is committed to safeguarding your data. This plugin does not collect or store any
user information, set cookies, or connect to third-party sites. The only data it
captures is related to admin-level logins, such as usernames, IP addresses, and 
user agents.
 KolorWeb Access Admin Notification: extreme rescue for unauthorized
admin logins is created and maintained by Vincenzo Casu, a seasoned WordPress developer
with 20 years of experience.

**Updates**

If you don’t find any updates, it means that everything is working correctly with
the latest WordPress release. But if you have an idea to improve this plugin, write
to me.

**Intro to the problem and my simple solution**

Every day I receive many emails of attempted access to the sites I manage. So I 
asked myself: “And if suddenly one attempt among the millions of those executed 
were to be successful, how could I know if not when it is already too late?”

I thought the only way to know is to track admin account logins.

If the login is successful, an email is sent containing the account data and the
IP of origin. So as soon as you log in through the email and two links inside it,
I can immediately disconnect the sessions of the compromised account, and also reset
the password for that account, which will be notified by email with a second sending.

In short, a solution that could save the life of your site because it allows you
to become aware that there is some backdoor on the site that allows unauthorized
access.

This plugin sends an email notification for every access that is made by the website
administrators. When a login is detected by a site administrator, the login time
is stored and a notification is sent containing the details of the account that 
is logged in. If access is not authorized, through a link it is possible to disconnect
the account from all devices, or disconnect the account from all devices that have
logged in and at the same time reset the access password for that account. In this
second case, a new notification is sent containing the new password.

## Screenshots

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 * Notification Example

## Installation

#### From your WordPress Dashboard

 1. ✅ Click on “Plugins > Add New” in the sidebar
 2. ✅ Search for “KolorWeb Access Admin Notification”
 3. ✅ Activate KolorWeb Access Admin Notification from the Plugins page

#### From wordpress.org

 1. ✅ Search for “KolorWeb Access Admin Notification”
 2. ✅ Download the Plugin to your local computer
 3. ✅ Upload the kolorweb-access-admin-notification directory to your “/wp-content/
    plugins/” directory using your favorite ftp/sftp/scp program
 4. ✅ Activate KolorWeb Access Admin Notification from the Plugins page

#### Once Activated

The plugin will start sending emails for each admin account access. I recommend:
Keep your eyes open.

#### Requirements

 * ✅ PHP 7.2 or greater
 * ✅ WordPress 5.2 or above

## FAQ

### ❓ How to I access the plugin?

✅ Once activated, the plugin will start automatically sending emails for each admin
account access.

### ❓ Is this plugin enough on its own to make my site secure?

✅ Believe me, I wish I could say yes, but we all know that security depends on 
a lot of factors, and that it absolutely cannot depend solely on software protections.

This plugin is not a security system, but only a possibility to limit the damage
when you realize that unauthorized access has occurred.

So, once you have ascertained that there was something that did not work and that
allowed access to an attacker, you must be quick to understand what could have opened
the door of your site, before it is too late.

This plugin could be a valid help used perhaps in conjunction with other plugins
that detect failed access attempts, so already in those cases we have notifications
of attempted accesses and a notification of an access performed would only be proof
that we need to take action, and quickly.

### ❓ I received an unauthorized access email. What I do?

✅ If you have found that access is actually not attributable to you, the only thing
you absolutely must do is click on the link received in the email to reset the password
and force the logout of that account from all devices.

### ❓ I have reset my password but I do not receive the email, what do I do?

✅ Follow this guide to learn how to reset your password in several ways: https://
wordpress.org/support/article/resetting-your-password/

### ❓ I receive too many emails, how can I extend the sending times between one login notification and another?

✅ Notifications are sent per account, so each user will have their own notification
counter. For each login, the time between one notification and another is set at
15 minutes. This means that if the same account logs in 5 in less than 15 minutes,
you will only receive one notification. And the next one only after 15 minutes have
elapsed starting from the first one relating to the first access.

I have made available a filter that allows you to change the time that must pass
between one notification login and another.

To change this time frame to 30 minutes, for example, you can use this snippet of
code that you can paste at the end of the currently active theme’s functions.php
file:

add_filter( ‘kolorweb_notify_interval’, function( $interval ) { return 30; } );

If you want receive notifications for every single admin access, set $interval value
to -1

add_filter( ‘kolorweb_notify_interval’, function( $interval ) { return -1; } );

### ❓ Where can I report bugs?

✅ Report bugs and suggest ideas at: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/kolorweb-
access-admin-notification/

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Semplicemente una chicca!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/semplicemente-una-chicca/)󠁿

 [Sandro Carniel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/opzionecom/) 27, Payares de 2024
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Direi perfetto: grazie!

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### 󠀁[Simple but effective way to improve the security of a WordPress site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-but-effective-way-to-improve-the-security-of-a-wordpress-site/)󠁿

 [Jose Mortellaro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/giuse/) 2, Xunu de 2022 1 reply

Great plugin and a really clever idea! Being notified by email when someone logs
in to the backend is very useful to take action immediately. Kudos to the plugin
and the author! Have a great day! Jose

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## Contributors & Developers

“KolorWeb Access Admin Notification: extreme rescue for unauthorized admin logins”
is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Vincenzo Casu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vincent06/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * ✅ First Code Refactoring
 * Feature:
    - ✅ Added new control that sends notification if logged in from an administrator
      account while another session is already active for the same user.
 * Feature:
    - ✅ Introduction of geolocation information of the IP used by the user during
      login.
    - ✅ Among the available information we have Continent, Region, Country, City.

#### 1.0.0

Release date: 2022-05-27

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **1 añu ago**
 *  Active installations **70+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
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 * Tags
 * [admin login notification](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-login-notification/)
   [email notify on admin login](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email-notify-on-admin-login/)
   [login notification](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login-notification/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ast.wordpress.org/plugins/kolorweb-access-admin-notification/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Vincenzo Casu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vincent06/)

## Support

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