mjones129/puppeteer

Just a playground repo for learning puppeteer

Automate WordPress Logins

Tired of manually looking up usernames and passwords and login URLs from a database? Can't remember the URL of that site exactly? What if you could open /wp-admin with a one-liner right from the terminal? Well now you can.

Prerequisites

NodeJS: >=18 Chromium: >=85

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mjones129/puppeteer.git

2. Install the dependencies:

npm install

3. Make the WP Login file executable chmod +x /path/to/puppeteer/WPlogin.mjs

4. Add this repo to your $PATH and create an alias for the wp login file by adding the following lines to your .bashrc or .zshrc file.

   4a. export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/puppeteer"

   4b. alias login='node /path/to/puppeteer/WPlogin.mjs

   4c. Save your file and reload it with source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.zshrc

Basic Usage

1. Add real credentials to a new .mjs file. Use the example-creds.mjs file as a reference.

2. Import your new creds file at the top of WPlogin.mjs (line 2)

3. Save your new creds file and any modifications you might have made to WPlogin.mjs.

Call the main program and pass in the site alias that you defined in your creds file. An example login might look like this:

login site-alias1