Block login to your Drupal site site-wide with controlled bypass.
Useful during maintenance windows, private staging, member freezes,
or pre-launch lockdowns. Two bypass mechanisms keep administrators
in: a per-role permission and an optional URL access key.
Features
- Master switch – One checkbox blocks all
logins for non-bypass users. - URL access key – Optional query parameter
appended to/user/login?your-keybypasses the lock,
without giving anyone permanent access. - End-user message – Configurable warning
shown to blocked users. - Force logout – Optional kick-everyone
switch that clears all existing sessions when the settings are
saved (super admin and current user are excluded). - REST login coverage – The
user.login.httpendpoint returns HTTP 403
Access key required.when the key is missing, so the
lock applies to JSON:API clients and decoupled front-ends too. - Per-role bypass – The
Bypass disabled loginpermission lets specific roles
log in even when the module is active. - Brute force protection – Multiple attempts are blocked by Drupal core flood.
Why use this module?
Drupal core has no built-in way to disable logins temporarily without
putting the whole site in maintenance mode. Login Disable does only
this one job, with predictable behaviour for both the UI login form
and the REST endpoint.
Supporting organizations:
Development & maintenance
Issue queue, maintenance and Drupal 9 development
Issue queue, maintenance and Drupal 10, 11, 12 + development
Project information
Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers.- Project categories: Access control
551 sites report using this module
- Created by budda on , updated
Stable releases for this project are covered by the security advisory policy.
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