{"id":129849,"date":"2020-10-13T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mc-login-code\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:28:00","slug":"mc-login-code","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/bal.wordpress.org\/plugins\/mc-login-code\/","author":11147625,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"2.3.2","stable_tag":"2.3.2","tested":"6.6.5","requires":"","requires_php":"7.0","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"MC Login Code","header_author":"Mike Hickcox","header_description":"Adds a login code field to your Wordpress login form for better security. 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