Using wget bypass htaccess username password 401 authorization
Here is the command to access a website where using htaccess username and password to protect itself. wget -O /dev/null --user="_any_htaccess_user_name_" --password="_htaccess_user_password_" http://www.google.com Resource: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8841187/wget-and-htaccess-username-only By the way, you can use wget to simulate a visitor access to website. Often time it is used to trigger a cron job. Another resource: http://pogidude.com/2011/use-linux-cron-to-trigger-wordpress-cron-scheduler/ http://bitswapping.com/2010/10/using-cron-to-trigger-wp-cron-php/ Hope it helps someone.