at /auth/manual/auth.php change to: /** The name of the component. Used by the configuration. */ const COMPONENT_NAME = 'auth_manual'; const LEGACY_COMPONENT_NAME = 'auth/manual'; /** Constructor. */ function auth_plugin_manual() { $this->authtype = 'manual'; $this->config = get_config(self::COMPONENT_NAME); //workaround $this->config = get_config(self::COMPONENT_NAME); $new_conf = get_config(self::COMPONENT_NAME); $legacy_conf = get_config(self::LEGACY_COMPONENT_NAME); $this->config = (object)array_merge((array)$legacy_conf, (array)$new_conf); //$this->config = get_config(self::COMPONENT_NAME); }