Active installations400Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Customize Private & Protected: Password Form & Prefix version 1.6.0 as active, updated 20d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
Extends WordPress’s own built-in password-protected and private post/page settings — no second password system, no Pro tier, no upsells.
Title prefix
Hide the “Protected: ” / “Private: ” prefix WordPress adds to a password-protected or private post’s title
Or replace it with your own text
Password form
Rewrite the intro text, the password label, and the submit button text
Set the password field’s and submit button’s colors, and the button’s padding
Add widget areas before and after the form
Custom “Invalid password” text for a wrong attempt (WordPress 6.8+)
Custom excerpt text for protected posts in lists
Set how long the password cookie lasts, or make it a session-only cookie
Hide password-protected posts from your homepage, archives, search results, and feeds, while keeping them reachable at their own URL
Or keep your theme’s own password form (Divi supported) and just add the widget areas
Configure it through the Customizer (Appearance > Customize), which previews your changes as you type, or through Settings > Private & Protected, a plain settings page that works the same on every theme, block themes included. Both edit the same settings. 6 (invalid password text, excerpt text, cookie lifetime, hide from lists) are on the settings page only.
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WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
password form
password protected
post title
prefix
private
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.0
Update activity14 Oct 202620d ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
WordPress compatibility7.1.2→7.1.3
Version1.5.0→1.6.0
Version1.3.6→1.5.0
Version1.3.5→1.3.6
Version1.3.4→1.3.5
WordPress compatibility6.8.8→7.1.2
Tracking & source
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