Pass password via querystring parameter

I don;t intend to build that into the plugin by default, but using the existing hooks in the plugin it should be possible to bypass it by adding code to your functions.php file.

I’ve not tried this, but something like this might work:

function my_option_password_protected_status( $option ) {
	global $Password_Protected;

	//If the URl contains the query "?bypass=true"
	if ( isset( $_GET['bypass'] ) && $_GET['bypass'] == 'true' ) {
		// Set the cookie to say we're logged in
		$Password_Protected->set_auth_cookie();
		return false;
	}
	return $option;
}
add_filter( 'option_password_protected_status', 'my_option_password_protected_status' );

Thank you, Ben. It works perfectly.

I will work on adding the ability to simply prepopulate the password textfield with a query string parameter and post back to this thread if I have any issues.

If I can get that working, I’ll consider my question 100% resolved.

Thanks again!

There’s no hook to do it with PHP at present so you’d have to add it via JavaScript.

That’s what I thought. Thanks for the bypass help!