Password Protected Page

  • We’ve got just one admin user for our club website.
    Most of the content is public, but one page we want to have password protection.
    When editing the page I see on the right at Visibility three alternative options:
    – Public
    – Private
    – Password Protected

    I choose the last one, enter a password, update the page and all is fine:
    When testing, the new password is required and accepted if correct.
    Then I log off my admin account, restart the browser and cannot enter the protected page any more by entering the password.
    Entering the url from a different device also shows the “Enter password” page and repeats that, no matter if the password is correct or wrong.

    In former times all was working fine.
    Now, everything (PHP 7.4, wordpress 6.3.2, all plugins) is updated.
    The theme is still moesia (by aThemes)
    I temporarily deactivated all plugins (no help)

    I found similar questions using dedicated password plugins and dealing with the browser cache, which do not apply here, IMO.



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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    I cannot replicate the problem on my site with no plugins active. I do have a later PHP version, but that shouldn’t make a difference in this case. Besides testing with no plugins active, please also do so with one of the default Twenty* themes active. I tested using the 2021 theme FWIW.

    Other things to check: The site health page. Your PHP error log after trying to use a valid password and failing. The HTTP password request in browser’s network developer tool.

    The HTTP request should be a POST to wp-login.php?action=postpass. Click on this entry in the network tool’s list. Go to the Payload tab in the sidebar that appears. In Form Data section under “post_password” you should see the correct password.

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