Protected Pages Not Working in IE, Chrome, and Safari

  • On a client site, I’ve set up three password protected pages using the default WordPress behavior. They all have the same password and were working fine in all browsers. I tested them in IE, Safari, and Firefox.

    I also changed wp-pass.php’s code to make the password only save for a minute:

    // 10 days
setcookie('wp-postpass_' . COOKIEHASH, $_POST['post_password'], time() + 60, COOKIEPATH);

    Now they’re only working in Firefox. When a user enters the password in one of the other browsers, the page refreshes, keeping the user on the password entry page and not taking them to the actual protected page.

    I read some other posts on this. I tried clearing my cache, cookies, and restarting my computer. The website’s URL is the same under General Settings (does not have a www, but no pages on the site use www).

    It’s still only working in Firefox, and it’s strange because it used to work in all the browsers.

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  • I also changed wp-pass.php’s code

    No! Never, ever, edit WordPress core scripts. And do not encourage others to do so. Editing core scripts can bring down your entire site and/or open security holes for hackers to use. re-upload a fresh copy of wp-pass.php

    Thread Starter web-girl

    (@web-girl)

    Thanks, that fixed it when I restored the file. However, won’t someone who enters the password on a public computer have it saved? There’s no way to log out and the timeout is 864000.

    A public computer should never cache anything or store cookies. Nevertheless,try adding this to your theme’s functions.php file:

    add_action( 'wp', 'post_password_immediately_expires' );
function post_password_immediately_expires() {
    if ( isset( $_COOKIE['wp-postpass_' . COOKIEHASH] ) )
        setcookie('wp-postpass_' . COOKIEHASH, '', time() - 31536000,
COOKIEPATH);
}

    Change the numeric value to suit your needs. For example, if you set it to zero, the cookie will become session only.

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