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10 Best Multiple Post Passwords Alternatives in 2026

Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works

Multiple Post Passwords sits at #9 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.

The 10 closest alternatives to Multiple Post Passwords

  1. 1

    Passster

    Closest match

    Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content

    4.2 (60) 10,000+ active installs

    Password Protect Pages, Posts & Content in WordPress

    #5 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About 5 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.

  2. 2
    4.9 (15) 1,000+ active installs

    Easily password protect the child pages/posts of a post/page that is password protected.

    #6 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About half the installs, last updated February 17, 2026.

  3. 3
    5.0 (1) 200+ active installs

    Protect PDF files by passwords on your WordPress Website.

    #7 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. 200+ installs against 2,000+, last updated 25 days ago.

  4. 4
    5.0 (1) 400+ active installs

    Protect your entire WordPress site with a simple password. GDPR-compliant with modal links for legal pages.

    #8 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated October 30, 2025.

  5. 5

    PPWP – Password Protect Pages

    4.7 (270) 30,000+ active installs

    Password protect WordPress pages and posts by user roles or with multiple passwords; protect your entire website with a single password.

    #2 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About 15 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.

  6. 6

    Kadence Security

    Paid version available

    Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection

    4.6 (3,990) 700,000+ active installs

    Harden your site security with Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and more. Formerly iThemes Security.

    #4 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About 350 times the installs, last updated July 27, 2026.

  7. 7

    Password Protected

    Paid version available

    Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content

    4.4 (139) 300,000+ active installs

    Protect your WordPress site, pages, posts, WooCommerce products, and categories with single or multiple passwords.

    #1 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About 150 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.

  8. 8
    4.8 (12) 30,000+ active installs

    Protect your uploads directory. Prevent browsing, add watermarks, disable right-click, and password-protect files. For more information, visit protect …

    #3 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. About 15 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.

  9. 9

    Password Protect – Temporary Login Without Password & Password Protect Entire Site

    3.7 (3) 100+ active installs

    Password Protect entire site & create Temporary Login Without Password links. Simple & secure access for developers or maintenance.

    #10 in the WordPress.org Password Protection Plugins ranking. 100+ installs against 2,000+, last updated 24 days ago.

  10. 10
    4.8 (21) 2,000+ active installs

    Create central "Enter your password" page and the password entered determine which page the user sees next.

    Shares the page, password tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 28, 2017.

Multiple Post Passwords against each of them

Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.

Switching from Multiple Post Passwords: common questions

What is the best alternative to Multiple Post Passwords?

Passster is the closest match: it shares the Password Protection Plugins top 10 with Multiple Post Passwords and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.

Which Multiple Post Passwords alternative has the most users?

Kadence Security, with 700,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.

Which Multiple Post Passwords alternative is rated highest?

Password Protect Pages, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 270 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.

Are these Multiple Post Passwords alternatives free?

Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.

How are alternatives chosen?

Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Multiple Post Passwords score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.

How we choose these alternatives

Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Multiple Post Passwords on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.

The bottom line

Passster is the closest match to Multiple Post Passwords by the data we track, and Kadence Security has the widest reach with 700,000+ active installs. Passster shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.

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