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Password Protect Pages — WordPress Password Protection Plugin

PPWP – Password Protect Pages

by WP Folio Team · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.9.24 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 5.6+

Password Protect Pages has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,166,479 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 3, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Password Protect Pages at a glance

Active installs
30,000+
Total downloads
1,166,479
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Password Protect Pages well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1
One-star reviews
6%
16 of 270 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Password protect all WordPress custom post types including WooCommerce Products
  • Password protect custom fields and custom page templates
  • Manage all passwords while editing content or via our friendly popup
  • Create unlimited passwords per user role
  • Create the same passwords for multiple user roles
  • Bypass password protection with Quick Access Links
  • Customize Quick Access Links
  • Create wildcard passwords
  • Unlock Partial Content Protection (PCP) with master passwords
  • Automatically protect all sub pages with one password
  • Create multiple passwords for each protected category
  • Set the same password for multiple pages

Password Protect Pages reviews and ratings

270 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

270 reviews

5★
239
4★
6
3★
4
2★
5
1★
16

  • Excellent support

    Amazed by the support team! Extremely quick and qualified, awesome

    intelektual

  • Works Well and Amazing Support

    Timely & helpful support, even on the free version. Great plugin with an extremely helpful development team!

    liwebguy

  • Way too limiting for the free version and paid is too expensive

    I need something so simple, just an app that locks all the site but the homepage. $180/year is too much for this simple requirement. They advertise they have more features for free than any competitor, but I did not see anything different than the other password keepers.

    Kindly Thrive Support

  • Excellent service the PPWP team are very helpful

    Muhammad and the PPWP team are very helpful we had an issue with caching and anchor tags not working on our website. PPWP investigated the issue immediately and provided us with some custom code snippets to fix the website within 24 hours.

    vfactoruk

  • Thumbs up!

    Great Plugin, very cool funcionality & really good support.

    McNitefly

  • Excellent PPWP Lite product & Great support

    I am extremely happy with simplicity and effectiveness of even this free product which is not the case with most other products. The support I received from Quinnie was phenomenal and unusual for a free product. She was patient and persistent in helping and solving the issue. Thanks.

    sbdesh

Where Password Protect Pages ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Password Protect Pages appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Password Protection Plugins #6 by tag, #2 in search #2 –
Best Landing Page Plugins #19 in search, not tagged #44 –
Best Page Builder Plugins #59 in search, not tagged #95 –

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Details

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

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • password
  • Password Protect
  • password protection
  • restrict content
  • sitewide

More from WP Folio Team

Version
1.9.24
Last updated
Sep 3, 2026
First published
Jul 10, 2018
Requires WordPress
5.2
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Password Protect Pages FAQ

What does Password Protect Pages do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Password Protect Pages offers Password protect all WordPress custom post types including WooCommerce Products, Password protect custom fields and custom page templates, Manage all passwords while editing content or via our friendly popup, Create unlimited passwords per user role and Create the same passwords for multiple user roles.

How many active installs does Password Protect Pages have?

WordPress.org reports 30,000+ active installs for Password Protect Pages as of September 7, 2026.

Is Password Protect Pages still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on September 3, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Does Password Protect Pages have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Password Protect Pages are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Password Protect Pages free?

Password Protect Pages is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Password Protect Pages rank among Password Protection Plugins?

Password Protect Pages is #2 in the WordPress.org "password" ranking as of today.