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Protect the Children! — WordPress Password Protection Plugin

by Matt Miller · WordPress.org page

v1.5.2 Tested up to WP 6.9.10 PHP 8.1+

Protect the Children! has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 24,598 downloads all time. It was downloaded 430 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on February 17, 2026, tested up to WordPress 6.9.10.

Protect the Children! at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
24,598
Downloads, last 30 days
430
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

Is Protect the Children! well maintained?

Support threads resolved
0 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.9.10, not yet with the current 7.1.3
One-star reviews
0%
0 of 15 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

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

  • Albanian (Shqip)
  • Arabic (العربية)
  • Armenian (Հայերեն)
  • Basque (Euskara)
  • Bengali (বাংলা)
  • Bulgarian (Български)
  • Catalan (Català)
  • Chinese Simplified (简体中文)
  • Croatian (Hrvatski)
  • Czech (Čeština)
  • Danish (Dansk)
  • Dutch (Nederlands)

Protect the Children! reviews and ratings

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

All reviews
4.9 out of 5

15 reviews

5★
14
4★
1
3★
0
2★
0
1★
0

  • It is Usefull !!

    There isn't same thing in those days !!

    ibeetle

  • Great, simple plugin!

    Great plugin that serves a simple need and exactly what I was looking for!

    sushi3443

  • シンプルで使い勝手が良いです

    パスワードページを管理していると、この機能はとても便利です

    hiro16

  • Genius! Works so well!

    Just wanted to say a quick thank you for developing such a simple, easy to use plugin. So many password plugins out there have their free + pro versions and still couldn't get what I wanted it to do. Protect the Children works great! Gets rid of the hassle of typing in your password on every single page as it remembers it for all child pages. Thank you again!

    bountydigital

  • Works as I had hoped!

    I tried a few other plugins... they were either overcomplicated (and more features than I needed), or they simply didn't work (i.e., did not protect the children). So, I'm very happy to have found this. It works with WP 6.1.1.

    caveflyer

  • Logout?

    Nice working plugin but how to logout? or set a time logout?Logout button would be nice

    peter_lang

Download and install history

675 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Protect the Children! downloads per day012.52537.550Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Downloads per day
Active installs
Protect the Children! active installs02505007501kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Active installs
Rating out of 5
Protect the Children! rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Rating out of 5
Reviews
Protect the Children! review count05101520Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Reviews

Where Protect the Children! ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Protect the Children! appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Password Protection Plugins #17 by tag, #16 in search #6 –

Protect the Children! alternatives

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Details

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

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

Tags

  • child pages
  • Parent Pages
  • password
  • Password Protect
  • visibility

More from Matt Miller

Version
1.5.2
Last updated
Feb 17, 2026
First published
Jul 24, 2017
Requires WordPress
–
Tested up to
6.9.10
Requires PHP
8.1
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Protect the Children! FAQ

What does Protect the Children! do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Protect the Children! offers Albanian (Shqip), Arabic (العربية), Armenian (Հայերեն), Basque (Euskara) and Bengali (বাংলা).

How many active installs does Protect the Children! have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Protect the Children! as of October 22, 2026.

Is Protect the Children! still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on February 17, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 6.9.10.

Does Protect the Children! have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Protect the Children! are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Protect the Children! free?

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

Where does Protect the Children! rank among Password Protection Plugins?

Protect the Children! is #6 in the WordPress.org "password" ranking as of today.