Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content v2.8.4
Protect your WordPress site, pages, posts, WooCommerce products, and categories with single or multiple passwords.
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- Audit coverage Up to date 14 versions audited
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 2, 2026
- Last audited Sep 2, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 5.6+
- Requires WordPress 4.9.6+
- Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 44% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 98 Passed
- 20 Warnings
- 7 Failed
27 of 37 checks passed.
54 of 61 checks passed.
10 of 12 checks passed.
3 of 6 checks passed.
2 of 3 checks passed.
2 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
5.4 MB
11.1 MB unzipped
Total files
565
across all file types
Lines of PHP
66,122
in 164 files Large
File types
- PHP
- PNG
- MO
- PO
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 0 Critical
- 7 High
- 288 Medium
- 89 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 14 audited versions of Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content, Category scores held steady across this span. The codebase grew 4% in size.
Audited 2.7.2 → 2.8.4 · 14 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
14,316
downloads
Today
895
downloads
Week over week
−56%
vs previous week
Month over month
−10%
vs previous month
Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.
Version intelligence
56% of installs run an older version
≈ 166.7K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v2.5
- v2.6
- v2.7
- v2.8
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
1 mo ago
Jul 30, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 62 days
average between releases
Total releases
62
since Feb 2012 · 14 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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