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Multiple Post Passwords

by Andreas Münch

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Description

This is a simple Plugin that lets you set multiple passwords for your password protected posts and pages.

On posts/pages with password protection it will show an extra Metabox with a field to input additional passwords, one in each line.

Note that if you just changed a post/page to password protection you have to save once so that the extra field appears.

Expire passwords

You can also make passwords expire after x hours when being used. You can find the settings under Settings -> Multiple Post Passwords.

Note that the actual deletion of the passwords is triggered by a cronjob which is run every 30 minutes. So even if you set your expiry time to very short, it may still take 30 minutes until the password really expires.

Also note that the expiration only works for the additional passwords, not for the standard WordPress page/post password.

Using lots of passwords on one page

If you are using lots of passwords on one page and the password check takes a long time, you should activate the alternative password check in the settings to speed up the password check.

  1. Upload the zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Edit the post or page you want to protect with multiple passwords
  4. When you set a password and save once, the field to add multiple passwords will appear in the top right corner
  5. Set as many passwords as you wish, one in a line
  1. <p>The meta box to add additional passwords in classic editor</p>

    The meta box to add additional passwords in classic editor

  2. <p>The additional passwords meta box in gutenberg editor</p>

    The additional passwords meta box in gutenberg editor

  3. <p>Plugin settings screen</p>

    Plugin settings screen

I cannot see where I can enter the additional passwords

First set one password (as you normally would in WordPress), then save once and you´ll see the extra field where you can add the passwords.

In Gutenberg Editor you have to save and then completely reload the admin page.

We decided to not show the extra metabox if there is no password set so it does not clutter the interface.

Where are the plugin settings

You can find the settings under Settings -> Multiple Post Passwords.

Does this support custom post types

Yes, this was implemented in Version 1.0.2

What about feature X

Just go to the support forums and kindly ask for it, then we´ll see what we can do. Thank you!

Funktioniert perfekt!

By aginskiy on December 3, 2023

Einfach, unkompliziert und tut, was es verspricht.

Unkompliziert und hilfreich

By post553 on December 26, 2021

Installing is absolutely easy, it works fine. Thank You!

Is there a maximum number of passwords?

By toby763 on June 2, 2021

This looks a great plugin. I would like to use email address as the password for visitors, which means I need to use around 500 passwords. Will the system support this number and will it become very slow?

Works very well

By Pete (perthmetro) on January 27, 2021

Can't fault it, it works great

Very usefull

By elorien on January 12, 2021

Very good plugin. It allows multiple passwords for each site. Works fine. Thx for the effort!

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By promotionsheldin on September 29, 2020

Super Plugin, mit dem man einfach mehrere PW für eine Seite oder einen Beitrag erstellen kann. Aktuell muss man die Seite neu laden, damit die Funktion sichtbar wird. Ich hatte damit ein paar Probleme und Andreas hat mir schnell und kompetent weitergeholfen, vielen Dank dafür!

Exactly the functionality I needed:)

By mattalign on July 8, 2019

As others have mentioned I didn't need a members area for my site, I just needed a way to create multiple passwords for certain users to access a page. Simple, effective plugin. Great work!

Perfect for what I need

By robg69 on May 5, 2019

I just wanted to give a page multiple passwords so I could control access. I didn't need the broader functionality of a 'membership' plugin so this worked perfectly for me.

This is great

By xcoba on January 16, 2019

This is one of the plugins I've ever loved Well done.

Very good and simple

By louddrums on October 31, 2018

It worked perfect. To activate the the multiple password section, just password protect the page as usual and save it, then you'll see a box above that section, become available to enter additional passwords.

1.1.3

  • fix issues with numeral passwords in alternative mode
  • fix warning for calling _load_textdomain_just_in_time too early

1.1.2

  • fix: improve output escaping in settings
  • fix: fix some PHP warnings

1.1.1

  • feature: add hook for password manipulation

1.1.0

  • feature: add ability to expire used passwords
  • feature: implement alternative password checking method -> quicker for alot of passwords

1.0.3

  • improvement: implement cache to speed things up for many passwords in one post/page

1.0.2

  • feature: add support for custom post types

1.0.1

  • remove wordpress brand from url domains
  • fix post sanitization

1.0.0

  • Initial release
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