Creating a WordPress website for your company or portfolio is a fantastic way to begin building your audience. However, there may be situations in which you want to restrict access to certain postings or pages. For instance, you may be a filmmaker who wants to restrict access to a film on his website to avoid piracy or a photographer who wishes to protect assets. Regardless of your motivation, putting a password on a website enables you to limit visitor access to certain customers, coworkers, or business partners. This article demonstrates how simple it is to password-protect a WordPress page and explains why you may need to do so.

Why Should You Password Protect a WordPress Page?
As noted earlier, password-protecting a page is a valuable tool for limiting access to content on a WordPress site. Thus, only individuals who have access to the password will be able to see the protected pages.

You might want to do this for a number of reasons, like if a page is still being worked on or if you want to keep images, artwork, and other intellectual property private for internal use.

There are several security plugins that may include password protection. And there are WordPress plugins created particularly to improve password security. But if you’re seeking basic functionality, WordPress includes a password security option by default. In the next part, we will examine how to natively password-protect pages.

How to Protect a Page or Post with a Password Using the WordPress Editor
If you are unaware, you can quickly password-protect a page or post using the WordPress editor’s built-in functionality. Start from your admin dashboard and go to Page or Post -> Add New to create a new page or post.

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Once you are finished modifying your page, click Publish and then Visibility.

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From the Visibility panel, select Password protected, and then enter your password in the textbox below.

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Good news if you’re wondering whether this still works with the Divi builder! The native password-protect mechanism in the WordPress editor and the Divi Builder operate identically.

If someone gets into your password-protected website, they will see the page below.

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It’s that simple! However, although this is the simplest type of password security, it lacks more complex options. Partial content restriction, password-protecting a full website, and unlocking multiple sections of a website with a single password are not naturally feasible; hence, a password protection plugin might be useful.

How to Protect a WordPress Page with a Password Using a Plugin
There are a number of plugins that should provide you with the additional password security capabilities you want. We’ll be utilizing Password Protect WordPress for this example (PPWP). It is almost as simple to configure as WordPress’s native password protection, but comes with additional capabilities.

To begin, browse to Plugins > Add New inside your WordPress dashboard.

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Enter “PPWP” in the search box, then install and activate the free plugin.

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Now, when you go to your post or page editor, you’ll see a new area in the sidebar where you can use PPWP to set user roles and passwords.

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Other Features of the WordPress Password Protect Plugin

You may also lock portions of your page’s content using shortcodes. To do this, navigate to Partial Protection under Password Protect WordPress.

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From this page, you may modify your shortcode and then insert it into any web page.

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You can even password-protect your entire website with PPWP.To do this, go to the Sitewide Protection option under Password Protect WordPress on your dashboard.

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Toggle the Password-Protect Entire Site option, enter a password, and then save your settings.

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FAQs Regarding Password-Protecting a Page in WordPress

What is the difference between the “Password Protected” feature of WordPress and the plugin?

The primary distinction between the two alternatives is that the password-protection plugin was developed particularly for that purpose. Therefore, it has more accessible functionalitiesves is that the password-protection plugin was developed particularly for that purpose. Therefore, it has more accessible functionalities. Whether you wish to password-protect a piece of a page, your whole website, or a category of articles, a plugin is the simplest method to accomplish it.

How does password protection affect SEO?
Pages that are password-protected cannot be indexed by search engines; here is where a partial section might be valuable for SEO, since search engine bots can still crawl your website while the protected material stays hidden.

Can I secure a page or post with several passwords?
Using user roles and features like the password-protection function of the PPWP plugin, different users can use different passwords to get into pages.

Final Thoughts Regarding Password Protection in WordPress A decent starting point for password protection is to familiarize yourself with the basic settings WordPress provides, but you may go as advanced as you want. If you want a simple on/off option, you may utilize the WordPress editor’s built-in password protection capability. But if you want a simple solution with additional functionality, PPWP is the plugin for you. You may learn how to partially limit access to material using a password. Or, if you are a Divi user, check out DiviPasswords to enhance the security of your passwords.

Consider employing a password policy plugin if you’re wanting to improve the password security of WordPress in general.

What is protected by a password on your website? Please tell us in the comments!