Lock your Website from external access if your website is under construction. Only admins can see the website. You can also define a timespan.
As of April 2026, AWEOS WP Lock is a WordPress wp lock plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016.
Is your website still under development? Have you broken anything on your webpage? WP Lock has you covered, use our simple admin bar widget to lock your site when needed.
We let you define a specific timespan to unlock and lock your site again, this can be useful if you want to show your work to a client, co-worker or friend.
After installation, you can use the “WP Lock” settings section inside your admin bar to lock or unlock your site. We indicate that your site is either locked or public by using a green or red color which makes it clear to the developer and site admins if “WP Lock” is activated at this moment.
If the plugin is enabled, you can only visit your website if you are logged in as an Administr…
| WordPress | 2.8.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version 1.4.9
A security vulnerability was discovered and has been successfully fixed.
Version 1.4.6
The permanent access for Editors to the site when WP Lock is enabled has been removed, and a new checkbox has been added to control this option for enabling/disabling it.
Version 1.4.5
Added: Editors can now access the site when WP Lock is enabled, in addition to Administrators.
Version 1.4.3
A bug has been fixed where the radio buttons did not corr…
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