Description: This plugin will require visitors to type in the password each time they are visiting a password protected page.
As of April 2026, Expire Password Protected Pages is a WordPress security plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware….
Description: This plugin will require visitors to type in the password each time they are visiting a password protected page. This also will prevent the page from being accessible if someone types in the password on a public computer. By default WordPress password protected pages sessions will last 10 days. Originally came up with this idea when a client did not want a password protected pages accessible after the browser was closed. While you could add the code to your function.php within your theme I did not want the code to get overwritten when doing a theme update. Using this plugin avoids the need for updating the function.php file.
Once you have it uploaded to your WordPress install. Simply login to your WordPress backend and activate the plugin. After it’s activated you no lo…
| WordPress | 3.7+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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