Applies the same protection to children pages applied to the parent page.
As of April 2026, FT Password Protect Children Pages is a WordPress pages plugin with 400 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.
This plugin does one thing. If a page that is password protected has children pages, all children pages will be protected with the same password.
If the correct password is entered on the parent page or any of its children pages, all related pages will be viewable to the user.
The plugin protects unlimited levels of grandchildren pages via the $post->ancestors. It uses first ancestor that is password protected.
The plugin currently works by looking for parent pages that are password protected and applying the same restrictions the the currently being viewed child page. This means that the children pages do not actually get a password added to the database.
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| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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