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Lock Pages

Lock Pages prevents specified pages (or all pages), posts, or custom post types from having their slug, parent, status or password edited, or from bei …

By Steve Taylor·Cms·Free
4(2 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As of April 2026, Lock Pages is a WordPress cms plugin with 300 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: White Label CMS.

4/52 reviews
300active installs
17K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009

Overview

NOTE: This plugin is not tested with Gutenberg, and we have no near-term plans to do so. If using WP > 5.0, use the Classic Editor if there are problems.

NOTE: This plugin was originally designed to only lock pages, and only later added custom post type functionality. Hence the name, and sometimes the terminology will say “pages” when it means “any post type”.

Sometimes some pages or other posts are too important to allow them to be casually moved about or deleted by site editors. An editor may think nothing of renaming a page’s slug, or deleting a page to replace it with something similar, perhaps unaware of effects on SEO. Also, certain pages might be essential to keep in place because of a site’s structure, or because of aspects of a custom theme.

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Ratings & Reviews

42 reviews
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3 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.3.1 (2018-12-18)

  • Added ‘protect from all’ option, to allow lock protection to apply even if user has capability to lock posts
  • Added proper defaulting for updates, to include new option defaults (thanks Kevin VandeKrol!)
  • Fixed issue with 4th parameter for user_has_caps filter, and issue with arrays passed for $args[0]
  • Fixed minor PHP errors
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Steve TaylorSteve Taylor
Plugin Info
Version
0.3.1
Last Updated
Dec 19, 2018
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.9.29
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
300
Downloads
17K+
Added
Nov 8, 2009
Business
Free

Tags

cmspageadminpagesadministration

Developer

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Steve Taylor
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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