As of April 2026, Password Passthrough is a WordPress url plugin with 600 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.
5/56 reviews
600active installs
6.7K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
This plugin allows passwords for password-protected pages/posts to be passed directly through the URL.
The query string parameter that should contain the password is pw.
For example, if the URL of your post is http://myblog.com/password-protected-page/ and the password is PASSWORD,
then just append ?pw=PASSWORD to it.
If the URL already contains a query string (for example, http://myblog.com/?p=5), then be sure to append &pw=PASSWORD instead.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.4+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0
- First released version.
Contributors
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