Post Password Token
The Post Password Token plugin allows readers to access protected posts without having to enter a password by creating secret token urls for the post.
4.9(7 reviews)
·600 active installs·Updated 2 years agoAs of April 2026, Post Password Token is a WordPress pass plugin with 600 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.7+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.
4.9/57 reviews
600active installs
17K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
The Post Password Token plugin lets you issue secret urls that allow readers to access protected content without having to enter a password. It extends the default WordPress post password protection functionality by creating secret urls to the post that have an encoded token. This is similar to the guest pass functionality that can be found on Flickr.
Who is it for?
Sometimes you would like to share your blog posts with a specific group of people, but not with the wider world. For example, a family might want to blog about their adventures together for friends and family, but would rather not broadcast this to everyone. WordPress provides for this scenario by allowing you to password-protect a post. Unfortunately, we’ve found through experience that a lot of our friends never make i…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.97 reviews
5 ★
6
4 ★
1
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.7+ requiredTested up to 6.2.9 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.3
- Fixed bug where protected posts weren’t being filtered from
get_posts, thus showing up inwp:navigationblocks.
**get_postsstill has no fine grained filters, so this update feels a bit heavy. - Deprecated support for WP < 5.7
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.