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Protected Posts Logout Button

Automatically adds a logout button to your password protected content.

By Nate Reist·Logout·Free
4.9(13 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, Protected Posts Logout Button is a WordPress logout plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 33K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 38% this week. Top alternative: User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility.

4.9/513 reviews
1.0K+active installs
33K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

This plugin simply adds a logout button to the content of any password protected post. Sometimes clients want a password protected page to share information with privileged individuals and the default 10 days for the cookie to expire is too long for their liking. So I wrote a little plugin to do this with AJAX and set the cookie to expire immediately, well actually 10 days in the past.

  • Works logged in or out as a WordPress user.
  • Uses the same functionality WordPress uses to set post cookies.
  • Has a simple settings page to make everything easier.
  • Allows you to alert user they have logged out.
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.913 reviews
5 ★
12
4 ★
1
3 ★
0
2 ★
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1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Excellent Plugin
by qamar0786·5 years ago

Thank you for this excellent plugin. It does what it says on the tin perfectly!

Great little plugin
by danielepais·8 years ago

Efficient and time saver. This plugin does exactly what it says in the tin…Logout..!

Good
by spanizhfly·9 years ago·2 replies

Works well, but expiry doesnt work. Any idea?
I’ve set the expiry 300 Seconds but it doesnt log out.

Simply works
by Sonnenbad·9 years ago

Just activate and that is it. Great.

Very easy to use and works.
by Kandi Carpenter·10 years ago

This worked perfectly for my needs. Thank you so much for making it so simple.

Download Trends

Today: 2Yesterday: 7This week: 36Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress2.8+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.4
98.6%
v1.3
1.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.4.6

  • Fixed vulnerabilities in option saving function, not allowing unescaped user input and checking user role
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Nate ReistNate Reist
Plugin Info
Version
1.4.6
Last Updated
Feb 16, 2023
WP Requires
2.8+
Tested Up To
6.1.10
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
33K+
Added
May 16, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

logoutwordpress securitypassword protected posts logout button

Developer

N
Nate Reist
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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