FT Password Protect Children Pages

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2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Turner & Paige

   6.9y ago

   Not only does it automatically protect the children pages, but it only requires your visitors to enter the password ONCE at the parent level. My children pages are coded as Visibility: Public, and it STILL protects them. I don’t have to enter a password for every single one. This is AMAZING! Why does this plugin not have more reviews?!

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2. ★★★★★ pimschaaf

   11.8y ago

   Does its job.

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3. ★★★★★ squarecat

   12.9y ago

   Note that the last update was September 2010. Updated a client site to 3.7.1 (don’t recall from which, but it’s irrelevant) and the content on child pages that showed before no longer does. Debugging/testing shows the underlying method(s) to detect if ancestor is password protected seem to still work. Plugin doesn’t seem too complicated but beyond my current skills or time to patch up. My solution was to use a page template with the following for the content: <?php if ( !post_password_required() ) { the_content('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); } else { echo get_the_password_form(); } ?>

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4. ★★★★★ bivald

   13.8y ago

   Works just like it says it does.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-10-31 500+ → 400+ down after 327 days in tier
2. 2024-12-08 600+ → 500+ down after 183 days in tier
3. 2024-06-08 700+ → 600+ down after 366 days in tier
4. 2023-06-08 800+ → 700+ down after 247 days in tier
5. 2022-10-04 1K+ → 800+ down

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FT Password Protect Children Pages: 400+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ft-password-protect-children-pages