Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.4.1

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 5.3.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 356.01 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version5.3.2
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 30,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/password-protect-page/
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Pages 8

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=password-protect-page%2Fwp-protect-password.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a18293a2c7
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.217 s
Memory usage 3.98 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.327 s
Memory usage 4.01 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Sitewide

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Sitewide
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options&tab=entire_site
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.188 s
Memory usage 3.96 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Shortcodes

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Shortcodes
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options&tab=shortcodes
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.185 s
Memory usage 3.95 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Master Passwords

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Master Passwords
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options&tab=master_passwords
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.101 s
Memory usage 3.94 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.386 s
Memory usage 3.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.135 s
Memory usage 5.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.102 s
Memory usage 5.69 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.302 s0.250 s-0.052 s3.61 MiB4 MiB+ 393.86 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.267 s0.245 s-0.022 s3.64 MiB3.97 MiB+ 330.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.229 s1.482 s+0.253 s5.36 MiB5.71 MiB+ 358.31 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.731 s0.432 s-0.299 s3.48 MiB3.86 MiB+ 391.99 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.180 s0.155 s-0.025 s3.56 MiB3.85 MiB+ 298.58 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.230 s0.343 s+0.113 s3.46 MiB3.84 MiB+ 392.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.208 s0.198 s-0.010 s3.56 MiB3.88 MiB+ 329.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.023 s1.063 s+0.040 s5.35 MiB5.69 MiB+ 350.34 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.273 s0.251 s-0.022 s3.46 MiB3.85 MiB+ 392.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.221 s0.220 s-0.001 s3.57 MiB3.89 MiB+ 328.02 KiB
/0.383 s0.248 s-0.135 s3.29 MiB3.63 MiB+ 350.05 KiB
Average 0.459 s0.444 s-0.015 s3.85 MiB4.2 MiB+ 356.01 KiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 1

Options wp_options 2

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "ppw_add_meta_box": {
            "title": "Password Protect WordPress",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "ppw_add_meta_box": {
            "title": "Password Protect WordPress",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[11-Feb-2020 10:03:23 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[11-Feb-2020 10:03:23 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[11-Feb-2020 10:03:23 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[11-Feb-2020 10:03:23 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes