Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.4.2

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 5.4 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: 347.38 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 version5.4
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 9

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=23c74c550c
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.651 s
Memory usage 4.01 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 0.554 s
Memory usage 4.04 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Misc

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Misc
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options&tab=misc
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.158 s
Memory usage 3.98 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 0.182 s
Memory usage 3.98 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 0.154 s
Memory usage 3.98 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 1.036 s
Memory usage 3.97 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 0.261 s
Memory usage 3.65 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 1.159 s
Memory usage 5.78 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 1.141 s
Memory usage 5.76 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.301 s0.242 s-0.059 s3.64 MiB4.03 MiB+ 397.97 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.240 s0.224 s-0.016 s3.66 MiB3.99 MiB+ 335.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.220 s1.638 s+0.418 s5.43 MiB5.78 MiB+ 356.57 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.505 s0.541 s+0.036 s3.5 MiB3.89 MiB+ 396.1 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.400 s0.149 s-0.251 s3.58 MiB3.88 MiB+ 302.69 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.235 s0.201 s-0.034 s3.48 MiB3.87 MiB+ 396.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.187 s0.172 s-0.015 s3.58 MiB3.91 MiB+ 333.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.021 s1.185 s+0.164 s5.42 MiB5.76 MiB+ 348.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.315 s0.314 s-0.001 s3.48 MiB3.87 MiB+ 396.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.227 s0.211 s-0.016 s3.59 MiB3.91 MiB+ 332.13 KiB
/0.347 s0.224 s-0.123 s3.43 MiB3.65 MiB+ 225.73 KiB
Average 0.454 s0.464 s+0.009 s3.89 MiB4.23 MiB+ 347.38 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

[02-Apr-2020 06:23:17 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[02-Apr-2020 06:23:17 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[02-Apr-2020 06:23:17 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[02-Apr-2020 06:23:17 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes