Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.4.3

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: 355.09 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 10

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=f654ee96cb
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.966 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 0.348 s
Memory usage 4.05 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 0.155 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 0.345 s
Memory usage 3.99 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 0.195 s
Memory usage 3.99 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 1.152 s
Memory usage 3.98 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Troubleshooting

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Troubleshooting
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options&tab=troubleshooting
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.182 s
Memory usage 4.05 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 0.249 s
Memory usage 3.66 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 1.160 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 1.168 s
Memory usage 5.77 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.335 s0.248 s-0.087 s3.64 MiB4.03 MiB+ 405.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.227 s0.243 s+0.016 s3.66 MiB4 MiB+ 342.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.232 s1.840 s+0.608 s5.43 MiB5.78 MiB+ 364.28 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.551 s0.401 s-0.150 s3.5 MiB3.89 MiB+ 403.81 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.473 s0.150 s-0.323 s3.58 MiB3.88 MiB+ 310.4 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.238 s0.216 s-0.022 s3.48 MiB3.87 MiB+ 404.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.200 s0.178 s-0.022 s3.58 MiB3.92 MiB+ 340.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.061 s1.157 s+0.096 s5.42 MiB5.77 MiB+ 356.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.414 s0.226 s-0.188 s3.48 MiB3.88 MiB+ 404.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.212 s0.207 s-0.005 s3.59 MiB3.92 MiB+ 339.84 KiB
/0.361 s0.217 s-0.144 s3.43 MiB3.66 MiB+ 233.44 KiB
Average 0.482 s0.462 s-0.020 s3.89 MiB4.24 MiB+ 355.09 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

[07-Apr-2020 15:37:41 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[07-Apr-2020 15:37:41 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[07-Apr-2020 15:37:41 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[07-Apr-2020 15:37:41 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes