Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.4.3.1

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=ba755f1840
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.372 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 0.341 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 0.150 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 0.173 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 0.163 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 1.014 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 0.185 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 0.246 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 1.221 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 1.139 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.php0.309 s0.244 s-0.065 s3.64 MiB4.03 MiB+ 405.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.237 s0.225 s-0.012 s3.66 MiB4 MiB+ 342.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.236 s1.862 s+0.626 s5.43 MiB5.78 MiB+ 364.28 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.721 s0.537 s-0.184 s3.5 MiB3.89 MiB+ 403.81 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.185 s0.143 s-0.042 s3.58 MiB3.88 MiB+ 310.4 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.228 s0.198 s-0.030 s3.48 MiB3.87 MiB+ 404.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.187 s0.177 s-0.010 s3.58 MiB3.92 MiB+ 340.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.079 s1.131 s+0.052 s5.42 MiB5.77 MiB+ 356.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.329 s0.233 s-0.096 s3.48 MiB3.88 MiB+ 404.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.255 s0.209 s-0.046 s3.59 MiB3.92 MiB+ 339.84 KiB
/0.347 s0.234 s-0.113 s3.43 MiB3.66 MiB+ 233.44 KiB
Average 0.465 s0.472 s+0.007 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 17:17:17 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[07-Apr-2020 17:17:17 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[07-Apr-2020 17:17:17 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[07-Apr-2020 17:17:17 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes