Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.4.4

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 5.4.1 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1Database errors
4Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 376.51 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 version5.4.1
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=4b525e194b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.807 s
Memory usage 4.02 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 0.305 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 0.141 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 0.160 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 0.144 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 1.127 s
Memory usage 3.97 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 0.165 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 0.213 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 1.106 s
Memory usage 5.84 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 1.099 s
Memory usage 5.83 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.353 s0.225 s-0.128 s3.64 MiB4.03 MiB+ 404.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.185 s0.216 s+0.031 s3.66 MiB4.06 MiB+ 405.1 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.172 s1.523 s+0.351 s5.43 MiB5.85 MiB+ 426.66 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.495 s0.370 s-0.125 s3.5 MiB3.89 MiB+ 402.19 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.175 s0.145 s-0.030 s3.58 MiB3.88 MiB+ 308.74 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.196 s0.266 s+0.070 s3.48 MiB3.87 MiB+ 402.38 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.306 s0.246 s-0.060 s3.58 MiB3.91 MiB+ 339.29 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.113 s1.086 s-0.027 s5.42 MiB5.83 MiB+ 418.68 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.217 s0.219 s+0.002 s3.48 MiB3.88 MiB+ 403.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.201 s0.185 s-0.016 s3.59 MiB3.98 MiB+ 402.21 KiB
/0.354 s0.229 s-0.125 s3.43 MiB3.65 MiB+ 229.26 KiB
Average 0.433 s0.428 s-0.005 s3.89 MiB4.26 MiB+ 376.51 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 5 lines

[01-May-2020 01:40:14 UTC] WordPress database error Duplicate column name 'label' for query ALTER TABLE wp_pda_passwords ADD COLUMN label TINYTEXT made by require_once('wp-admin/admin.php'), do_action('admin_init'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, PPW_Admin->handle_admin_init_when_pro_is_not_activate, PPW_Repository_Passwords->install, PPW_Repository_Passwords->update_label_and_post_types_column, PPW_Repository_Passwords->add_new_column, dbDelta
[01-May-2020 01:40:15 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[01-May-2020 01:40:15 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[01-May-2020 01:40:15 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[01-May-2020 01:40:15 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes