Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.7.1

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 5.6 and PHP 7.4.8? 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: 352.09 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 version5.6
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
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 11

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=00ca8c8b14
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.341 s
Memory usage 3.07 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 0.282 s
Memory usage 3.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Advanced

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Advanced
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_protect_password_options&tab=misc
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.173 s
Memory usage 3.05 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 1.086 s
Memory usage 3.03 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 0.194 s
Memory usage 3.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Partial Protection

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Partial Protection
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppwp-partial-protection
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.224 s
Memory usage 3.09 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Sitewide Protection

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Sitewide Protection
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppwp-sitewide
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.171 s
Memory usage 3.05 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Integrations

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Integrations
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppwp-integrations
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.169 s
Memory usage 3.07 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 0.199 s
Memory usage 2.89 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 0.615 s
Memory usage 5.34 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 0.584 s
Memory usage 5.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.264 s0.410 s+0.146 s2.79 MiB3.09 MiB+ 306.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.179 s0.385 s+0.206 s2.84 MiB3.21 MiB+ 379.52 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.795 s1.049 s+0.254 s4.93 MiB5.34 MiB+ 415.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.747 s0.383 s-0.364 s2.67 MiB3.02 MiB+ 359.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.158 s0.181 s+0.023 s2.68 MiB3 MiB+ 327.07 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.259 s0.180 s-0.079 s2.65 MiB3 MiB+ 359.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.195 s0.252 s+0.057 s2.68 MiB3.1 MiB+ 431.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.057 s0.592 s-0.465 s4.92 MiB5.32 MiB+ 409.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.248 s0.202 s-0.046 s2.65 MiB3 MiB+ 359.89 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.202 s0.203 s+0.001 s2.75 MiB3.04 MiB+ 295.12 KiB
/0.256 s0.198 s-0.058 s2.67 MiB2.89 MiB+ 229.07 KiB
Average 0.396 s0.367 s-0.030 s3.11 MiB3.46 MiB+ 352.09 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 3

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

[09-Dec-2020 12:26:33 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[09-Dec-2020 12:26:33 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[09-Dec-2020 12:26:33 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[09-Dec-2020 12:26:33 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes