Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.9.7

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 8.1.12? 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: 337.77 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 version6.7.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
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=39188b0a48
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.541 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.727 s
Memory usage 3.79 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 0.178 s
Memory usage 3.78 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 0.835 s
Memory usage 3.78 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 0.183 s
Memory usage 3.8 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 0.191 s
Memory usage 3.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Partial Protection → Section Protection

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Partial Protection → Section Protection
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ppwp-section
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.179 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.205 s
Memory usage 3.79 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 0.355 s
Memory usage 3.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Password Protect WordPress → Integrations → Configuration

Page screenshot: Password Protect WordPress → Integrations → Configuration
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppwp-integrations&tab=configuration
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.191 s
Memory usage 3.79 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 0.257 s
Memory usage 3.7 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.331 s0.451 s+0.120 s3.48 MiB3.81 MiB+ 332.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.197 s0.230 s+0.033 s3.54 MiB3.9 MiB+ 360.46 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.770 s0.956 s+0.186 s5.93 MiB6.36 MiB+ 446.45 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.549 s0.334 s-0.215 s3.5 MiB3.8 MiB+ 311.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.216 s0.202 s-0.014 s3.47 MiB3.78 MiB+ 315.23 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.312 s0.239 s-0.073 s3.46 MiB3.78 MiB+ 323.42 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.207 s0.271 s+0.064 s3.48 MiB3.81 MiB+ 338.53 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.559 s0.754 s+0.195 s5.92 MiB6.35 MiB+ 441.14 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.445 s0.241 s-0.204 s3.48 MiB3.78 MiB+ 311.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.240 s0.199 s-0.041 s3.5 MiB3.8 MiB+ 311.23 KiB
/0.296 s0.198 s-0.098 s3.48 MiB3.7 MiB+ 223.92 KiB
Average 0.375 s0.370 s-0.004 s3.93 MiB4.26 MiB+ 337.77 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

CSS
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
CSS58.1%21,7363019
PHP33.7%12,6064,54496
SVG7.1%2,67101
JavaScript1.0%376958
Total 37,389 4,940 114

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 10,872
Total complexity 1,788
Median class complexity 13.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class PPW_Admin
Most complex function PPW_Customizer_Service::customize_register()
Classes 52
Methods 565
Functions 88

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

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
ppwp-sectionSection Protection

Meta Boxes

{
    "ppwp-section": {
        "ppw_pcp_meta_box": {
            "title": "Password Protect WordPress",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "ppw_add_meta_box": {
            "title": "Password Protect WordPress",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "ppw_add_meta_box": {
            "title": "Password Protect WordPress",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 1

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[19-Feb-2025 09:08:04 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[19-Feb-2025 09:08:04 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[19-Feb-2025 09:08:04 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[19-Feb-2025 09:08:04 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes