Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.9.10

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 6.8.1 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: 369.47 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 version6.8.1
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=d0ed6b0979
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.561 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 0.592 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.180 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.856 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.180 s
Memory usage 3.83 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 0.208 s
Memory usage 3.89 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 0.191 s
Memory usage 3.87 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 0.270 s
Memory usage 3.82 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 0.182 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.357 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.254 s
Memory usage 3.72 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.339 s0.446 s+0.107 s3.51 MiB3.83 MiB+ 332.78 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.207 s0.249 s+0.042 s3.57 MiB3.92 MiB+ 358.32 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.804 s0.998 s+0.194 s6.06 MiB6.63 MiB+ 586.45 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.571 s0.329 s-0.242 s3.52 MiB3.83 MiB+ 311.82 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.222 s0.185 s-0.037 s3.5 MiB3.81 MiB+ 315.51 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.280 s0.244 s-0.036 s3.49 MiB3.81 MiB+ 323.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.247 s0.214 s-0.033 s3.5 MiB3.84 MiB+ 338.81 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.599 s0.843 s+0.244 s6.05 MiB6.62 MiB+ 581.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.440 s0.327 s-0.113 s3.5 MiB3.81 MiB+ 312.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.236 s0.213 s-0.023 s3.52 MiB3.83 MiB+ 311.51 KiB
/0.314 s0.209 s-0.105 s3.44 MiB3.72 MiB+ 291.3 KiB
Average 0.387 s0.387 s-0.000 s3.97 MiB4.33 MiB+ 369.47 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%12,6124,54596
SVG7.1%2,67101
JavaScript1.0%376958
Total 37,395 4,941 114

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 10,878
Total complexity 1,789
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

[23-Jun-2025 07:19:53 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[23-Jun-2025 07:19:53 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[23-Jun-2025 07:19:53 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[23-Jun-2025 07:19:53 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes