Password Protect WordPress Lite 1.9.12

Does "Password Protect WordPress Lite" work with WordPress 6.8.2 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: 367.65 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 version6.8.2
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=bcf5c061c6
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.590 s
Memory usage 3.87 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 0.624 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 0.189 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 0.955 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 0.189 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 0.229 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 0.195 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 0.184 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.221 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 0.190 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 0.237 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.php0.374 s0.335 s-0.039 s3.51 MiB3.83 MiB+ 330.54 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.218 s0.244 s+0.026 s3.57 MiB3.92 MiB+ 356.08 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.869 s1.077 s+0.208 s6.06 MiB6.63 MiB+ 584.21 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.794 s0.593 s-0.201 s3.52 MiB3.83 MiB+ 309.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.228 s0.185 s-0.043 s3.5 MiB3.81 MiB+ 313.27 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.284 s0.266 s-0.018 s3.49 MiB3.81 MiB+ 321.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.206 s0.245 s+0.039 s3.5 MiB3.83 MiB+ 336.57 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.792 s0.668 s-0.124 s6.05 MiB6.62 MiB+ 579.73 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.535 s0.713 s+0.178 s3.5 MiB3.81 MiB+ 309.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.208 s0.284 s+0.076 s3.52 MiB3.83 MiB+ 309.27 KiB
/0.334 s0.216 s-0.118 s3.43 MiB3.72 MiB+ 293.7 KiB
Average 0.440 s0.439 s-0.001 s3.97 MiB4.33 MiB+ 367.65 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%12,6214,54896
SVG7.1%2,67101
JavaScript1.0%376958
Total 37,404 4,944 114

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 10,887
Total complexity 1,780
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 564
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

[18-Jul-2025 08:47:17 UTC] Migrate Default Password
[18-Jul-2025 08:47:17 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Things to migrate: []
[18-Jul-2025 08:47:17 UTC] [Migrate Default PWD]Total: 0
[18-Jul-2025 08:47:17 UTC] Migrated OK
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Password Protect WordPress Lite Admin Menus and Meta Boxes