Password Protected Categories GPL v2.7.6 By Barn2 Media

The Password Protected Categories WordPress plugin lets you password protect (or make private) an entire category. This is quicker and more user-friendly than password protecting individual posts because entering a single password unlocks the whole category.

When you password protect a category, the category page, its sub-categories and all the posts within are protected with the same password(s). People must enter a correct password to access any of this protected content.

Each category can have one or more passwords and you can protect as many categories as you like within your website, while leaving others public.

You can either add a single password which will apply to the category and all its posts and sub-categories; or you can set different passwords for each category – for example, if you need to provide a separate hidden category for each person.

Password Protected Categories make it easy to password-protect any WordPress category on your website. It provides a ‘Visibility’ option for each category (similar to that for posts and pages) allowing you to set the visibility to Public, Protected, or Private

• For ‘Password Protected’ WordPress categories, you can type a password that must be entered to unlock and view that category and its subcategories and products.
• ‘Private’ WordPress categories are only visible to logged-in users with the correct role. This gives you a choice of options for creating private categories in WordPress.

The WordPress Password Protected Categories plugin has a setting which optionally shows or hides your protected categories and posts from the public areas of your website. This includes the main blog page (if you’re protecting standard WordPress posts), menus and widgets. If you choose to hide your protected categories and posts, the only way people will know they exist is if they have the direct link.

Yes, you can password protect page categories.

By default, WordPress pages don’t have categories but you can easily change this with a bit of custom coding, or by installing the free Create And Assign Categories For Pages plugin. Once you have done this, you can use the Password Protected Categories plugin to password protect page categories.