Password-protected posts – Newbie Query

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  spurious · Member · Dec 24, 2006 at 3:20 pm

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  Merry christmas all!
  Can someone tell me whether it’s posible to password- protect individual posts.

  The FAQ seems to indicate yes but everytime I try to do it, it doesn’t seem to work. I enter a password under the “post password” tab and then publish.

  What should the setting be for the Post status?

  Am I doing something wrong or overlooking something?

  Earlier I tried setting it in Firefox then checking it in Safari and it worked, But when I logged out off Firefox and tried viewing in Safari again the password prompt didn’t come up again.

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  drmike · Member · Dec 24, 2006 at 3:29 pm

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  Post status should be set to ‘Private.’ Please try that and get back to us.

  Regards,
  -drmike

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  spurious · Member · Dec 25, 2006 at 4:38 am

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  Hi drmike
  If I wanna keep an individual post password-protected, as I understand it, I should
  1. enter a password under the “post password” tab and
  2. set the “post status” to private and then
  3. save it.

  Now if this is all i do, then the post does not appear – not even the password prompt.

  If I then hit the publish button, it tells me that the post will no longer be private and i can view the entire post on another browser even though there is still a password set for the post.

  The only thing i can think of might be the computer i’m using (not mine) is saving the password. The first time i tested on Firefox and Safari the prompt came up but not subsequently.

  Cheers for your help!
  Happy Holidays!

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  spurious · Member · Dec 25, 2006 at 4:43 am

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  Scratch that.
  I was right.
  The browsers I’m using must be saving the passwords. The password prompts come back when i change the password. After entering the password the post is still visible when I log back in.

  Sorry for the bother…

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  spurious · Member · Dec 25, 2006 at 4:53 am

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  PS Not sure about what setting the “Post Status” to Private does though. How is this different from setting it as draft since no-one will see it but me?

  When you hit the “publish” button the the post status changes to “published” even with the password is set…

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  sulz · Member · Dec 25, 2006 at 6:30 am

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  private means only wordpressers who are logged in can view the post. so non-wp or wp who are not logged in cannot see it.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 25, 2006 at 5:06 pm

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  @spurious
  Have you tried setting the password and then clicking “save” instead of “publish”?

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  options · Member · Dec 26, 2006 at 3:26 pm

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  a “Password-protected pages” forum thread might have interest those whom this title most interests ;-)