brechtryckaert

Limiting the cookie expire time of password protected posts. By default the cookie set when entering a password to access a password-protected post will be active for 10 days. This plugin turns this cookie into a session-based cookie. This means your visitor will need to re-enter the password if the browser was closed prior to revisiting the post.

Instant Cookie Expire

This plugin turns the cookie for a password-protected post into a session-based cookie.

Sebastian Weiß

Lightweb Media Basic Authentication is a plugin for protected your development WordPress site like .htpasswd. 
The Plugin supported an localhost bypass for the wp-cli and an mu-plugin creation for Rollbacks.
Features:
<ul>
<li>Easy for setting Basic Authentication</li>
<li>Basic Authentication works like .htpasswd</li>
<li>Protected development website or demo website without .htpasswd</li>
<li>Support Docker and Kubernetes (K8s)</li>
<li>The plugin is lightweight.</li>
<li>Create mu-plugin for rollbacks</li>
<li>Allow Bypassing for localhost (for WP-CLI)</li>
</ul>

Lightweb Media Basic Authentication

Lightweb Media Basic Authentication for protected your development WordPress site like .htpasswd

Instant Cookie Expire vs Lightweb Media Basic Authentication