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<p><strong>RIACO Content Protector</strong> allows you to protect <em>any part</em> of your WordPress content using a shortcode.<br />
Unlike the built-in post password protection, this plugin protects only what you wrap, <em>not the whole post</em>.</p>
<p>Perfect for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Protecting premium blocks of content  </li>
<li>Protecting guides, downloads, links, or sensitive sections   </li>
<li>Paywall-style snippets</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Protect <strong>only specific content</strong> inside posts/pages  </li>
<li>Uses a minimal shortcode:<br />
  [riaco_content_protector] Hidden text here [/riaco_content_protector]</li>
<li><strong>Global password</strong> stored in plain text, like WordPress page passwords.</li>
<li>AJAX-based form — no page reload  </li>
<li>Unlocks <strong>all protected sections</strong> on the site after correct password  </li>
<li>Optional cookie persistence (remember unlocked content for a configurable number of days)   </li>
<li>Secure implementation using nonces, hashed tokens, and transients   </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Important:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The global password is stored in plain text, just like WordPress page passwords. It can be read by user with ‘manage_options’ ability.</li>
<li>If the global password or “Remember Unlocked” duration is changed in settings, all existing unlock cookies are invalidated. Users will need to re-enter the new password to access protected content.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<p>Wrap content you want to protect:</p>
<pre><code>[riaco_content_protector]
This text will be hidden until the visitor enters the password.
[/riaco_content_protector]
</code></pre>
<p>Set the global password under:</p>
<p><strong>Settings > Content Protector</strong></p>
<p>Visitors will see a modern, styled form.<br />
After entering the correct password:</p>
<ul>
<li>The content unlocks immediately  </li>
<li>All other protected areas unlock automatically  </li>
<li>An optional cookie can keep everything unlocked for a chosen number of days  </li>
</ul>
<h3>Security</h3>
<ul>
<li>Nonces on every request  </li>
<li>Secure HMAC token for cookie authentication  </li>
<li>Sanitized shortcode attributes  </li>
<li>Escaped output  </li>
<li>No sensitive data stored in cookies  </li>
<li>Global password stored in plain text, like WordPress page passwords. </li>
</ul>
<h3>Cookie</h3>
<p>We use this cookie to understand if user unlocked the content: <code>riaco_cp_unlocked_global</code>.</p>
<h3>Style</h3>
<p>You can style the content protector box.</p>
<p>It has this class: <code>.riaco-cp--container</code>, so you can add in your <code>style.css</code>:</p>
<pre><code>.riaco-cp--container {
    background: #f8f9fa;
    padding: 20px;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
    border-radius: 6px;
}
</code></pre>
<p>You can replace button classes using:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'riaco_cp_button_classes', function( $classes ) {
    return 'button my-custom-button-class';
});
</code></pre>
<p>Or you can remove button classes:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter( 'riaco_cp_button_classes', function( $classes ) {
    // Remove wp-element-button
    return str_replace( 'wp-element-button', '', $classes );
});
</code></pre>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later.</p>


RIACO Content Protector

Protect any portion of your WordPress content using a simple shortcode. Includes global password, AJAX unlock, and site-wide instant access.

NUCUTA

<p>‘Nucuta Password Protect’ is a security plugin which password protects wordpress websites. Requires PHP 5.6.30 or Above.</p>
<p>The plugin uses a custom password, and therefore it’s completely independant from default wordpress password uses to access to the admin area of the site. Users can be restricted to access the site either based on their user group or altogether.</p>
<p>The available user groups are “editor”, “author”, “contributor”, “subscriber”. if a particular group is excluded from protecting from the custom password, users belong to that group won’t be asked the password. Clicking on the log off button logs off from the entire website, meaning the user has to enter the password to access the site again. By default, all users (both guests and registered logged in users) are required to enter the password before accessing the site, but by configuring, logged in users can be excluded. The plugins blocks not only visitors, but also bots, spiders, and all kind of crawlers.</p>
<p>Custom message can be set for both logged in/non-logged in users, A separate login page is provided to login purpose. Password is salted before storing in the database, and therefore security is top notch. The full documentation, and how to use guide can be found at this location. <a href="https://nucuta.com/how-to-password-protect-wordpress-site/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation, Help and Tutorial</a></p>


Nucuta Password Protect

works even on php 7

Secure your wordpress site with a password. Useful for private blogs.

RIACO Content Protector vs Nucuta Password Protect