How to Password Protect a WordPress Page

February 23, 2012February 23, 2012 Aaron Manfull 2573 Views 0 Comments Wordpress

I had a question asked to me this week about how to password protect a page in WordPress. Why would a staff want to do this? Maybe they want to put the staff manual there. Maybe it’s for a contest the staff is running. The possibilities are endless. Creating a password protected page in WordPress is pretty easy. Here’s a Youtube video that shows you how.

At around the :50 mark in the video she starts talking about and “Exclude Pages” menu which you might not see in your version of WordPress. Just disregard. You don’t need it. I made a password protected page for the site. Click here to give it a look. The password is: ilovejeadigitalmedia (because you do).

Aaron Manfull

Aaron is in his 26th year of advising student media. He is currently the Director of Student Media at Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Missouri. He is the Journalism Education Association Digital Media Chair and co-Director of Media Now. He is the 2023 JEA Teacher Inspiration Award Winner and is a former Dow Jones News Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year. He is one of the authors of the textbook "Student Journalism and Media Literacy." You can find him on X and Instagram @manfull. He's a proud father. A transplanted Iowan. And an avid Hawkeye Fan.

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