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1. paulaswalk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I deleted the protect-old plugin but the passwords are still in place. Does anyone know what I can do to reveres this plugin? I tried reinstalling the plugin - activating it - then deactivating it - still doesn't work. I would appreciate any help. I did a search on this topic and couldn't find anything.

2. Yosemite
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What happens if you edit the post and 'clear' the password?

3. paulaswalk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for responding! It works great, problem is I've been blogging since December 2004 and have over 400 posts that I would have to do this to manually. Any ideas?

4. Yosemite
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Sure, build a SQL query to clear the password fields for all your posts!

   Sorry, but that's all I can think of at the moment. Hang on and hopefully someone brighter will come by ;')

5. paulaswalk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Do you know how to build a SQL query? I sure don't... My site is www.paulaswalk.com

6. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   cant really do anything in the way of a query that will work right out of a paste w/o knowing:

   1. what table the password field is in (wp_posts?)
   2. what the name of the actual password field is

   But..assuming the password field is inside wp_posts..

   UPDATE wp_posts SET password_field = '';

   ..will work

7. paulaswalk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   whooami - thanks for your reply too. Gosh, I'm just a bloggin' mommy who has no clue where to find the information you requested. Thanks anyway for your help. I guess I have no choice but to manually delete all 400+ passwords.

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