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1. VictoryCig
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   What is the difference between making a post private and password protecting it? Thanks, community.

2. supernovia
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I was wondering about this too just now... rifled through the documentation a bit and couldn't tell there either: http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts - this mentions making a post private by password protecting it, when really they're two different functions.

   As near as I can tell, password protected posts will show the post title, categories, and tags... and they'll show a box asking for a password. This happens in the RSS and in the theme, at least in the theme I've got.

   If a person isn't logged in with proper credentials, they won't even know a private post exists. From my testing, I can't even find a tag I've associated with my private posts, unless I'm logged in as an Editor or Administrator. Authors, Contributors, and Subscribers don't see the posts.

   Can anyone confirm this?

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