Title: Gatekeepr – Password Protect for Post Types Author: Bilal Published: July 29, 2026 Last modified: July 29, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/gatekeepr/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3627182) ![](https://ps.w.org/gatekeepr/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3627169) # Gatekeepr – Password Protect for Post Types By [Bilal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mbilalkk/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gatekeepr.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gatekeepr/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gatekeepr/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gatekeepr/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gatekeepr/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gatekeepr/) ## Description Gatekeepr lets you require a password before visitors can view the single/detail page of any post type — Posts, Pages, or any custom post type registered by your theme or another plugin. Unlike WordPress’s built-in per-post password protection, this plugin protects an entire post type at once from a single settings screen — with either one shared password for everything, or an individual password per post type. #### Features * Choose exactly which post types are protected — every public post type is listed with a toggle, including custom post types. * Two password modes: one shared password for everything, or an individual password per protected post type. * Visitors who enter the correct password stay unlocked for a configurable number of days (cookie-based), instead of being asked every visit. * Changing a password immediately invalidates every visitor’s existing unlock for it — no manual cleanup needed. * Logged-in users who can edit a given post always see it directly, so editing and previewing is never blocked. * Clean, standalone unlock screen that doesn’t depend on your active theme, so it renders consistently even on page-builder sites. * Customize the unlock screen: background color, accent color, an uploaded logo, and an optional secondary button (e.g. “Contact us”) linking anywhere you choose. * Built-in brute-force throttling on the password form. * The REST API and RSS/Atom feeds are gated too, so protected content isn’t readable through either while locked. * Protected post types are automatically excluded from XML sitemaps (core WordPress sitemaps, Yoast SEO, and Rank Math), so they aren’t advertised to search engines. * A small “Protected” indicator appears in the post list table for any post type that’s currently gated, so editors can see it at a glance. * Compatible with full-page caching plugins — protected pages are automatically excluded from the page cache so one visitor’s session is never served to another. * No external requests, no tracking, no bundled third-party services. Development happens in the open on GitHub: https://github.com/bilalkk9/post-type- password-protect #### A note on the “current password” display The Gatekeepr settings screen can show you the current password (hidden by default, behind a “Show” toggle) so you don’t need to reset it if you’ve forgotten it. To make this possible, the password is stored in an encrypted, recoverable form rather than only as a one-way hash. If your workflow requires a password that can never be viewed after saving, simply treat the field as write-only and don’t use the “ Show” toggle — the underlying visitor-facing verification always uses a one-way hash regardless. ## Screenshots [⌊Choose which post types are protected, with a clear toggle for each.⌉⌊Choose which post types are protected, with a clear toggle for each.⌉[ Choose which post types are protected, with a clear toggle for each. [⌊Appearance settings — background color, accent color, logo, and secondary button.⌉⌊ Appearance settings — background color, accent color, logo, and secondary button .⌉[ Appearance settings — background color, accent color, logo, and secondary button. [⌊Individual password mode — give each protected post type its own password.⌉⌊Individual password mode — give each protected post type its own password.⌉[ Individual password mode — give each protected post type its own password. [⌊The front-end unlock screen shown to visitors.⌉⌊The front-end unlock screen shown to visitors.⌉[ The front-end unlock screen shown to visitors. [⌊The Gatekeepr settings screen — password mode, password field, and unlock duration.⌉⌊ The Gatekeepr settings screen — password mode, password field, and unlock duration .⌉[ The Gatekeepr settings screen — password mode, password field, and unlock duration. [⌊A "Protected" indicator column on the Posts list, showing which posts are gated.⌉⌊ A "Protected" indicator column on the Posts list, showing which posts are gated.⌉[ A “Protected” indicator column on the Posts list, showing which posts are gated. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/gatekeepr` directory, or install the plugin directly through the WordPress “Plugins Add New” screen. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress. 3. Go to Settings Password Protect. 4. Check the post types you want to protect, set a password, and click “Update Password”. ## FAQ ### Does this replace WordPress’s built-in post password feature? No. WordPress’s native feature protects one post at a time with a password you set per-post. This plugin instead protects every single/detail page of a chosen post type at once, from a single settings screen — with a shared password across all protected types, or a separate password for each one. ### Will search engines index my protected pages? No. While a page is locked, the unlock screen is served with a `noindex` directive instead of the real content. ### What happens if I change the password? Every visitor who was previously unlocked will be asked for the password again on their next visit. This happens automatically — there is nothing to clear manually. ### Does this work with page builders like Elementor? Yes. The gate runs before the page is rendered, so it works regardless of how the page itself was built. ### Does this affect the REST API or RSS feeds? Protected, locked posts have their content and excerpt redacted in both the REST API and RSS/Atom feed output, so the underlying content isn’t exposed through those either. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Gatekeepr – Password Protect for Post Types” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Bilal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mbilalkk/) [Translate “Gatekeepr – Password Protect for Post Types” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gatekeepr) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gatekeepr/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gatekeepr/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gatekeepr/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gatekeepr/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **2 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.2** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [access-control](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/access-control/)[content-protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-protection/) [custom post type](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-type/)[Password Protect](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/password-protect/) [restrict content](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/restrict-content/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gatekeepr/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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