Modifying the Password Protected message

  • Resolved lukeoly

    (@lukeoly)


    16 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Everyone,

    I’m trying to change text that appears when a user is asked to enter a password to enter a certain page.

    The default text is as follows:

    This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:

    I want to change it to:

    You must have a promo code to redeem this offer. To view it please enter your promo code below:

    I initially thought of taking a look at the wp-pass.php but i’m not really php savy as yet.

    Anybody how to do what i’m trying to do?

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  • Thread Starter lukeoly

    (@lukeoly)

    16 years, 2 months ago

    Ok, I have a solution for this.

    You have to open and edit the wp-content/themes/yourtheme/functions.php file. You can copy and paste the code below into this file just before the php close tag.
    This will then insert your custom text into password protect message field.

    function replace_the_password_form($content) {
    global $post;
    // if there’s a password and it doesn’t match the cookie
    if ( !empty($post->post_password) && stripslashes($_COOKIE[‘wp-postpass_’.COOKIEHASH])!=$post->post_password ) {
    $output = ‘

    <form action=”‘.get_option(‘siteurl’).’/wp-pass.php” method=”post”>
    ‘.__(“This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below:”).’

    <label for=”post_password”>Password:</label>
    <input name=”post_password” class=”input” type=”password” size=”20″ />
    <input type=”submit” name=”Submit” class=”button” value=”‘.__(“Submit”).'” />

    </form>

    ‘;
    return $output;
    }
    else return $content;
    }
    add_filter(‘the_content’,’replace_the_password_form’);

    Depending on what your function.php file is you may also need to put a <?php before this code and a ?>

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