Child pages of password protected page

  • shelly.gaudry@gmail.com

    (@shellygaudrygmailcom)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    I have would like to have a password protected “section” that is accessible through 1 password protected page.

    My question is will the child pages of the parent page that is password protected be secure without setting passwords on each child page? I set them all to be password protected with the same password for now just to be sure, but I was a little worried users would have to enter the password for every child page.

    It is a “members” area of our church website where we want to keep our church directory along with schedules like Nursery, mowing, and cleaning. (we are a small church and take turns with the chores)
    Thank you in advance!

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • Ruth Maude

    (@dandelionweb)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Shelly,

    I suggest trying the Members plugin http://wordpress.org/plugins/members/

    It will allow you to choose which content is for members only. Each member can login with there own account.

    AugustWinfield

    (@augustwinfield)

    10 years, 4 months ago

    You can use this snippet in your templates to see if pages have a protected parent:

    /* In your theme's functions.php */
function has_protected_parents ( $post ) {
	foreach ( get_post_ancestors($post) as $parent ) {
		if ( post_password_required( $parent ) ) {
			return true;
		}
	}
	return false;
}

/* Used in the template (i.e. page.php), inside the loop! (After the_post() has been called) */
if ( has_protected_parents( $post ) ) {
	// Tell them to go back!
} else {
	// They've already logged in to a parent, or the page doesn't have protected ancestor pages.
}

    I only know this to work (tested) in the latest release of WordPress, 3.7.1

    BangBoomCrash

    (@bangboomcrash)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks AugustWinfield – that worked perfectly for a project I’m working on. Thanks again!

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)
  • The topic ‘Child pages of password protected page’ is closed to new replies.