Title: Password Protect
Last modified: February 3, 2019

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# Password Protect

 *  [andyward75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyward75/)
 * (@andyward75)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protect-19/)
 * Hi there,
 * I am a brand new user and I have installed your plugin and started using it. 
   I have crerated a sign up and thanks page and also a Member List. I have also
   added some custom fields and generally had a good look round.
 * What I want to do is to have a separate Member area of the website. So, the sign
   up page is public, but the rest of the Membership is not.I don’t want this for
   access to special info or anything – my site is not a money making thing but 
   for a Charity and we want people to support it by either contributing or joining
   and making regular payments.
 * What I want to do is to keep private the Member List and their details.
 * So, my question is should I be insisting that users are logged on via WordPress,
   or should I password protect the page or is this the prupose of your other add
   on Participant Login?
 * Also, with regard to Payments, we currently have people use Go Cardless to set
   up direct debit payments but I note you also have a plugin called Member Payments
   which integrates Paypal payments. Is it feasable to use other methods to physically
   pay the money but use the payments piece to record the same? Your documentation
   states that offline payemtns are fine so I’m guessing so. Clearly, I would also
   want the payment records to be “behind closed doors” as well.
 * Many thanks in advance for your help and can I thank you also for the plugin.
   What I have seen thus far is so helpful to what I wish to do.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fpassword-protect-19%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [andyward75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyward75/)
 * (@andyward75)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protect-19/#post-11163474)
 * Sorry, one extra thing if I may. Can the plugin (or one of your add on plugins)
   be used to have such things as Family Memberships? So, for example there is one
   Membership and it can have many members (for whatever reason – but family is 
   a normal one).
 * Many Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protect-19/#post-11163867)
 * If you need to create “members only” pages on your site, you will need to give
   your members WordPress logins. The Participant Login add-on is only for accessing
   the member’s editable record, it doesn’t provided a persistent login.
 * The Member Payments add-on does have an offline payment method that is basically
   a way for an administrator to manually enter a payment for a member. It does 
   keep track of whether a payment is due or not, and can be helpful in notifying
   member when a payment is due.
 * For your last question, there isn’t any special setup for adding multiple members
   to a single record. Of course, you could use a plain text area field to hold 
   a list of the family members, but that may not give you the functionality you’re
   looking for.
 *  Thread Starter [andyward75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyward75/)
 * (@andyward75)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protect-19/#post-11163998)
 * 1. OK. Understand about the login and such like.
    2. Thanks re: the Payments 
   piece. Once I have this bit figured out then I will have a look at that. 3. Pity.
   Is that something you could consider? I’d be happy to chat about requirements
   and if you felt it something that would be useful to add to the plugin or if 
   you felt it could be a bespoke piece of work then maybe we could chat.
 * WRT the last, one of the issues is that if you have junior members then it has
   to be their parents or guardians who are the Member who has to agree the Ts&Cs
   and can be chased for payment as a minor cannot by law.
 * Many Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [andyward75](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andyward75/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protect-19/#post-11163998)
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