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Password Protected · Version history

Password Protected changelog and version history

Latest version
2.8.6
Oct 30, 2026 (9 days ago)
Releases
64
since 2012
In the last year
8
about one every 45 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20126 releases
  • 20134 releases
  • 20146 releases
  • 20153 releases
  • 20161 release
  • 20171 release
  • 20183 releases
  • 20192 releases
  • 20203 releases
  • 20223 releases
  • 202312 releases
  • 20247 releases
  • 20256 releases
  • 20267 releases

20267 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.8.6Latest

    • New – Added Activity Logs in Free.
    • Improved code optimization.

  2. Password Protected 2.8.5

    • New – Added a show/hide password option in General settings.
    • Update – Tested up to WordPress 7.1
    • Update – Updated Freemius SDK to the latest version.
    • Fixed – Resolved continuous page reloading when editing pages.
    • Fixed – Resolved an issue where REST API requests were blocked despite enabling Allow REST API.
    • Fixed – Corrected an invalid stylesheet URL that triggered a browser local network permission prompt.

  3. Password Protected 2.8.4

    • Fixed – Captcha Validation Issue
    • Fixed – Security enhancement on behalf of CVE-2026-11995
    • Update – Feedback SDK update

  4. Password Protected 2.8.3

    • Improved code optimization.

  5. Password Protected 2.8.2

    • New – Added functionality to bypass page cache.
    • Improved code optimization.

  6. Password Protected 2.8.1

    • Update – Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
    • Fixed – UI checkbox issue.

  7. Password Protected 2.8.0

    • Tested up to WordPress 6.9.
    • Improved code optimization.

20256 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.7.12

    • Fixed – Fix the Vulnerability issued by WordFence.
    • Fixed – Translation issue.

  2. Password Protected 2.7.11

    • Fixed: Translation issue.
    • Improved code optimization.

  3. Password Protected 2.7.10

    • Optimized code for better performance.
    • Feedback SDK update.

  4. Password Protected 2.7.9

    • Improved code optimization.

  5. Password Protected 2.7.7

    • Fixed – compatibility with elementor.

  6. Password Protected 2.7.6

    • Fixed: login with transient issue resolved.

20247 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.7.5

    • Fixed: login with transient issue resolved.

  2. Password Protected 2.7.4

    • New – Added functionality to login with transient if the cookies are blocked.
    • Fixed: compatibility with WordPress 6.7

  3. Password Protected 2.7.2

    • Fix: Updated depreciated PHP function to make it compatible with the latest PHP version.
    • Added: Login designer compatibility banner.
    • Improvement: Implement few UI tweaks.

  4. Password Protected 2.7.1

    • Fixed – Disabled activity report by default.

  5. Password Protected 2.7

    • New: Added Password Activity Report to provide weekly insights on access attempts to your protected sites.
    • New: Added Categoric Tabs and Sub-Tabs User Interface for easy navigation and better user experience.

  6. Password Protected 2.6.8

    • Fix: Gutenberg compatibility issue fixed – REST API was getting blocked

  7. Password Protected 2.6.7

    • Security: Patched two security improvements suggested by Wordfence team.
    • Fix: Updated depreciated PHP function to make it compatible with the latest PHP version.
    • Compatibility: Improved compatibility with Elementor.

202312 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.6.6

    • Improvement – Added support for HTML in the above and bottom text displayed in the password screen.

  2. Password Protected 2.6.5.1

    • Ensured seamless compatibility with the latest WordPress version

  3. Password Protected 2.6.5

    • Fixed – Login Designer compatibility issues.

  4. Password Protected 2.6.4

    • Fixed – Added compatibility for PHP version 8.2

  5. Password Protected 2.6.3.2

    • Update – Feedback library updated

  6. Password Protected 2.6.3.1

  7. Password Protected 2.6.3

  8. Password Protected 2.6.2

  9. Password Protected 2.6.1

  10. Password Protected 2.6

  11. Password Protected 2.5.3

  12. Password Protected 2.6-beta.1

20223 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.5.2

  2. Password Protected 2.5.1

  3. Password Protected 2.5

20203 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.4

  2. Password Protected 2.3

  3. Password Protected 2.2.5

20192 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.2.4

  2. Password Protected 2.2.3

20183 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.2.2

  2. Password Protected 2.2.1

  3. Password Protected 2.2

20171 release

  1. Password Protected 2.1

20161 release

  1. Password Protected 2.0.3

20153 releases

  1. Password Protected 2.0.2

  2. Password Protected 2.0.1

  3. Password Protected 2.0

20146 releases

  1. Password Protected 1.9

  2. Password Protected 1.8

  3. Password Protected 1.7.2

  4. Password Protected 1.7.1

  5. Password Protected 1.7

  6. Password Protected 1.6.2

20134 releases

  1. Password Protected 1.6.1

  2. Password Protected 1.6

  3. Password Protected 1.5

  4. Password Protected 1.4

20126 releases

  1. Password Protected 1.3

  2. Password Protected 1.2.2

  3. Password Protected 1.2.1

  4. Password Protected 1.2

  5. Password Protected 1.1

  6. Password Protected 1.0

Questions about Password Protected’s releases

What is the latest version of Password Protected?

2.8.6, released on Oct 30, 2026 (1 week ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Password Protected updated?

8 releases in the last year, about one every 45 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from February 2012.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Password Protected’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.