Best protected posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular protected posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. p5 leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Better Protected Password Pages (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “protected posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 protected posts plugins
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p5The most installed protected posts plugin, with 40+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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Better Protected Password Pages10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “protected posts”
p5
Up in the last 7 days:564#22,379by Cyril Batillat12 years ago
Specify multiple passwords for pages / posts / custom post types. An expiration date can be set for each password.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Protected Password Pages
Up in the last 7 days:198#31,066by niallolaoghaire4 months ago
Improve the default WordPress password-protected content experience with global settings and per-content overrides.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day