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Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
300,000
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs
29
Days since the last release
Group median: 12
4.4
out of 5, from 139 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
33.3%
Support threads marked resolved, two months
Group: 68.2%
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What is Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content and who is behind it?
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content is a WordPress plugin in the “Admin and backup” field, made by Saad Iqbal. It has been listed in the directory since 2 Feb 2012, so for 14 years. Saad Iqbal has 13 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 300,000 to 399,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 29 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Protect your WordPress site, pages, posts, WooCommerce products, and categories with single or multiple passwords.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content last released?
The last release of Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content came 29 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.
How many installs does Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content have?
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content had 300,000 to 399,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 88 plugins had a higher band and 50 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 300,000 means at least 300,000 and at most 399,999.
Which WordPress version is Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.
How does Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content compare with its group?
The group holds 399 listed plugins. 64.4% of them had a more recent last release than Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content | Group, 399 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 29 | median 12 |
| Rating | 4.4 (139) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | 33.3% | 68.2% |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 47.6% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | most often 7.4 (41.6%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | password-protected |
|---|---|
| Author | Saad Iqbal |
| Active installs | 300,000 to 399,999 |
| Last release | 29 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 |
| Rating | 4.4 out of 5 from 139 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | 1 of 3 marked resolved |
| Listed since | 2 Feb 2012 |
| Total downloads | 7,738,841, updates included |
| Tags | maintenance-mode, password-protect, password-protect-page, password-protection, restrict-content |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| maintenance-mode | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| password-protect | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| password-protect-page | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| password-protection | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| restrict-content | 4 | 1 | 16 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2012
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content has been listed since 2 Feb 2012. Of the 139 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2012, 78.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMP | 200,000 to 299,999 | 6 days before the reference date | 4.7 (326) |
| Kadence Security | 700,000 to 799,999 | 32 days before the reference date | 4.6 (3,990) |
| LightStart | 400,000 to 499,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.3 (873) |
| Minimal Coming Soon | 100,000 to 199,999 | 12 days before the reference date | 4.4 (281) |
| Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode | 700,000 to 799,999 | 4 days before the reference date | 4.9 (4,699) |
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All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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