I’m looking for a free or low cost plugin that will password protect a wordpress site, except for a landing page, a public contact form page and a customizable login page. If it is a paid plugin, a flat purchase is highly preferred over a subscription.
Basically my client wants his site password protected with a single shared password, except for the mentioned pages. The password prompt should unlock all locked pages for that user.
The plugins I’ve found that may well work are way too expensive due to their additional features my client doesn’t need. I saw some plugins also that seemed close, but oriented towards posts specifically.
I’ve used wordpress for decades and have never needed this functionality, and feel like there’s an obvious answer, but I’m not finding it so I really appreciate this subreddit’s suggestions.
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There are several good choice which are free. I use these two for different sites.
– Ultimate Member
– Advanced Access Manager
UM works out of the box, with none to little setup. AAM takes a bit more work as it is not a member-site plugin. But essentially you set User Roles to your visitors, and if a registered user has that role assigned – they are allowed into the site. It gives you more control than UM.
If what you need is to have people log in, to use your site UM will suffice. But if you for example want to show off your products without letting people to order anything without being registered and logged in, AAM – give you more control.