Comments on: WordPress Plugin: Logout Password Protected Posts

By: LipsK

LipsK — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:39:21 +0000

Thank you for the plugin!

By: John Blackbourn

John Blackbourn — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:05:03 +0000

remco: You’ll be notified of updates to the plugin from the Plugins menu in WordPress, as with all other plugins.

John

By: remco

remco — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:27:47 +0000

Great plugin, thanks!

Is there a way we can get informed when the update of the plugin takes place? I think it only misses the function, of not appearing when a wrong password is entered.

Remco!

By: John Blackbourn

John Blackbourn — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:48:16 +0000

Hi Les,

When you enter a password for a protected post, a cookie is set in your browser (just like when you log into the WordPress admin). The expiry of this cookie is determined by WordPress, not this plugin. I believe it’s expiry is set to 48 hours but I haven’t checked.

It’s not possible to expire a cookie when a page/tab is closed or when you leave the blog. It is however possible to set the cookie to expire when the browser is closed, but this is determined by WordPress currently.

I could add an option to this plugin for that purpose, but to be honest it’s unlikely to happen unless I find the need arises.

John

By: Les Booth

Les Booth — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:38:16 +0000

John,

Thanks for the plugin. This solution does allow the use of PWP page and not have it/them going around cocked all the time. “.)

I’m curious though, as to why you didn’t code it so that once either:

1: the person – moves to or opens – another page in the site
2: the page is closed
3: the blog is closed
4: the browser is closed

the PWP page reverts to a LOGIN required status. IE, auto-logout.

Is there a reason for WHY this was not done?

Or is there something I could add to the PHP code to cause an auto-logout?

Thanks again. ‘Tis far better than no logout at all!

By: Craig Farrall

Craig Farrall — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:01:05 +0000

This is a great plugin, and something I was looking for. One possible addition would be to be able to change the text for the logout, without having to find it in the code. Simple admin option for this would be great.

Another possible addition would be once logged out, redirect to a certain page / homepage so you can say where you want to be redirected.

But great plugin.

By: John Blackbourn

John Blackbourn — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:38:16 +0000

Helen: Thanks for the comment! I seem to recall there was a reason I didn’t make the plugin check the cookie against the password, but I can’t remember why. I’ll see about updating the plugin soon to address this issue.

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:17:43 +0000

Hi there,

Thanks for writing this plugin! I just wanted to let you know that I was also having a problem with the link showing up even if the password was incorrect. I solved it by having it check the cookie’s value against the post password rather than just checking if it’s set. It seems to be great now – thanks for a great start to a plugin.

By: jano

jano — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:23:54 +0000

Great, thanx :)

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:20 +0000

This works perfectly! I think this is the only plugin out there that properly addresses this important issue. Thanks!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:41:52 +0000

I wanted to thank John for helping me out after I had posted a message stating that I was having problems installing the plugin. John responded quickly and I was able to get the plugin working….plus John provided some helpful tips regarding other plugins that may be useful on my website. And yes, the plugin works great!

Thanks John,
Sandra

By: Lars

Lars — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:11:47 +0000

The plugin seems to work great :-) … thanks :-)

//Lars

By: John Blackbourn

John Blackbourn — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:45:32 +0000

Carsten: Nice idea. Something notifying the visitor of an incorrect password should definitely be in WordPress as standard. I might see about adding it to this plugin if I get the time, but don’t hold your breath! :)

By: Carsten

Carsten — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:53:54 +0000

Hi, your plugin works great. I just miss a function for entering an wrong passwort. If you enter a wrong password now, the “Protected Article”-Message does not change, but the Logout-Button appears anyway. This might be a little confusing for the visitor. A message like “wrong password, please try again” would be better.

By: sandra

sandra — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:02:18 +0000

John,
I tried adding the code in both the sidebar.php and footer.php and it just shows the raw code. I have the newest version of WordPress, 2.8.4, so I’m not sure if this matters.

Thanks,
Sandra

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:51:16 +0000

Thank you, putting it in the footer.php worked perfectly.
Thanks again for this great plugin and I look forward to future releases.

By: John Blackbourn

John Blackbourn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:15:47 +0000

Gabriel: Where would you like the log out link to show up? I find that the best place is near the WordPress log out link which is in the sidebar on most themes.

Try adding the code somewhere in sidebar.php. If your sidebar uses widgets it might not show up, so if not, try adding it to footer.php.

Remember you have to be “logged in” to a password protected post in order for the link to even show up, so make sure you’ve entered a password to a post when you check for the link. Once you’ve got the link to show up, you can then experiment with its placement.

I know this isn’t the simplest of solutions, and when I have the time I’ll be adding an automatic insertion option to the plugin to make it easier in the future.

John.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:59:53 +0000

Sorry to ask such a noob question but what do you mean by “Add somewhere in your theme.”?

This is a feature I could REALLY use but can’t figure out how to implement it.

I installed the plugin and see it in my plugin directory. I then tried pasting that code into the password protected page in wordpress but (as you might have guessed) didn’t work.

I am comfortable editing the theme filed but do I put into sidebar.php or into a .css file?

Thanks for your time and for this great plugin!