by KaeruCT 5 (6 reviews)

Password Passthrough

Name: Password Passthrough
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: KaeruCT

This plugin allows passwords for password-protected pages/posts to be passed directly through the URL.

Password Passthrough ranks #8,651 among WordPress.org plugins with 500+ active installations, is #541 of 4,488 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jun 21, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 21 Jun, 2025

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#541 of 4,488 in Security Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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#8,651

-3 this week

Active Installs

500+

-16.2%

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Downloads

6.7K

+4 today

Support Resolved

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 600

Total Progress 94%

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

6 reviews

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jun 21, 2025
Requires WP: 5.4+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: KaeruCT

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

page password post protected url

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for administrators of password-protected WordPress pages or posts who want to share access via a direct link. It solves the problem of manually entering passwords by allowing the password to be passed as a query string parameter in the URL.