Post Lockdown
Stop non-admin users trashing, deleting or unpublishing your site-critical posts and pages. Lock content down in seconds - no code required.
Post Lockdown ranks #6,313 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #374 of 4,518 in the Security category, a 4.8/5 rating from 9 reviews, and was last updated Sep 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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Security History
Source: WPVulnerability1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago
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Post Lockdown [post-lockdown] < 4.0.3
CVE-2025-1504 · Fixed in v4.0.3
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- Version
- 4.1.1
- Last Updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- Requires WP
- 4.6+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- andyexeter
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
- Reviews
- 9
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site administrators managing multiple contributors or editors. It solves the problem of important pages and posts being accidentally or intentionally trashed, deleted, or edited by non-admin users.
- Protects posts from trashing/deletion
- Locks posts to disable editing
- Options page under Settings menu
- Search and select posts/pages
- Supports all post types
- Works across page and post lists
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