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Updated Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at 8:20pm

Show the Intro to Password Protected Posts in WordPress

This is a small hack for WordPress that allows you to show the first part of password protected posts. It will display the content you have before the ‘more’ tag, followed by the standard password box. I wrote this up for a member of the WordPress forum, and I thought I would share it here. Update: Instructions are now provided for WordPress 2.2

Before you begin

The instructions below have been verified in WordPress versions 2.0 through 2.8. The only difference between these versions is the file you have to edit.

Instructions

For WordPress 2.0 or 2.1, open /wp-includes/template-functions-post.php

For WordPress 2.2 through 2.8+, open /wp-includes/post-template.php

Find the following text:

$output = get_the_password_form();
return $output;

Replace it with this:

$content = $pages[$page-1];
$content = explode('<!--more-->', $content, 2);
$output = "";
$output .= $content[0];
$output .= get_the_password_form();
return $output;

This next step is optional, but I think it makes it nicer.

In the get_the_password_form function, find the following text (may vary between versions):

This post is password protected.

And replace it with this:

The rest of this post is password protected.

Or whatever text you would like it to show.

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    I am able to get it to work with WP 2.92, please send me an email or leave your email I can send you the modified file.

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    Is there a way to do this in WP 2.9.x? I just tried and couldn’t find the file containing that bit of code. I would love to get this working.

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    I’ve tried the combinations above and ended up with this
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    We have updated the “better-protected-pages” plugin to V1.1 (available from wordpress.org) which works even better and allows you to show an excerpt before the improved password area. The best thing is that there is also a “Re-lock” button added, which allows you to lock the page again when you have finished reading it.

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    Sorry just missed to put the “;”

    
$output = $post->post_excerpt;

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    There is a better way to custom this and be able to show your custom excerpt of your post.

    On Wordpress 2.8.3 I did this
    Update then your post-template

    Original code

    
function get_the_excerpt($deprecated = '') {
	global $post;
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$output = __('There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.');

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    Is it possible to show different content if you do not have the password entered, and if you enter the password, you get totally, different content?

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    This code has been tested, and works, with the latest WordPress release – 2.8

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    it will display the content you have before the ‘more’ tag …

    what hack do you do to display ‘an excerpt’ of the first 30 words?

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    This code modification has been tested in the latest release of WordPress (2.7.1)

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    Thank you for this trick !!
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    1-18-09 2:53AM

    Hey there,

    Instructions

    For WordPress 2.0 or 2.1, open /wp-includes/template-functions-post.php

    For WordPress 2.2 or 2.3, open /wp-includes/post-template.php

    it says to open those templates, I’m sorry but I’m an ameteur at this, how do I open them ?

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    Is this hack still works with release 2.7 Wordpress? THanks

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    how can i make it work? :( (

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    I added a solution for this to the WordPress forums. It uses the same basic approach as jam (comment #13), but it replaces the message with the post’s excerpt. This also solves the issue raised by jalansutera (comment #1) and it does work on pages (comment #10).

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    This is a much better solutions, without breaking in to core code:

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    {
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    hi, i’m using wordpress 2.3.2 and I can’t seem to find this:

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    return $output;

    Please advise, thanks!

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    9-22-07 10:02PM

    Notice: The instructions above have been tested with WordPress 2.3, and the same method works. The documentation has been updated to reflect this.

    Michael: Yes, it will work for pages – I just tested it.

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    Hi there,

    Nice code you got here. Everything above is about having a intro before password in Post.
    I was wondering if the same will work for Pages. I would like to have a intro on my page followed by the password box.

    I am WP 2.2, so hope you can help.

    Thanks

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    7-27-07 7:18PM

    Wesley: Thanks, fixing now.

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    7-12-07 5:06PM

    Everything work except that you reversed the file names.

    For WordPress 2.0, open /wp-includes/template-functions-post.php

    For WordPress 2.2, open /wp-includes/post-template.php

    Again thanks for the hack.

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    7-8-07 6:37PM

    Wesley: I took a look at the files, and the instructions are the same for WordPress 2.2

    The only difference is the file you edit – which is listed above.

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    Thanks, I am looking forward to your instruction for the 2.2

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    7-4-07 5:29PM

    Wesley: Since the template-functions-post.php file does not even exist in WP 2.1, no. I plan to eventually post updated instructions for 2.1 though.

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    7-3-07 3:54PM

    Is this mod work with the current release WP 2.2.1?

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    jalansutera: Unfortunately not. I have not done much work with modifications to the feed generation system yet.

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    jalansutera
    5-30-07 11:27PM

    Hi.. I like your hack. I have put it on my blog too.

    However, the feed of the protected entry shows ” There is no excerpt because this is a protected post”. Do you know how to make the excerpt of the post appears? Do you know how to do it?

    Please help…

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