Plugin not working in Word Press

[mokelley31]

I am using the password protected plugin in wordpress, however it is not working. It is almost like it is not reading the password when I save it.
The steps I took to enable:

1. Checked enable password
2. Typed password
3. Clicked save.
4. Get a message saying password saved.
   The steps and outcome to testing:
5. Went to website
6. Get promoted for password
7. Entered password
8. The page reloads to the same password page with no error
9. Type a random password
10. Website opens fine

Any advice?

[ghost]

After thorough testing, seems that this behaviour happens, at least, with LiteSpeed Cache plugin activated.

It seems a cache issue that has been already reported here:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/litespeed-cache-password-protected/

Adding the code to your child theme functions.php file provided by @rxnlabs DOES NOT SOLVE the issue.

Until now, there are two changes in customization that you have to modify in order "Password Protected" plugin to work fine with "LiteSpeed Cache":

1. v3.4.2: Cache -> Excludes -> Do Not Cache Cookies -> bid_1_password_protected_auth

2. v3.4.2: Cache -> Excludes -> Do Not Cache Query Strings -> password-protected

In my case, these settings solve the issue.

@mokelley31 can you please let us know if you have a cache plugin installed in your WordPress site? Many thanks!