here is a simple chunk of code that will allow you to password protect your wordpress blog… simply insert at the top of your header.php file, and change the password per your specifications:

<?php
session_start();

$the_current_password = ‘whatever’;

// or…
// $the_current_password = file(“get_password_from_db.php”);

$login_form =<<<EOF
<br><br><br>
<div align=”center” id=”form” class=”form” style=”margin-top:100px; margin:0 auto; width:350px; background-color:#ccc; color:#666″><FONT SIZE=”-1″ FACE=”Arial, Helvetica”><br>please enter password</FONT>
<form action=”http://url_of_your_blog/index.php” method=”post”>
<input type=”password” name=”password”><br><br>
<input type=”submit” value=”login to the ________ blog”><br> 
</form>
</div>

EOF;

if (isset($_REQUEST['password'])) {
$password = $_REQUEST['password'];
if($password != $the_current_password) {
echo “$login_form”;
exit();
} else {
$_SESSION['authenticated'] = “yup”;
}

} else if (!(isset($_SESSION['authenticated']) && $_SESSION['authenticated'] == ‘yup’)) {
echo “$login_form”;
exit();

}

?>

<?php
session_start();

$the_current_password = ‘whatever’;

// or…
// $the_current_password = file(“get_password_from_db.php”);

$login_form =<<<EOF
<br&rt;<br&rt;<br&rt;
<div align=”center” id=”form” class=”form” style=”margin-top:100px; margin:0 auto; width:350px; background-color:#ccc; color:#666″&rt;<FONT SIZE=”-1″ FACE=”Arial, Helvetica”&rt;<br&rt;please enter password</FONT&rt;
<form action=”http://url_of_your_blog/index.php” method=”post”&rt;
<input type=”password” name=”password”&rt;<br&rt;<br&rt;
<input type=”submit” value=”login to the ________ blog”&rt;<br&rt; 
</form&rt;
</div&rt;

EOF;

if (isset($_REQUEST['password'])) {
$password = $_REQUEST['password'];
if($password != $the_current_password) {
echo “$login_form”;
exit();
} else {
$_SESSION['authenticated'] = “yup”;
}

} else if (!(isset($_SESSION['authenticated']) && $_SESSION['authenticated'] == ‘yup’)) {
echo “$login_form”;
exit();

}

?&rt;

<?php
session_start();

$the_current_password = 'whatever';

// or…
// $the_current_password = file("get_password_from_db.php");

$login_form =<<<EOF

please enter password

EOF;

if (isset($_REQUEST['password'])) {
$password = $_REQUEST['password'];
if($password != $the_current_password) {
echo “$login_form”;
exit();
} else {
$_SESSION['authenticated'] = “yup”;
}

} else if (!(isset($_SESSION['authenticated']) && $_SESSION['authenticated'] == ‘yup’)) {
echo “$login_form”;
exit();

}

?>

I tried to create a log-out page with your code:

<?php
session_destroy();
echo <<

Placed the logout.php page in the same directory as login.php but I get this error message when I log-out:

Warning: session_destroy() [function.session-destroy]: Trying to destroy uninitialized session in /home/content/33/5045933/html/coach/wp-content/themes/rich_corp/logout.php on line 2

Please advise on how I can resolve this.

Thanks!

I have been trying to find a log-in option for my WP site and I stumbled-upon this site.

This works great! Just have to figure out how to edit the background but other than that it works fine!

If you manage to turn this into a wordpress plug-in soon please do let me know.

Thank you sooo much!