2.7.9

Release date 17 September 2025

• FIX

  Category protection should not apply on admin

2.7.8

Release date 12 September 2025

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries and tested up to WordPress 6.8.2 and WooCommerce 10.1.2

2.7.7

Release date 26 August 2025

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.8.1 and WooCommerce 9.9.5

2.7.6

Release date 23 December 2024

• • FIX

    Translation compatibility issues with WordPress 6.7.

  • DEV

    Tested up to WP 6.7.1 and WooCommerce 9.5.1

2.7.5

Release date 19 September 2024

• FIX

  WooCommerce Protected Categories visibility conflict with WooCommerce Private Store

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.6.2 and WooCommerce 9.3.2

2.7.4

Release date 28 Aug 2024

• FIX

  Wholesale store page category visibility for protected products

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.6.1 and WooCommerce 9.2.3

2.7.3

Release date 13 June 2024

• TWEAK

  Updated title and description of the "Logged out" setting.

• DEV

  Updated Barn2 libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.5.4 and WooCommerce 8.9.2

2.7.2

Release date 01 May 2024

• FIX

  Ensure UTF-8 encoding is preserved.

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.5.2 and WooCommerce 8.8.2

2.7.1

Release date 9 August 2023

• DEV

  enabled HPOS compatibility.

• DEV

  Updated internal libraries.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 6.3 and WooCommerce 8.0

2.7.0

Release date 1 August 2023

• NEW

  Reorganised settings panel.

• NEW

  Added protection of cross-sells and upsells.

2.6.3

Release date 13 June 2023

• FIX

  Undefined tag_ID notice

2.6.2

Release date 13 June 2023

• FIX

  PHP 8.1 - Deprecated Return type

• TWEAK

  Added validation notices to the term protection form.

• DEV

  Updated Barn2 libraries.

2.6.1

Release date 31 October 2022

• FIX

  protected sub categories are showing in the categories filter when using the WooCommerce Product Table plugin.

• DEV

  Updated Barn2 libraries.

2.6.0

Release date 12 May 2022

• NEW

  Added users & user role REST API protection of products via the /wc/store/v1/products/ route.

• DEV

  Updated Barn2 libraries.

2.5.5

Release date 22 April 2022

• FIX

  Shop Managers unable to search for users when protecting categories.

• DEV

  Tested up to WooCommerce 6.4.0.

2.5.4

Release date 10 February 2022

• FIX

  fixed an issue that prevented passwords from being displayed when changing/switching protection type.

• TEST

  Compatibility with WooCommerce 6.2.0.

2.5.3

Release date 08 February 2022

• DEPRECATED

  "Private categories" option. Private categories will continue to work, but it's recommend to switch to the more user-friendly "Role" option.

• TWEAK

  Added a deprecation notice inside the category editing page.

• TWEAK

  adjusted the order of certain options inside the setup wizard.

• TWEAK

  adjusted the order of sections inside the plugin's settings page.

• TWEAK

  updated language files.

2.5.2

Release date 13 January 2022

• FIX

  ajax user search not firing due to invalidated nonce.

• TEST

  Compatibility with WooCommerce 6.1.0.

2.5.1

Release date 06 January 2022

• TWEAK

  search users via ajax when protecting categories by "users".

• FIX

  product category visibility settings displayed the text-domain instead of the real labels.

• TEST

  Compatibility with WooCommerce 6.0.0.

• DEV

  Updated library code.

2.5.0

Release date 07 October 2021

• NEW

  Added setup wizard.

• TWEAK

  Added compatibility with the upcoming WooCommerce admin menu.

• TWEAK

  Javascript code consistency update.

• TWEAK

  Updated language files.

• DEV

  Updated library code.

2.4.2

Release date 20 July 2021

• TEST

  Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.5 and WordPress 5.8.

• DEV

  Updated library code.

2.4.1

Release date 1 May 2020

• TEST

  Compatibility with WooCommerce 4.1 and WordPress 5.4.1.

• DEV

  Added Composer support.

2.4

Release date 1 April 2020

• FIX

  Change loading of stylesheet for login page to ensure it's always loaded correctly.

• FIX

  Bug with page title when main Shop page is used as central login page.

• FIX

  Minor bug in product categories list table in Dashboard.

• DEV

  Refactor plugin to use new architecture; deprecate old classes and functions for backwards compatibility.

• DEV

  Add new Barn2 license system and library.

• DEV

  Remove is_admin() checks on file includes.

2.3.3

Release date 12 March 2020

• Tested up to WooCommerce 4.0 and WordPress 5.4.

2.3.2

Release date 21 January 2020

• Fully tested with WordPress 5.3.2 and WooCommerce 3.9.
• Move position of Visibility setting on Edit Category screen.

2.3.1

Release date 30 October 2019

• Tested up to WordPress 5.3 and WooCommerce 3.8.

2.3

Release date 19 August 2019

• Tested up to WooCommerce 3.7.
• Removed backwards compatibility for old versions of WordPress and WooCommerce (WP < 4.4 and WC < 3.0).
• Various minor changes to Barn2 library code.
• Tweak to wording on settings page.

2.2.3

Release date 16 April 2019

• Tested with WooCommerce 3.6, and replaced deprecated function warning.

2.2.2

Release date 19 March 2019

• FIX

  Bug when creating/editing categories if using an older version of WooCommerce (3.1 and below).

2.2.1

Release date 4 March 2019

• FIX

  Update to latest version of common code to prevent conflict with other Barn2 plugins.

2.2

Release date 21 February 2019

• NEW

  Improve category protection logic and provide better support for products in multiple categories.

• NEW

  Compatibility with WooCommerce Quick View Pro.

• FIX

  When 'Show protected products in store' was disabled, products in protected categories could sometimes still appear if the parent category was unlocked.

• FIX

  Products in multiple categories where one was unlocked could not be purchased from the shop page or archives.

• FIX

  Remove 'pass by reference' for query in pre_get_posts hook to prevent possible PHP warning.

• FIX

  Wrong protection type set when creating categories in admin.

• TWEAK

  Added category-password-required class to password login page (body class).

2.1

Release date 10 January 2019

• FIX

  'exclude_tree' option in get_terms is no longer overridden, but merged with the list of protected categories.

• FIX

  Issue which prevented the category_login shortcode unlocking some categories when used in a sidebar.

• FIX

  License activation bug for older versions of WooCommerce.

• Various minor fixes and improvements.
• Tested up to WordPress 5.0.3 and WooCommerce 3.5.3.

2.0

Release date 27 July 2018

• NEW

  User role and user account protection features. Product categories can now be protected by password, user role or user account, or a combination of all three.

• NEW

  Plugin renamed 'WooCommerce Protected Categories'.

• NEW

  Updated plugin settings page, including new user protection options.

• NEW

  Prevent search engine indexing for protected categories (previously set only for private categories).

• NEW

  Prevent caching for protected and private categories when using cache plugins (e.g. WP Rocket).

• NEW

  Updated display of password login form to improve compatibility across different themes.

• NEW

  Category visibility in Products > Categories menu now shows 'inherited' status when parent category is protected.

• FIX

  Prevent accidental login to multiple categories when two or more categories share the same password.

• FIX

  Central password login page - prevent access to categories which have changed status from 'protected' to 'public' or 'private'.

• FIX

  Products in two or more protected categories can now be unlocked by unlocking any one of its categories.

• FIX

  Ensure protected products are not purchasable from product tables in WooCommerce Product Table.

• TWEAK

  Update HTML in woocommerce_template_loop_category_title to match WooCommerce.

• DEV

  Apply BEM CSS standards for password entry form and category visibility settings.

• DEV

  Tested up to WP 4.9.8 and WooCommerce 3.4.4.

• DEV

  Various new actions and filters.

• DEV

  Code restructure and improvements.

1.7.3

Release date 13 June 2018

• NEW

  Allow shortcodes to be used in login form message.

• TWEAK

  Added license.txt for GPL.

• FIX

  Fatal error setting Category login page in plugin settings.

1.7.2

Release date 4 June 2018

• NEW

  Add separate stylesheet for front-end and remove inline styles from login form.

• NEW

  Added WPML config file.

• NEW

  Tested up to WP 4.9.6 and WC 3.4.1.

• TWEAK

  Various code improvements; renamed admin classes.

• FIX

  Conflict with Cosmetro theme (and potentially other themes which override the woocommerce_template_loop_category_title function).

• FIX

  Template issue with Flatsome theme for products in protected categories.

• DEV

  Updated license code.

1.7.1

Release date 18 October 2017

• Tested with WooCommerce 3.2.1.

1.7

Release date 6 October 2017

• Add more options to [category_login] shortcode (button_text, label, etc).
• Restructured plugin code and object creation - use dependency injection, and move hooks & filters out of constructors.
• Fix potential issue in category login shortcode.
• Fix bug in protection for WooCommerce shortcodes.
• Additional multisite testing.

1.6.6

Release date 4 October 2017

• Tested with latest versions of WooCommerce and WordPress.
• Fix potential issue if category login shortcode runs in admin.

1.6.5

Release date 5 September 2017

• FIX

  Ensure password cookie is set correctly when no expiry set in plugin options.

• TWEAK

  Restructured plugin initialisation and added extra utility functions.

• TWEAK

  Updated plugin support links.

• TWEAK

  Updated translations.

1.6.4

Release date 7 June 2017

• FIX

  Bug on product category archives when display type set to subcategories.

1.6.3

Release date 5 June 2017

• FIX

  Bug in get_terms_args filter which was causing incorrect display of product category pages.

• TWEAK

  Tested with WordPress 4.8.

1.6.2

Release date 22 May 2017

• FIX

  PasswordHash class was not found under certain conditions.

1.6.1

Release date 5 May 2017

• FIX

  Bug for variable products for WooCommerce below v3.0.

1.6

Release date 25 April 2017

• NEW

  Plugin setting to control how long the password entered is valid before it expires.

• NEW

  Plugin settings to customise the login form - heading, password label, and label placeholder option.

• NEW

  Login form now shows error messages if no password or incorrect password entered.

• FIX

  The form message in plugin settings is now used if not set in shortcode.

• FIX

  Category login page can now be set to the main shop page.

• FIX

  Compatibility with WooCommerce 3.0.

1.5.3

Release date 3 February 2017

• FIX

  Revert error with password protected categories introduced in previous version.

1.5.2

Release date 3 February 2017

• FIX

  Compatibility issue with servers running older versions of PHP.

• TWEAK

  Updated license code.

1.5.1

Release date 28 January 2017

• NEW

  Plugin option to set CSS class on password form container.

• FIX

  Bug with products in protected categories when 'show protected products' option disabled.

• TWEAK

  Ensure category login shortcode works in widgets.

• TWEAK

  Update license key code.

1.5

Release date 26 January 2017

• NEW

  Category login shortcode which allows customers or clients to login to their own product category by using a category password.

• NEW

  Plugin option to allow the 'category login' page to be set.

• FIX

  Bug with protected child categories which have a password protected parent.

• TWEAK

  Change filter for category password form to 'wp_ppc_password_form' to prevent theme conflicts.

• TWEAK

  Update license code and plugin updater.

1.4.2

Release date 5 January 2017

• Fix fatal error in WC_Category_Prefixer class.
• Update license activation code.
• Tested with WordPress 4.7.

1.4.1

Release date 21 November 2016

• Revert to default WordPress login code for setting password cookie.
• Styling improvements to category visibility option in admin.

1.4

Release date 16 November 2016

• New feature: support for multiple passwords for each category. The category is unlocked if any valid password is entered.
• Added plugin option to change button text on protected category form.
• Added Italian translation (credit: Libri Ehret).

1.3.4

Release date 3 November 2016

• Add protection for built-in WooCommerce shortcodes (recent products, sale products, featured products, best selling, etc)
• Update license validation code and fix error with license key activation
• Add link to documentation from Plugins page

1.3.3

Release date 16 September 2016

• Fixed PHP error when password protected category contains no products
• Added Spanish translation (credit: Victor Castillejos)

1.3.2

Release date 8 September 2016

• Fixed bug with filtering of protected & private categories introduced in WordPress 4.6
• Renamed utility functions to prevent conflicts with other themes/plugins
• Updated translations

1.3.1

Release date 31 August 2016

• Fixed bug with password being reset when using 'quick edit' to edit category
• Fixed bug with license validation code which prevented it working on servers earlier than PHP 5.5

1.3

Release date 26 August 2016

• Added support for the WooCommerce category shortcode [product_category]. When used on any page, widget, etc. your products will now be protected.
• Added new option to allow the password form to be customised to any wording you choose. Set this under WooCommerce -> Settings -> Products -> Password Protected Categories.
• Updated EDD Updater which handles the plugin updates
• Updated license key code

1.2.4

Release date 16 August 2016

• Update category protection logic to work with existing taxonomy queries
• Fix problem with category visibility option not working properly in certain themes
• Fix E_NOTICE errors generated on pages in some themes
• Fix error retrieving product categories for WordPress versions prior to 4.5

1.2.3

Release date 28 June 2016

• Ensure products in password protected categories cannot be added to the cart
• Improve error handling for license activation
• French translation added (credit: Yven Lebreton)
• Fix bug retrieving product category ancestors which resulted in unnecessary DB calls

1.2.2

Release date 9 May 2016

• New visibility option to show/hide password protected categories in navigation menus (see WooCommerce -> Settings -> Products -> Password Protected Categories)
• Updated main protection hooks to exclude categories during database queries rather than remove products afterwards
• Bug fix for certain themes to display password form correctly

1.2

Release date 21 April 2016

• Re-write main plugin architecture to improve database performance and caching

1.1.3

Release date 15 April 2016

• Update plugin licensing to work with servers using older versions of cURL
• Add link to settings from main WordPress Plugins page
• Test with WordPress 4.5 and WooCommerce 2.5.5

1.1.1

Release date 11 March 2016

• Fix compatibility issue with PHP 5.2

1.1

Release date 2 March 2016

• Added plugin settings page and license key registration.
• Added plugin options to show/hide password protected categories, and to prefix category names.

1.0

Release date 1 March 2016

• Initial release.