Release date 09 July 2024
Added support for WooCommerce 9.1.0 Coming Soon mode.
Minor improvements to the setup wizard.
Some fields in the setup wizard were not being persisted or saved correctly.
Updated internal libraries.
Tested up to WP 6.5.5 and WooCommerce 9.1.0
Release date 30 May 2024
Set a default password on plugin activation if none was found.
"Add to private store" checkbox not persisting metadata.
Updated internal libraries.
Tested up to WP 6.5.3 and WooCommerce 8.9.1
Release date 01 May 2024
Setup wizard not detecting or storing values properly in certain situations.
Updated internal libraries.
Tested up to WP 6.5.2 and WooCommerce 8.8.2
Release date 09 August 2023
enabled HPOS compatibility.
Updated internal libraries.
Tested up to WP 6.3 and WooCommerce 8.0
Release date 02 January 2023
conflict with the Yoast SEO plugin preventing access to the product edit page.
Release date 18 December 2022
undefined index when checking for cookies.
PHP 8 compatibility.
erase Yoast SEO robots when page is protected.
updated internal libraries.
Release date 07 September 2021
php 7.2 compatibility
Release date 26 August 2021
ability to protect other pages.
added setup wizard.
WooCommerce Gutenberg blocks are hidden when the store is protected.
Release date 20 July 2021
Release date 26 May 2021
Release date 1 May 2020
Compatibility with WooCommerce 4.1 and WordPress 5.4.1.
Added Composer support.
Release date 15 April 2020
The license key was deactivating accidentally on some websites.
Rename plugin helper function to wps().
Minor code improvements.
Release date 11 March 2020
Release date 31 January 2020
store can be unlocked for specific user roles only, as well as for all logged in users.
added new Barn2 license system.
Release date 21 January 2020
Release date 19 December 2019
Release date 30 October 2019
Release date 16 April 2019
Release date 10 April 2019
Release date 21 November 2018
Storefront theme - hide Cart and My Account links in footer on mobiles.
Release date 12 October 2018
Ensure all WooCommerce shortcodes are properly protected when store is locked.
Hide cart icon on mobiles when using Avada theme and store is locked.
Minor improvements to settings page.
Release date 8 June 2018
Set 'no cache' constants and headers to prevent caching when the store is locked.
Added WPML config file.
The store is now automatically locked by default, even when there are no passwords set.
Update license code and added license.txt.
General code restructuring and improvements.
Tested up to WP 4.9.6 and WC 3.4.2.
Release date 17 March 2018
Hide cart in header in Storefront theme.
Limit maximum password expiry time to a maximum of 9999 days.
Release date 22 January 2018
Plugin option to hide the password form for logged out users. When the 'Automatically unlock store for logged in users' option is ticked, you can now optionally hide the password entry form.
Improve compatibility with Flatsome and Basel themes.
Update license code.
Release date 18 October 2017
Release date 10 June 2017
Bug with missing PasswordHash class when logging into store.
Release date 18 May 2017
Bug in plugin settings when no password entered.
Update for XStore theme.
Release date 10 May 2017
Support for multiple store passwords. You can now add additional passwords which can be used to unlock your private store.
Make sure error message is only displayed once on page.
Move plugin settings to their own tab under WooCommerce > Settings.
Release date 10 April 2017
Improve compatibility with server-side caching systems, including WP Engine's EverCache.
Release date 24 March 2017
Edge case which results in a fatal PHP error when plugin is loaded before WordPress.
Release date 24 March 2017
Removed the Login Page option as the store is now automatically locked without requiring a separate page. You can still use the [store_login]
shortcode in any post, page or widget if required.
Added plugin option to unlock the store automatically if the user is logged into WordPress.
Added Password Expiry option to plugin settings to allow expiration of login cookie to be set.
Added extra plugin options for the password form - page title, password label, and placeholder option.
WordPress SEO sitemap cache now cleared correctly on install or activation/deactivation.
Release date 22 February 2017
Release date 21 February 2017