WooCommerce Category Locker Plugin

General Info & Features:

• WooCommerce versions support – 2.2.0 and later
• WordPress version support – 3.5 and later
• Products under locked category are excluded from the main shop loop
• Passwords are fully encrypted and saved as a cookie
• Password cookie lasts for 30 minutes by default
• Ability to customise password template by copying it in to woocommerce theme folder
• No Ads
• No Paid Upgrades
• Regular updates and maintenance

Having trouble? Please read FAQ first, if you need any assistance, contact us.

Development on GitHub
The development of WooCommerce Category Locker takes place on GitHub. Bugs and pull requests are welcomed there.

Hooks

List of available actions and filters:

Actions

• wcl_before_passform – runs before Password Form
• wcl_after_passform – runs after Password Form

Filters

• wcl_passform_classes – Password <form> classes
• wcl_passform_submit_label – Password form submit button label
• wcl_passform_submit_classes – Password form submit button classes
• wcl_passform_input_classes – Password form input classes
• wcl_passform_input_placeholder – Password form input placeholder
• wcl_passform_description – Password form description shown above input and submit button
• wcl_password_form – Entire form markup
• wcl_password_expires – Password expiry when entered (default 30min)

1. Upload wc-category-locker to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. To activate password for category, navigate to Products -> Categories then either create or edit existing category, tick “Password Protected” -> Enter password you wish to use and hit “Update”
4. To disable password, simply untick “Password Protected”

1. 

   Category page using TwentySixteen theme.

2. 

   Category page using Storefront theme by WooCommerce.

3. 

   Edit product category page in the admin area.

4. 

   Add product category page in the admin area.

None yet

Installation Instructions

1. Upload wc-category-locker to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. To activate password for category, navigate to Products -> Categories then either create or edit existing category, tick “Password Protected” -> Enter password you wish to use and hit “Update”
4. To disable password, simply untick “Password Protected”

1.0.3

• change pre_get_posts action prioriry to default (10) for better theme support. Thanks @marcs84

1.0.2

• Tidy up, minor updates and corrections in code

1.0.1

• Fixed issue where users were not able to remove plugin if they didn’t have WooCommerce plugin installed.

1.0

• First release.