[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28798: htaccess and protected option

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#28798: htaccess and protected option
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 Reporter:  YU.Design    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 I already tried to solve this problem in the forum and was told that it is
 a matter of the core. So here is not a bug but my suggestion for an
 improvement of the following matter:

 For security reasons I use htaccess to protect my wp-login.php.

 Now I'd like to protect a single page by using the WordPress password
 protected option. Unfortunately the /wp-login.php?action=postpass is
 needed by this option. In the consequence all the visitors that want to
 see my password protected page need as well my htaccess password for wp-
 login or I can't use htaccess to protect my wp-login.

 Would it be possible to use the password protection for single pages and
 posts without using wp-login.php. Maybe by creating an extra transfer page
 for protected content naming differently as wp-login?

 I'm no developer and just talking from the perspective of a WordPress
 user. In case this idea is foolish I excuse myself in advance.

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