Password Protect Your WordPress Staging Site

Pair's Password Protection feature uses HTTP authentication to restrict access to your staging site. Visitors must enter a separate username and password before the site loads. These credentials are different from your WordPress admin credentials.

Staging sites are available only on Managed WordPress or Podcast Websites accounts.

What is Password Protection? 

Password Protection locks your website (in this case, your staging site) behind a username and password. Anyone who tries to visit your site will be prompted for a username/password before the site is displayed. 

Enabling Password Protection

To add Password Protection to your staging site, you must first set up a staging site. See this article, Creating a Staging Site, for steps to set up a staging site.

Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type: 

• Legacy Interface
• New ACC Interface

Not sure what the difference is? See Which ACC Interface Am I Using? 

If you are using the Legacy Interface:

1. Log in to your Managed WordPress or Podcast Websites account at my.pair.com
2. In the left sidebar, click WordPress
3. In the drop-down, click Staging Site
4. Click the [Select Site] field, then select the staging site you would like to password protect
5. Click the Manage Site: Staging button
6. Click the Add Password-Protection button
7. Take note of the username and password on the next page. These are the credentials you will use to log in to view your site. 

If you are using the New ACC Interface:

1. Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at my.pair.com
2. In the top navigation bar, click WordPress 
3. Find your WordPress site and click its staging icon
4. Click the Add Password-Protection button
5. Take note of the username and password on the next page. These are the credentials you will use to log in to view your site. 

Resetting Password Protection

Forgot your staging password? You can reset it in your Account Control Center.

Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type: 

• Legacy Interface
• New ACC Interface

Not sure what the difference is? See Which ACC Interface Am I Using? 

If you are using the Legacy Interface:

1. Log in to your Managed WordPress or Podcast Websites account at my.pair.com
2. In the left sidebar, click WordPress
3. In the drop-down, click Staging Site
4. Click the [Select Site] field, then select the staging site you would like to password protect
5. Click the Manage Site: Staging button
6. Click the Modify Password-Protection button
7. Click the Reset Password button

If you are using the New ACC Interface:

1. Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at my.pair.com
2. In the top navigation bar, click WordPress 
3. Find your WordPress site and click its staging icon
4. Click the Modify Password-Protection button
5. Click the Reset Password button

A new password will be generated for you and displayed on the next screen. 

Disabling Password Protection

To remove password protection from your staging site: 

Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type: 

• Legacy Interface
• New ACC Interface

Not sure what the difference is? See Which ACC Interface Am I Using? 

If you are using the Legacy Interface:

1. Log in to your Managed WordPress or Podcast Websites account
2. In the left sidebar, click WordPress
3. In the drop-down, click Staging Site
4. Click the [Select Site] field, then select the staging site you would like to password protect
5. Click the Manage Site: Staging button
6. Click the Modify Password-Protection button
7. Click the Remove Password button

If you are using the New ACC Interface:

1. Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at my.pair.com
2. In the top navigation bar, click WordPress 
3. Find your WordPress site and click its staging icon
4. Click the Modify Password-Protection button
5. Click the Remove Password button

Completing these steps will remove Password Protection from your staging site.