Password Protected Page

Try adding the following to your custom or child theme’s functions.php file:

// Amend post password form
function mytheme_password_form() {
	global $post;
	$label = 'pwbox-'.(empty($post->ID) ? rand() : $post->ID);
	$output = '<div class="password-form">
	<p class="protected-text">' . __('This post is password protected. To view it, please enter your password below:', 'mytheme') . '</p>
	<form action="' . esc_url( site_url( 'wp-login.php?action=postpass', 'login_post' ) ) . '" method="post">
	<p><label for="' . $label . '">' . __('S.L.E Code:', 'mytheme') . ' </label> <input name="post_password" id="' . $label . '" type="password" size="20" /> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="' . esc_attr__('Submit', 'mytheme') . '" /></p></form></div>';
	return $output;
}
add_filter('the_password_form','mytheme_password_form');

esmi,

Thank you for the quick reply.

This happened!

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘-‘, expecting ‘)’ in /home1/cowboy/public_html/wp-content/themes/kavya/functions.php on line 337

Do not edit the theme itself. First create a child theme for your changes. And add the code above to your empty child’s functions.php file preceded by <?php.

I have created a child theme for my css.

Can you please explain to me how to create a child theme
for my php?

I am sorry, I am confused.

Is it as simple as creating a blank php file inside my child theme folder and pasting in the code?

Yes. The first thing added to the new functions.php file should be <?php followed by the code I posted above.

I just did that and it does not seem to work.

here is my funtions.php

<?php
// Amend post password form
function mytheme_password_form() {
	global $post;
	$label = 'pwbox-'.(empty($post->ID) ? rand() : $post->ID);
	$output = '<div class="password-form">
	<p class="protected-text">' . __('This post is password protected. To view it, please enter your password below:', 'mytheme') . '</p>
	<form action="' . esc_url( site_url( 'wp-login.php?action=postpass', 'login_post' ) ) . '" method="post">
	<p><label for="' . $label . '">' . __('S.L.E Code:', 'mytheme') . ' </label> <input name="post_password" id="' . $label . '" type="password" size="20" /> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="' . esc_attr__('Submit', 'mytheme') . '" /></p></form></div>';
	return $output;
}
add_filter('the_password_form','mytheme_password_form');

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Just to remind,

I am trying to change the word “password” located next to the password submit field to “S.L.E. Code.”

https://www.whatwelivefor.com/s-l-e-studio-launch-event/

The code I gave above should work. I’ve used it in my themes.

Okay,

So I have created a new .php file inside of my child-theme folder that also contains my style.css.

I pasted this inside of it.

<?php
// Amend post password form
function mytheme_password_form() {
	global $post;
	$label = 'pwbox-'.(empty($post->ID) ? rand() : $post->ID);
	$output = '<div class="password-form">
	<p class="protected-text">' . __('This post is password protected. To view it, please enter your password below:', 'mytheme') . '</p>
	<form action="' . esc_url( site_url( 'wp-login.php?action=postpass', 'login_post' ) ) . '" method="post">
	<p><label for="' . $label . '">' . __('S.L.E Code:', 'mytheme') . ' </label> <input name="post_password" id="' . $label . '" type="password" size="20" /> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="' . esc_attr__('Submit', 'mytheme') . '" /></p></form></div>';
	return $output;
}
add_filter('the_password_form','mytheme_password_form');

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then just click save changes. Is this right?

Yes – that should work.

it’s not working.

I cleared my cache and refreshed the page and it has not changed.

I don’t doubt your code. It is more than likely the way I have set up my funtions.php.

It is just a blank php file, with the above code posted in. Do I have to import the parent php as I did for css?

I’m so sorry, I am a novice.

Are you sure that your child theme is active?

How do I activate it?

yes the child theme is active

The child theme is active, but I don’t see any php in the appearance editor. I just see my css