In this article, I’ll answer the question to display the error message to users when enter wrong password on a password-protected Page. By default behaviour of the WordPress on the password-protected page doesn’t show any error message if you enter the wrong password into the password field. I was finding the solution but after reading lots of articles and the youtube research I found a way that really helpful and actually work to add error message on password protected page.
Code To Display the error message to users when enter wrong password on a password-protected Page (Solved)
On the function.php file add this code to add an error message on password protected page:
add_filter( 'the_password_form', 'wpse_12172023_custom_post_password_wrong_msg' );
/**
* Add a message to the password form.
*
* @wp-hook the_password_form
* @param string $form
* @return string
*/
function wpse_12172023_custom_post_password_wrong_msg( $form )
{
// No cookie, the user has not sent anything until now.
if ( ! isset( $_COOKIE[ 'wp-postpass_' . COOKIEHASH ] ) ) {
return $form;
}
// The refresh came from a different page, the user has not sent anything until now.
if ( wp_get_raw_referer() != get_permalink() ) {
return $form;
}
// Translate and escape.
$msg = esc_html__( 'Oops! Looks like your password is incorrect. Just ask your proctor for the right one.', 'your_text_domain' );
// We have a cookie, but it doesn’t match the password.
$msg = "<p class='custom-password-message'>$msg</p>";
?>
<style>
.custom-password-message {
background-color: #ff9999; /* Custom background color */
color: #990000; /* Custom text color */
padding: 10px; /* Custom padding */
border: 1px solid #cc0000; /* Custom border */
margin-bottom: 20px; /* Custom margin */
}
</style>
<?php
return $msg . $form;
}
That’s it!
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