Password Protected Category Error 404 [resolved]

[RichardParticipant]

Hi all,
I have decided to have some password protected sub categories, When I click on it, it asks for the password, when I put the password in, it errors with 404.

You can see this in action here: https://wall2wall.photos/product-category/rwphotoshoots/
Password is: +vx]=ZPXv5r5`wSJ

Thoughts?

[RobinKeymaster]

Hi there – this would not have anything to do with Symbiostock at all, however it could have to do with your WordPress install, or something else.

[RichardParticipant]

Yup, you’re right again Robin. Thank you. It’s an issue with WP Security, I guess I will have to go through each settings and check. lol

[RichardParticipant]

But…..

When you change the password, you no longer get access to category.

Thoughts?

[RichardParticipant]

Actually ignore that. It does work but the password change doesn’t happen straight away. I assume it need to wait for CRON to run the processor?

[RobinKeymaster]

Hi Richard

As I said, Symbiostock and its processor has nothing to do with this. I have no idea why there would be a delay in the password updating other than cache.

[RichardParticipant]

Thanks Robin,

It is absolutely related to security software I run, how is the Auth done for protected folders? What is the mechanism for displaying the folder content once auth is done?

I only ask so I can try and configure the security software to allow access.

Cheers. 🙂

[RobinKeymaster]

Hi Richard – unfortunately we have no idea what the issue is as Symbiostock has absolutely nothing to do with password protected categories or products.

[JohannesParticipant]

Hy Richard,

I have a question. I also want to share fotos with password protection through symbiostock. But i cant get it managed via symbiostock.
How did you do this with catergories? I cant get subcategories in the platform symbiostock and i cant get a password protection sharing via symbiostock or?

How do you get this managed?

Would be very great if you could reply!!!
THANKS!
John

[RichardParticipant]

Johannes wrote:

Hy Richard,

I have a question. I also want to share fotos with password protection through symbiostock. But i cant get it managed via symbiostock.
How did you do this with catergories? I cant get subcategories in the platform symbiostock and i cant get a password protection sharing via symbiostock or?

How do you get this managed?

Would be very great if you could reply!!!
THANKS!
John

Hi John,
The issue is not Symbiostock software. I have found it’s related to security software, in my case, when you rename your admin login page to something other than https://domainname.com/wp-admin it breaks the access to the protected categories.

I use wpcerber security which is fantastic but they blame the Symbiostock software, sooo it would seem you can’t have the security of a non standard admin login page and protected categories at the same time which is a bizarre situation that no one wants to deal with.

Hope this helps.

R.

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