Adding a link to logout of password protected posts in WordPress

I needed to add a “logout” link to a theme on which I’m working that would clear the cookie WordPress sets for password protected posts. This is what I came up with: <?php if ( $_COOKIE[‘wp-postpass_’ . COOKIEHASH] ) { ?> | <a href=”<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/includes/logout.php”>Log Out</a> <?php } ?> COOKIEHASH is a constant …

Some snippets for password-protected pages in WordPress

I was working on a site that required protected pages in WordPress, and had a few snippets that I thought were worth capturing. By default WordPress prepends the title of a page or post with “Private:” or “Protected:” if you change the document’s visibility. This is ugly, and I can’t see the point of it. …