Secret Categories Locker

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	Product	Secret Categories Locker
	Preview	View Product Page
	Forked from	Password Protected Categories
	Original by	Barn2 Plugins
	Version	2.1.24
	Last updated	9 May 2025
	Published	9 May 2025
	Support Policy	Beginner’s guide to using Festinger Vault

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Changelog

Version 2.1.24Fix: Correctly initialize the category visibility when saving a category with the ‘Logged In Users’ option.Tweak: Added discount code for Password Protection Suite.Version 2.1.23Fix: Password form now correctly displays on taxonomy archives when using the ‘Logged In Users’ option.Fix: Resolved issue with empty category descriptions when using the ‘Logged In Users’ option.Version 2.1.22Fix: Resolved issue with term passwords not being saved on PHP 8.1.Version 2.1.21Fix: Ensure category protection settings are saved correctly when ‘Logged In Users’ is selected.Version 2.1.20Tweak: Added a filter to control whether the category description appears on the category password entry page.Fix: Resolved issue where sub-categories were not always inheriting protection from parent categories.Version 2.1.19Fix: Fixed an issue that could cause a PHP error when saving categories.Version 2.1.18Fix: Fixed an issue where an empty password entry form could appear on the category archives.Version 2.1.17Tweak: Made some minor improvements to the plugin settings screen.Version 2.1.16Fix: Resolved an issue that could cause protected categories and their products to appear in the main shop loop even when they should be hidden.Version 2.1.15Fix: Compatibility fix for a change in a third party plugin.Version 2.1.14Tweak: Improved the way that categories are protected so that their products are also hidden from the main shop listing.Version 2.1.13Tweak: Improvements to the password entry page.Version 2.1.12Fix: Fixed an issue where protected categories would still appear in the main shop loop if you also have The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin installed.Version 2.1.11Fix: Resolved an issue that caused problems with password-protected categories when the category name contained special characters.Version 2.1.10Fix: Improved compatibility with the Advanced Product Labels plugin.Version 2.1.9Tweak: Improved compatibility with third party plugins.Version 2.1.8Fix: Fixed some potential PHP errors.Version 2.1.7Tweak: Improved compatibility with third party plugins.Version 2.1.6Tweak: Improved compatibility with third party plugins.Version 2.1.5Tweak: Small improvements to the plugin settings screen.Version 2.1.4Fix: Compatibility fix for latest version of Elementor.Version 2.1.3Tweak: Improved compatibility with third party plugins.Version 2.1.2Fix: Fixed some potential PHP warnings.Version 2.1.1Fix: Fixed a bug that meant the category visibility would always revert to ‘Public’ after saving.Version 2.1.0New: You can now choose whether to show or hide protected categories from public category listings.Version 2.0.3Fix: Fixed a bug that was causing problems with password-protected categories.Version 2.0.2Fix: Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from being able to access password-protected categories.Version 2.0.1Fix: Fixed a bug that was causing problems with password-protected categories.Version 2.0New: You can now choose to protect categories using a password, or only make them visible to logged-in users.

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