In WordPress I have created a custom page template using the page-slug.php syntax. The page is very different than all the other pages and doesn’t need any managed content.
The page needs to be password protected, so I have set the visibility of the page to Password Protected.
What happens:
The password protected box only shows up when include the_content() somewhere in the template. The problem is that I can’t include the password field on the page-slug.php template.
What I want to happen (or something similar):
When you navigate to http://site/slug/ it takes you to a password page, and then once authenticated it displays the intended page.
Is this possible with default WordPress functionality? Are there plugins that could accomplish this?
If the page doesn’t need any content, why not just include the call to “the_content()” and not write any content? If no content has been added, it won’t output anything.