Private and password protected content are two separate things, so I’ll answer them separately.
Private Content
Display posts does not show private posts by default (see the 'post_status' => 'publish' default here).
If you create a private page, then use `[display-posts post_type=”page”] to list pages, it won’t be included.
If you change the shortcode to [display-posts post_type="page" post_status="publish, private"] it will appear.
<strong>Password Protected Content</strong>
Password protection isn’t a post status, but rather an attribute of the post. Default queries include content both with and without passwords.
The new version of Display Posts being released today (3.0) includes a parameter for this: has_password.
[display-posts] Displays all posts (with and without a password)
[display-posts has_password="false"] Displays posts without a password
[display-posts has_password="true"] Displays posts with a password
Thank you! I had meant password protected content, and thew new parameter works. However my shortcodes are now only returning 12 posts regardless of the posts_per_page parameter – I’ll make a new ticket.
