Title: Password Protected Posts submit behavior
Last modified: September 16, 2016

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# Password Protected Posts submit behavior

 *  [adonehey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adonehey/)
 * (@adonehey)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-posts-submit-behavior/)
 * The Short:
    My question is, is there anyway to change the behavior of the submit
   button on password protected posts to not just refresh the current page, but 
   to go to the specific post that the password was submitted for? Note: Password
   specific redirects will not work in this case, explained below.
 * The Long:
    On our site we use Event Espresso for courses we offer. With Event
   Espresso 4, events are their own posts, and the event list is just a list of 
   categorized posts. We have some courses that are exclusive and require a password
   to register for. In Event Espresso you can make a password protected event, ie.
   a password protected post. When viewing the event list, the event shows up as
   a “Protected” post and shows the password form. When you enter the password and
   hit submit, the behavior is just that the current page (with the whole event 
   list) refreshes with the post now visable. Our users are not the most comfortable
   with technology and this behavior is confusing to them. Each term has about 15
   courses, so the fact that the post is now visible is not immediately evident 
   and they assume that it has failed. The expected outcome would be that entering
   the password and hitting submit would then take them to that post. There are 
   multiple courses each year, and they all need to use the same password, so using
   a password specific redirect will not work.

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-posts-submit-behavior/#post-8191507)
 * Since that is a commercial product, we ask that you please go to their official
   support channel, so you can get support from the people who know it best.
 * [https://eventespresso.com/support/](https://eventespresso.com/support/)
 * Forum volunteers are also not given access to commercial products, so they would
   not know why it is not working properly. Other community members who may have
   faced your issue might be able to help you but your best bet is your product’s
   developer. Keep in mind we encourage you to use the official support venues, 
   as it allows the developers to be aware of issues with their code and gives back
   to the community in a more robust way.
 *  Thread Starter [adonehey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adonehey/)
 * (@adonehey)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-posts-submit-behavior/#post-8191557)
 * The behavior is not in the Event Espresso code, though. It is in how WordPress
   handles Protected Posts. The question is not specific to Event Espresso, and 
   I am looking for information on how WordPress handles password protected posts.
   Event Espresso is just a method of listing posts, and does not dictate the password
   form behavior of a WordPress post.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-protected-posts-submit-behavior/#post-8191557)
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