Title: Protected folder problem
Last modified: January 17, 2019

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# Protected folder problem

 *  Resolved [seb00787](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seb00787/)
 * (@seb00787)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-folder-problem/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a problem with the guestbook.
    After sb wrote a comment, a login form 
   is popping up for the wp-admin folder. I set a password for the wp-admin, but
   why does it also appear when sb tries to add an entry into the guestbook?
 * Thanks
    Seb

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 *  Plugin Author [Marcel Pol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpol/)
 * (@mpol)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-folder-problem/#post-11099800)
 * The form uses AJAX to save an entry. AJAX is always used through wp-admin/admin-
   ajax.php.
 * How did you set the password? Through htaccess? Often it is not a good idea to
   do it this way.
 *  Thread Starter [seb00787](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seb00787/)
 * (@seb00787)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-folder-problem/#post-11215136)
 * Hi Marcel, thanks for your reply.
    I use Folder Protection from my web hoster-
   > using htaccess. What would you suggest to solve this problem? How should I 
   protect the admin area? In the past, the guestbook worked, there were some entries
   but since a few months it seems not to work anymore.
 *  Plugin Author [Marcel Pol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpol/)
 * (@mpol)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-folder-problem/#post-11215163)
 * I don’t know how to protect the admin area, since I never do that 🙂
    Using htaccess
   for that, is quite a rough method. It is not often advised.
 * If it is about login and register forms, I use a plugin for that:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/la-sentinelle-antispam/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/la-sentinelle-antispam/)
   There are more that 100 antispam plugins, so you could take your pick and use
   one that you like.
 * It can be a good idea to install the WordFence plugin:
    [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)
 * About the “seems not to work”, can you clarify? What doesn’t work?

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## Tags

 * [admin-ajax](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin-ajax/)
 * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/)
 * [wp-admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-admin/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Marcel Pol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpol/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/protected-folder-problem/#post-11215163)
 * Status: resolved