Lock your whole store

Goal: require a password for shop, cart, checkout and all products, while the rest of your site stays public.

Use this for: a wholesale or trade store, a members-only shop, a store not ready to launch.

Steps

1. Go to Password Protected → WooCommerce Protection.
2. Under Global Protection, enter a password in the store password field.
3. Turn on Protect Entire Store.
4. Turn on Force protected products unpurchasable — see below for why.
5. Click Save settings.

Why turn on “Force products unpurchasable”

Without it, a protected product can still be added to the cart through routes that never load the product page:

• Related products and cross-sells
• • 

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  shortcodes and product blocks
• Direct add-to-cart links

Turning it on blocks add-to-cart until the visitor enters the password, closing that gap.

What visitors see

Any WooCommerce page asks for the password. Your blog, home page and other content stay public.