Wordpress LScache Plugin: Incompatibility w/ Protected Pages
Last Updated on: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:02 I ran into a problem using a protected page. This is the WordPress protected page/post feature where users need to enter a password to view page contents, but they dont need to be logged in. It appears that Litespeed is caching the enter password page. So, once the password has been entered, Litespeed still serves the enter password page content rather than the version of the page with the actual contents. I got it working by excluding the page from caching. As far as I can tell, this limitation isnt documented anywhere, though I could have missed it. Ideally, Litespeed would detect that a page is protected and either not cache it, or do some behind-the-scenes wizardry to cache both versions and serve the appropriate one. If thats not practical, it would be good to document that protected pages must have caching manually disabled in order to work properly. That would save others from having to figure it out for themselves. So, I think Im OK, but wanted to document this for anyone else who runs into it, and to make sure the Litespeed devs are aware of the issue. This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Brad Brown. The page I need help with: https://www.bradbrownmagic.com/bonus-videos/ Hi, May I know , are you running on LiteSpeed enterprise or OpenLiteSpeed? Best regards, Not sure. My web host, Hawk Host, provides it so, I suspect its enterprise, but thats a guess. Heres some info from the report. (I deleted the specific directory info from the report.) Does that help? If not, let me know how I can get whatever you need erver Variables SERVER_SOFTWARE = LiteSpeed DOCUMENT_ROOT = XXXXX X-LSCACHE = on LSWCP_TAG_PREFIX = 94e WP_SITEURL = NULL WP_HOME = NULL WP_CONTENT_DIR = SHORTINIT = false LSCWP_CONTENT_DIR = XXXXX LSCWP_CONTENT_FOLDER = wp-content LSCWP_DIR = XXXXX LITESPEED_TIME_OFFSET = -14400.0 LITESPEED_SERVER_TYPE = LITESPEED_SERVER_ENT LITESPEED_CLI = NULL LITESPEED_ALLOWED = true LITESPEED_ON = true LITESPEED_ON_IN_SETTING = true LSCACHE_ADV_CACHE = true Hi, Yes, its LSWS enterprise. Few days ago weve tested password-protected page and it was all fine. Could you please submit ticket here and wed like to dig it deeper. Best regards,
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