how to password protect a woocommerce shop

To that end, I'm going to spend this post showing you how to password protect WooCommerce shop using simple and effective plugin with just few settings.   then you can unlock WooCommerce shop and purchase the medicinal marijuana within.   Beyond the obvious of having WooCommerce store that needs password protecting, all you'll need to follow this guide is WooCommerce Private Store plugin..   While the functionality is hidden the rest of your site will function like normal. That is, your homepage, blog, regular pages, etc will all still be visible to your visitors..   Once you've activated the plugin and entered your license key, go to WooCommerce → Settings → Private Store to set up the passwords that unlock your store, and few other general options..   Below that, you can use Redirect URL field to redirect the user to specific page after they enter the password.   If you check this box, anyone who's logged in to your WordPress site will not need to enter the order to see the store..   Below the general settings, you can use the Login form section to configure the page where users log in..   Once you password protect WooCommerce shop with the plugin, all traces of your store will disappear from the frontend of your site.   For more surgical approach, you can also use the  WooCommerce Password Protected Categories plugin to password protect category of products, rather than your entire shop.   Read more