id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
21899	Missing class identifier for password protected posts	mdgl		"Password protected posts are insufficiently identified for good CSS styling.

Presently, the class name ""post-password-required"" is added to protected posts if a valid password cannot be found in the cookie. On the other hand, no special class name is added to protected posts if a valid password *can* be found, even though this is just a temporary condition until the cookie expires.

I suggest that both cases are interesting from a CSS styling perspective. Note that the title of protected posts is prefixed by the string ""Protected:"" in both situations.

This behaviour occurs because get_post_class() just checks post_password_required() [which validates the cookie] but get_the_title() just checks if the $post->post_password field is not empty.

I suggest an additional class name should be added by get_post_class() for the case when the post->post_password field is not empty. Current usage of class names here is not very consistent with the admin tool, so options might be ""visibility-protected"", ""status-protected"" [similar to ""status-private"" which is added for those with visibility ""Private"" and reflecting the underlying implementation] or perhaps just simply ""protected"".

Protected posts would thus be identified as follows:

  Protected, with correct password: class=""protected""[[BR]]
  Protected, missing or invalid password: class=""protected post-password-required""

See also #13860 and #18729. I can do a patch if needed but this is literally just a couple of lines of code (three if you include a comment)."	enhancement	new	normal	Awaiting Review	Template	3.4.2	normal