Password protected page not prompting for password when designated the Posts Page

[MichaelH]

A visitor is not prompted for a password when they navigate to a page that is password protected, and that page is designated as the Posts Page in Settings->Reading->Front page displays->A static page.

Reported by Nic S in the forums:
​http://wordpress.org/support/topic/209129

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

the page template is ignored too

[janeforshort]

Punting due to feature freeze. Reconsider with next release.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

Closing this as invalid. It's easy enough to change the template with a plugin. Enforcing the password could be done on the template_redirect hook.

[DD32]

Re-opening due to it being a bug, While you can achieve anything with a plugin, No need to require bug fixing via a plugin, esp when its core functionality which may be hard to achieve.

Page templates are ignored & so is the password option.

[DD32]

..Except that password protected pages require a password, And it abides by the Template option.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

@DD32: What the reporter is meaning/wanting is that setting a password for the static page that is used to display the blog will have no effect.

It's still invalid, though. I considered contributing the needed patch, but it then occurred to me that it involved a workflow change that is large enough to make it plugin material.

[DD32]

Oh... Right, The Posts page, Not a Page set as the front page..

In that case, You're right, It was invalid - as its not a workflow which WordPress uses.

Theres another theme file which can be used for the posts page, making the template part moot, and as for the password, The page is never loaded, just used as a place holder, so password-protection is not required.

If password-protection is needed for the entire blog, or posts, then a better solution from a plugin would be best.