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I was just testing the password-protected posts functionality and when I submit the password it sends me to a 404 page. The password I typed in was correct, I made sure. The URL bar says: www.mydomain.com/wp-pass.php but shows a 404 page. Whether the password is correct or wrong, it should either show some message about it being wrong or the post that was protected. Not just a 404 page.

What could be causing this? Thanks in advance for any ideas.

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Does your browser send a Referer header? – toscho♦ Dec 6 '12 at 11:20
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean. Could you explain? – charlenemasters Dec 6 '12 at 11:39
See wp-pass.php: wp_safe_redirect(wp_get_referer()); If your browser does not send a Referer you might get problems. Your browser offers a debugger where you can see the network communication. – toscho♦ Dec 6 '12 at 11:54
So this is something specific to the browser that is being used to view the website and not Wordpress itself? I use Firefox 17, but I also tested it in Chrome 23 and I'm getting the same error. – charlenemasters Dec 6 '12 at 14:24
Some proxies are stripping the referer too, no matter what browser you are using. I don’t know if that is the cause for your problem. It could be. – toscho♦ Dec 6 '12 at 14:31
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Ok, figured it out myself! I had used add_filter to customize the password form in order to add css classes. Everything in add_filter was either old or simply wrong. I found it in a tutorial, but this has been a lesson to me. Never trust code found on the web unless it from the Codex or an absolute expert.

EDIT: Just found the same piece of code in the Codex as well *facepalm. It says "THIS NO LONGER WORKS" above it, but then why is it still in the codex? To anyone having this problem as well: in case you have used the code from here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Password_Protection#Password_Form_Text you'll get problems in newer versions of Wordpress.

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