Password protection hides a Gallery behind a lock screen until the visitor enters the correct password. It is built for private work — a client’s proofing set, a members-only collection, photos meant for a single recipient — so the images stay out of view until you share the password with the people who should see them.
Location Gallery Settings → Security → Password Protection
Turning On Password Protection #
Open the Gallery you want to protect, go to the Security tab, and find the Password Protection group. Switch on Password Protect Gallery, then enter the password visitors will need in the Gallery Password field that appears.
Once a Gallery is protected and saved, anyone loading the page sees a lock screen in place of the images. They enter the password, the Gallery unlocks, and the items render in place. No page reload is needed — the Gallery appears the moment the password is accepted.
Password Protect Gallery
| Setting | Password Protect Gallery |
| Options | On Off |
| Default | Off |
Gallery Password
| Setting | Gallery Password |
| Default | Empty |
| Visible when | Password Protect Gallery is on |
The password applies to this Gallery only. Each Gallery has its own password, so you can share different passwords with different people without affecting the rest of your site.
Protection only takes effect once both the toggle is on and a password has been saved. Switching the toggle on with the password field left empty leaves the Gallery open.
The Visitor Lock Screen #
When a visitor opens a page containing a protected Gallery, FotoGrids renders a lock screen instead of the items: a heading, a short instruction, a password field, and an Unlock button. The rest of the page loads normally — only the protected Gallery is held back.
If the visitor enters the wrong password, an error message appears and they can try again. When the password is correct, the lock screen is replaced by the live Gallery without reloading the page.
The lock screen carries a per-Gallery identity, so browsers and password managers can save and offer the password for that specific Gallery rather than treating every lock screen as the same login.
Remembering the Unlock #
By default, a visitor has to enter the password again the next time they return. Remember Unlock lets them stay unlocked across visits, so a client checking a proofing set over several days only types the password once.
Remember Unlock
| Setting | Remember Unlock |
| Options | On Off |
| Default | Off |
| Visible when | Password Protect Gallery is on |
When this is on, a successful unlock is remembered in the visitor’s browser using a cookie, so they are not asked again on their next visit within the time window you set.
Remember For (days)
| Setting | Remember For (days) |
| Default | 7 |
| Range | 1–365 |
| Visible when | Remember Unlock is on |
Sets how many days the unlock is remembered for. After this many days the visitor is asked for the password again.
Remembering the unlock relies on a cookie in the visitor’s browser. On a shared or public computer, the next person using that browser within the time window will be able to open the Gallery without the password. Leave Remember Unlock off for highly sensitive sets.
Changing or Removing the Password #
To change the password, edit the Gallery Password field and save. Visitors who had previously unlocked the Gallery will be asked for the new password the next time they visit — changing the password invalidates any remembered unlocks.
To remove protection entirely, switch Password Protect Gallery off and save. The Gallery becomes public again immediately.
Albums #
The Password Protect setting also appears in the Security tab of an Album. Protecting individual Galleries is the more common approach, since it lets you share separate passwords for separate sets, but the option is available at the Album level when you want a single password in front of a whole collection.
