Password protect a subsite in a WordPress network with .htaccess
A wordpress network / multisite setup uses virtual directories.
When you have a wordpress network setup on www.yourdomain.com, you can have multiple blogs with only one WordPress installation, for example:
www.yourdomain.com
www.yourdomain.com/johndoe
www.yourdomain.com/janedoe
Suppose you want to password protect only one subsite e.g. ‘janedoe’, you can’t just create a ‘janedoe’ folder on your webserver with a particular .htaccess in it.
You need to create a secured environment for the virtual folder in your main .htaccess (where all other WordPress rules reside) using the following code:
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SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI "^/janedoe/" SECUREDAuthType BasicAuthName "restricted area"AuthUserFile /home/mydomain/.htpasswdrequire valid-userSatisfy anyOrder allow,denyAllow from allDeny from env=SECURED |
From: https://nex.be/password-protect-subsite-wordpress-network-htaccess/
See also: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/176128/password-protect-a-single-site-on-network