Published Lightboxes are a great way to share content with external recipients. When publishing users have the option of adding a password. But what if you, as an admin, want to ensure that all content shared in this way is password protected?

You can now do this via the Published Collection/Lightbox configuration options. You can find these here:

Config > Publishing > Lightbox Publishing Actions (tab) > "Update Lightbox publishing settings"

You will then see the new option that allows you to make passwords mandatory for all Published Collections/Lightboxes.

Note, you can also set the maximum period before a Published Collection/Lightbox is unpublished and becomes unavailable to the external recipient.