Help! Make files password protected in Wordpress

I have a blog using Wordpress. I want to put up some .pdf files for people to download but with user/password protections. I want put them up in another directory (www.myblog.com/downloads). I did some research and found out I have to create a htaccess file. Is there a plugin or script in wordpress that can do this? If not how do I go about doing this? I apologize if this is not Wordpress related but would like to get some help in doing this.

 

Best way to do that is to password protect the directories from cpanel.

Have a look at this site if you are don't have cpanel:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml

 

I do have cpanel. Do I create a folder and upload the pdf files? After that password protect it using cpanel. I am a total newbie and need some type of step by step tutorial. Please be patient.

 

Hold on a bit. I'll do some screen captures of what to do.

 

Using your ftp client, create a new folder called psds or whatever is suitable for your site. In the example below, I have used the folder, include.

Log into cpanel.

 

Got it thanks.