diff --git a/src/components/shortcodes/ProtectedContent.astro b/src/components/shortcodes/ProtectedContent.astro
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index 0000000..1ab737d
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+++ b/src/components/shortcodes/ProtectedContent.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+---
+import { encrypt } from '../../plugins/encrypt';
+import {siteConfig} from "../../config";
+
+interface Props {
+    password?: string;
+    pwEnv?: string;
+}
+
+const { password: propPassword, pwEnv } = Astro.props;
+// Get password from props, environment variable, or site config
+const password = (pwEnv ? import.meta.env[pwEnv] : propPassword) || siteConfig.contentPassword || import.meta.env.CONTENT_PASSWORD || Math.random().toString();
+
+// Get the slot content
+const content = await Astro.slots.render('default');
+
+// Encrypt content at build time
+const { encryptedData, iv } = encrypt(content, password);
+---
+
+<div class="encrypted-content" data-encrypted={encryptedData} data-iv={iv}>
+    <div class="password-form">
+        <p>This content is protected. Enter the password to view it:</p>
+        <form>
+            <input type="password" class="decrypt-password" title="password" />
+            <button class="decrypt-button">Decrypt</button>
+        </form>
+    </div>
+    <div class="content-container hidden"></div>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+    div.encrypted-content {
+        border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+    }
+    div.password-form {
+        margin: 0.5rem auto;
+    }
+    input[type="password"] {
+        background: var(--accent-color);
+        border: none;
+        padding: 0.25rem;
+    }
+    button {
+        background-color: var(--accent-color);
+        border: none;
+        padding: 0.25rem;
+    }
+    div.hidden {
+        display: none;
+    }
+</style>
+
+<script>
+    // Client-side decryption logic
+    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+        const containers = document.querySelectorAll('.encrypted-content');
+
+        containers.forEach(container => {
+            const encryptedData = container.getAttribute('data-encrypted');
+            const iv = container.getAttribute('data-iv');
+            const passwordInput = container.querySelector('.decrypt-password');
+            const decryptButton = container.querySelector('.decrypt-button');
+            const contentContainer = container.querySelector('.content-container');
+            const passwordForm = container.querySelector('.password-form');
+
+            decryptButton.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+                try {
+                    const password = passwordInput.value;
+                    if (!password) return;
+
+                    const content = await decrypt(encryptedData, iv, password);
+                    contentContainer.innerHTML = content;
+                    contentContainer.classList.remove('hidden');
+                    passwordForm.classList.add('hidden');
+                } catch (error) {
+                    alert('Incorrect password');
+                    console.error('Decryption failed:', error);
+                }
+            });
+
+            // Allow pressing Enter to decrypt
+            passwordInput.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+                if (e.key === 'Enter') {
+                    decryptButton.click();
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
+        async function decrypt(encryptedData, iv, password) {
+            // Convert base64 to array buffer
+            const encryptedBytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(encryptedData), c => c.charCodeAt(0));
+            const ivBytes = Uint8Array.from(atob(iv), c => c.charCodeAt(0));
+
+            // Derive key from password
+            const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+            const passwordBytes = encoder.encode(password);
+            const keyMaterial = await window.crypto.subtle.importKey(
+                'raw',
+                passwordBytes,
+                { name: 'PBKDF2' },
+                false,
+                ['deriveBits', 'deriveKey']
+            );
+
+            const key = await window.crypto.subtle.deriveKey(
+                {
+                    name: 'PBKDF2',
+                    salt: ivBytes,
+                    iterations: 100000,
+                    hash: 'SHA-256'
+                },
+                keyMaterial,
+                { name: 'AES-GCM', length: 256 },
+                false,
+                ['decrypt']
+            );
+
+            // Decrypt
+            const decryptedBytes = await window.crypto.subtle.decrypt(
+                { name: 'AES-GCM', iv: ivBytes },
+                key,
+                encryptedBytes
+            );
+
+            // Convert array buffer to text
+            const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+            return decoder.decode(decryptedBytes);
+        }
+    });
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index c45b1c5..40171d0 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export const siteConfig = {
     searchEngine: 'bing', // 'google', 'duckduckgo', 'bing'(broken until M1cr0$0ft get support for it), defaults to 'google'
     // content
     displayAvatar: true, // display author avatar in the article list and info line of article page
+    // encryption
+    // the global password to encrypt/decrypt the content, if set, all <ProtectedContent/> without specifying a password will be encrypted with this password
+    // you can use a different environment variable to set the password.
+    contentPassword: import.meta.env.CONTENT_PASSWORD,
     // footer
     // yes you can write html safely here
     customFooter: '<i>I have no mouth, and I must SCREAM</i>',
diff --git a/src/content/posts/markdown-example/index.mdx b/src/content/posts/markdown-example/index.mdx
index 99438d2..de1689f 100644
--- a/src/content/posts/markdown-example/index.mdx
+++ b/src/content/posts/markdown-example/index.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Callout from '/src/components/shortcodes/Callout.astro';
 import LinkCard from '/src/components/shortcodes/LinkCard.astro';
 import Spoiler from '/src/components/shortcodes/Spoiler.astro';
 import Ruby from '/src/components/shortcodes/Ruby.astro';
+import ProtectedContent from '/src/components/shortcodes/ProtectedContent.astro';
 
 This article offers a sample of basic and extended Markdown formatting that can be used, also it shows how some basic HTML elements are decorated.
 ## Markdown in Astro
@@ -100,8 +101,34 @@ You can use the `LinkCard` component to create cards that link to external resou
 Or to customize the card further with a title and description:
 <LinkCard url="https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1PC4y1L7mq/" title="Don't check the description" description="Don't click on the link" />
 
+### Protected Content
+You can use the `ProtectedContent` component to protect certain parts of your content with a password. This is useful for sharing exclusive content or information that should only be accessible to certain users.
+<Callout type="warning">
+About security:
 
+    Although the encrypt process is happened at build and encrypted content is not visible in the rendered HTML. But it's still not 100% secure, as the password can be stored in the source code of a document (which could be public). Use it only for not really sensitive content.
+    Using a environment variable to store the password is recommended.
+</Callout>
 
+<ProtectedContent password="42">
+    Yes, what you input is the ultimate answer to *life*, *the universe*, and **everything**.
+</ProtectedContent>
+
+```mdx
+<ProtectedContent password="42">
+    Yes, what you input is the ultimate answer to *life*, *the universe*, and **everything**.
+</ProtectedContent>
+```
+
+<ProtectedContent>
+    And this will be encrypted with a global password, which is set in the environment variable `CONTENT_PASSWORD` or defined by `config.ts`. (config.ts takes precedence over the environment variable)
+</ProtectedContent>
+
+```mdx
+<ProtectedContent>
+   And this will be encrypted with a global password, which is set in the environment variable `CONTENT_PASSWORD` or defined by `config.ts`. (config.ts takes precedence over the environment variable)
+</ProtectedContent>
+```
 
 ## Headings
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/encrypt.ts b/src/plugins/encrypt.ts
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index 0000000..505a273
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+++ b/src/plugins/encrypt.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import crypto from 'crypto';
+
+export function encrypt(content: string, password: string) {
+    // Generate a random initialization vector
+    const iv = crypto.randomBytes(16);
+
+    // Derive key from password using PBKDF2
+    const key = crypto.pbkdf2Sync(password, iv, 100000, 32, 'sha256');
+
+    // Create cipher
+    const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv('aes-256-gcm', key, iv);
+
+    // Encrypt content
+    let encryptedData = cipher.update(content, 'utf8', 'base64');
+    encryptedData += cipher.final('base64');
+
+    // Get auth tag and append to encrypted data
+    const authTag = cipher.getAuthTag();
+    const encryptedBuffer = Buffer.concat([
+        Buffer.from(encryptedData, 'base64'),
+        authTag
+    ]);
+
+    return {
+        encryptedData: encryptedBuffer.toString('base64'),
+        iv: iv.toString('base64')
+    };
+}
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