• Resolved ed1969

    (@ed1969)


    I created a travel blog last year, which I now want to hide. I’ve set all the posts to Private but the “home page” is still visible: the info that you control on the General Settings page of the administration area. How do you hide this too, please?

    Ed

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • To make your whole site private, you can use a plugin. Options include a Maintenance Mode plugin?(such as?WPMaintenance?Mode)?which displays a temporary message to visitors, or a plugin that password-protects your site, like?Password?Protected, to restrict access only to those with the password.

    1. Use a Maintenance Mode Plugin: Install a plugin like WP Maintenance Mode to hide your site with a maintenance page.
    2. Password Protect the Site: Use the Password Protected plugin to require a password for site access.
    3. Edit .htaccess (if accessible): Add this to .htaccess for password protection:

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName “Restricted Site”
    AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
    Require valid-user

    Any of these methods will make the homepage and other content private.

    Thread Starter ed1969

    (@ed1969)

    Thanks, both. However, I’ve hidden the site before without doing anything like you’ve suggested, certainly without installing a plugin. I can’t remember how, though!

    I assume you mean that your page should not be found? There is a checkbox under Settings > Reading to prevent search engines from indexing. You just have to set this and then wait some time until the search engines recognize this and throw your page out of their search results.

    Thread Starter ed1969

    (@ed1969)

    Thanks

    Nice if I could help. You are welcome to set the topic to solved.

    Thread Starter ed1969

    (@ed1969)

    Yes, in the end I did install a plugin as I didn’t want to only stop the page being indexed.

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