Site Offline

  • Ok, so is there no way to take a site offline without a plugin? Usually I build on my desktop and transfer to another server, but I am building this one directly on a clients wordpress they already had. I’ve went too far to start over and build on my desktop.
    The problem I have with plugins is that I have tried a few and they don’t work for me. I am using a wordpress installation that is not hosted with wordpress, so this must interfere with the plugins settings.
    It just seems like such a short-sited thing to leave out a site offline option on such an otherwise great CMS.

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  • Hi solesen,

    You don’t need to host anything with WordPress. WordPress.com and .org are two different things. The .org version you can host yourself, this has no bearing on plugins working.

    I think the real issue here is why the plugins you are trying are not working. Either it’s the plugins, unlikely if you have tried a few or it’s something to do with your setup.

    There is a setting in the admin so that search engines dont crawl the website. If you are developing the site it is unlikely people would find it without a direct link or via a search engine (even then it’s unlikely to be listed for a while and not be high in rankings).

    Also you have to realise that a site offline option is really only suited to very few users, which would constitute “bloat”. It’s unnecessary for the majority so plugins are used for the few.

    So can you tell us more about your setup and any ideas why plugins are not working?

    Cheers

    Neil

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