Testing a blog before making it live

  • Please pardon my ignorance however I am very new to this.

    Is there any way to add content (i.e posts pages) and configure a self hosted wordpress blog, and not make it visible to the public yet?

    The reason for this is I am doing this as a side project as I go to school and play sports, so I don’t have an abundance of time right now to start one. I would however like to be able to chip away at it little by little but not have it visible to the public until it’s official launch date.

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  • Hi,

    You can try using a plugin like the WordPress Under Construction plugin: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/underconstruction/

    The plugin allow you to setup and activate a simple HTML page with a public message (“website coming soon, under construction, launch date, and etc.”) for anyone who trys to access your site.

    As long as your logged into the dashboard, you will have access as an admin to add content (posts, pages and etc.) and preview the site as you build it out. Then once you’re ready for the world to see your site ?? , just select the “off” option in the plugin settings to deactivate the HTML splash page. Your site will then be visible to everyone.

    Let me know if that helps.

    Thread Starter johnrush5

    (@johnrush5)

    Would it be possible to use this on the home page, or just smaller individual pages?

    If I can use this on the home page to effectively not show the site to anyone till I’m ready that would be amazing and you will have been very helpful!

    Best Regards

    John

    Hi John,

    Yes, this plugin will protect your homepage from being seeing by any possible visitors to your site. So when anyone goes to yourdomain.com, they will only see the “under construction” page you setup with this plugin.

    I have used this plugin while working on some projects, and it works great! Please let me know if this answers your question. I’m always glad to help ??

    Thanks,

    -Cliff

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