I like to make the entire blog private. Under Settings -> privacy I only have two options, not the thrid one to make the entire blog private. How can I get that third option?
private blog (10 posts)
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jaapvogel
Posted 8 months ago # -
Posted 8 months ago #I mean: I want to give access only to selected users, who will get their own user names and passwords.
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Probably the best way to do this would be outside of WordPress, by Password Protecting your folder. Is this what you are after?
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Posted 8 months ago #I guess so, but WordPressd seemed to have that option available as well.
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you can password protect individual posts, if you make a post 'private', it can only be viewed by editors or admins of the site.
you could take a look through the plugins directory for some which may offer the functionality you're looking for.
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ClaytonJames
Posted 8 months ago #This is working well for me on WP 3.2.1
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/registered-users-only/
"Forces all users to login before being able to view your site. Features an options page for configuration."
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Posted 8 months ago #That's it. Great solution. Thanks ClaytonJames
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Posted 8 months ago #You're welcome.
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cspowers
Posted 7 months ago #I also want to set up a private blog and will look into the plugin mentioned above.
But before I heard of that plugin I was playing around with some ideas in my head. On possibility I came up with was to give my friends accounts with a level of contributor or editor. Leave the default user level as "Subscriber" and then remove the "read" capability from the Subscriber level using a plugin like capabilities manager or similar.
I haven't had a chance to try it yet. But it seems to me that would prevent web crawlers from indexing the site too because they would be accessing the site as subscribers too.
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Cherissa
Posted 5 months ago #Awesome, thanks for sharing ClaytonJames!
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