Title: Behind Closed Doors
Author: spencersokol
Published: <strong>June 11, 2014</strong>
Last modified: February 14, 2019

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Behind Closed Doors

 By [spencersokol](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spencersokol/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/behind-closed-doors.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/behind-closed-doors/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/behind-closed-doors/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/behind-closed-doors/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/behind-closed-doors/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/behind-closed-doors/)

## Description

Keep your site behind closed doors with this plugin, by redirecting visitors to 
a single page, and optionally giving users a login form to view the remainder of
your site.

Basic uses:
 1. Keeping your site hidden while in initial development, while still
allowing test users and clients to login 2. Putting your site in a “maintenance 
mode” quickly

### Upgrade Notices

### Future Releases

## Installation

 1. Upload the contents of the plugin to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Will this work with my theme?

Yes. The default template is extremely simple and should fit in with most any theme.
You can also add a custom template to your theme.

  How do I customize the front door?

You can copy the `login.php` file from the `<plugin-directory>/templates/` to your
theme directory and customize it to your needs. Do not edit the `<plugin-directory
>/templates/login.php` file directly, as it could be overwritten by later plugin
updates.

  What happens if I go directly to an admin URL?

Admin pages bypass the front door. For example, if you go to http://yoursite.com/
wp-admin/ and you are not logged in, you will be redirected to http://yoursite.com/
wp-login.php by the default WordPress behavior. This is to prevent the site admin
from accidentally locking themselves out of their site by specifying a custom front
door page with no login form.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Behind Closed Doors” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ spencersokol ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spencersokol/)

[Translate “Behind Closed Doors” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/behind-closed-doors)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/behind-closed-doors/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/behind-closed-doors/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/behind-closed-doors/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/behind-closed-doors/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Added option to redirect to front door on user logout

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 * Tags
 * [login](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login/)[maintenance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/)
   [maintenance mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)[privacy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/privacy/)
   [security](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/behind-closed-doors/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ spencersokol ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spencersokol/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/behind-closed-doors/)

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