How to setup a Private Blog?

Hello Greg –

There are a couple of steps you can take.

1. Go to OPTIONS > Privacy, and turn on “I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors”. This will block search engines from crawling and cataloging your pages.

2. Then, here’s a plugin that allows your blog only to be viewed by registered users (those with a password):
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/angsumans-authenticated-wordpress-plugin-password-protection-for-your-wordpress-blog/

Best…
– Scott
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