Title: Hosting wordpress website
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Hosting wordpress website

 *  [prtk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prtk/)
 * (@prtk)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-wordpress-website-1/)
 * Hi
 * I would like to host my existing wordpress website to a web hosting provider.
   But I do like to be able to make changes to the website remotely before it is
   visible to public.
 * 1) Can I publish the website with temporary domain name and transfer to a permanent
   domain name once the site is ready to be visited by public?
 * 2) Would setting the site to private on WP admin portal be a good way to make
   sure public can’t view it yet?
 * 3) How can I enable access only to hosted admin part of the hosted wordpress 
   website rather than actual website (resolved by point 2 above?) ?
 * 4) The login on the localhost instance is insecure. How can one secure the WP
   admin login with SSL? I want only site admins and dev team members to access 
   the admin portal.
 * I would go with a webhosting provider that supports wordpress installation and
   server stack. I will register the domain name and publish my WP site once my 
   queries are cleared.
 * I have gone with the package from wordpress.org because I wanted more control
   in customizing the website also its source code.

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