Title: private area
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# private area

 *  [keneso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keneso/)
 * (@keneso)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-area/)
 * Hi,
 * I am not sure I understood well the differences between public, password protected,
   and private.
    I need to know if I can have a restricted area where to put pages,
   infos, images, downloads etc.) where only members can log into; by members I 
   mean simple subsriber/visitors, people who don’t have any other priviledge. From
   what I read seems public is for all, passwrod protected is for people **I** choose,
   and private is for admin and editors. It seems the password protected is somehow
   what I am looking for, save that I don’t want to choose who is going tosee the
   info, as I’d like all registered users to see it.
 * How can I do that?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [checkm840](https://wordpress.org/support/users/checkm840/)
 * (@checkm840)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-area/#post-1052547)
 * I need a way to block the entire site or at least the user information/posts 
   except for those who have registered and are approved.
 *  Thread Starter [keneso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keneso/)
 * (@keneso)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-area/#post-1052628)
 * >>checkm840
 * You can use .htaccess and .htpasswd to achieve that, just google something like“
   restricting a site using htaccess”, or “using .htaccess to protect a directory”,
   or othe similar phrases, and you’ll find lots of tutorials.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [keneso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keneso/)
 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-area/#post-1052628)
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