Title: Private posts aren’t PRIVATE
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Private posts aren’t PRIVATE

 *  [dixiechick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dixiechick/)
 * (@dixiechick)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-posts-arent-private/)
 * I just published my first private post. It looked good at first but I noticed
   if I clicked on an internal link and came back to my main page the private post
   wasn’t so private anymore. I just upgraded to 2.0.
    Is there a fix for this?

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 *  [TechGnome](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techgnome/)
 * (@techgnome)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-posts-arent-private/#post-328526)
 * Have you tried logging out? It probably recognizes you as a valid user of your
   site and as the author….
 * =tg
 *  Thread Starter [dixiechick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dixiechick/)
 * (@dixiechick)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-posts-arent-private/#post-328529)
 * I logged out. Clicked my browser off and went back in. I even cleared my history.
 *  Thread Starter [dixiechick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dixiechick/)
 * (@dixiechick)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-posts-arent-private/#post-328535)
 * I just had a friend try it and she was able to read the private post without 
   using the password by clicking on an internal link.
 *  [tranzndance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranzndance/)
 * (@tranzndance)
 * [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-posts-arent-private/#post-328945)
 * Did you press Publish or Save? When I clicked Publish and chose the private option,
   the post showed. Then I learned that I should only use ‘save’.

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 * Last reply from: [tranzndance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranzndance/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-posts-arent-private/#post-328945)
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