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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [How to remove “Private” from private pages?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-private-from-private-pages/)
 *  [lenmcgrane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenmcgrane/)
 * (@lenmcgrane)
 * [16 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-private-from-private-pages/#post-1036757)
 * I have messed up badly, trying to follow this advice. Can you help dig me out?
 * I have started to build
    [http://www.how-to-hypnotize-anyone.com](http://www.how-to-hypnotize-anyone.com)
   and have made two pages private. They are: domain/confirm domain/collect
 * I tried to get rid of the
    Private: that appears in the headline of the two private
   pages by simply changing the word ‘Private:’ to ‘123’ in the post-format.php 
   file in wp-includes. (Just a test.)
 * That is, I changed
    `$title = sprintf(__('Private: %s'), $title);` to `$title
   = sprintf(__('123: %s'), $title);`
 * When I went to the two private pages I got a 404 error message both times. I 
   reverted to the orig line of code. Still 404. I changed the permissions on the
   file post-template.php to 644 and then to 777 (temporarily) and still got 404.
 * Then I uploaded another copy to the post-format.php file from WordPress.org. 
   Still getting the 404.
 * Can you show me how to change the word ‘Private’ without incurring the 404?
 * Or do I have to uninstall my WP site and start again? (That would not be too 
   hard. There is not much content on the site yet.)
 * Thanks,
    Len
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [How easy is WP to install?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-easy-is-wp-to-install/)
 *  Thread Starter [lenmcgrane](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenmcgrane/)
 * (@lenmcgrane)
 * [20 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-easy-is-wp-to-install/#post-209029)
 * Thanks, everyone. I’m in!
 * Len

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