Make Wordpress blog private: how it works

You can make your Wordpress blog private, for example to only allow your family or friends access to your posts. In this practical tip, we show you how to proceed.

Make the WordPress blog private with the plug-in

With the free WordPress plug-ins "Private Content" or "My Private Site" you can make your blog private with little effort and only allow access to certain people.

• To do this, download and install the free plug-in.
• Each visitor is then redirected to a login page so that only registered users can visit your blog.
• The special thing about the first tool is that you can decide who can see what from your blog. In this way you can fill different roles and set different visibilities. The second tool gives you a completely private site.

Hide individual posts on WordPress

If you don't want to make individual contributions publicly available, you can also change the visibility directly in the WordPress text editor_

• To do this, click "Edit" in the article mask to the right of "Visibility".
• Then mark the menu item "Private". After that, only logged in members can read the corresponding posts.

We will show you how to find the admin login at WordPress in another practical tip.