{"id":882,"date":"2022-01-31T15:33:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/?p=882"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:33:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:33:18","slug":"how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make WordPress Site Private Easily?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all love to share our opinions, whether written or oral. WordPress site is such a fantastic platform where we can share our views and thoughts. But a couple of writers want to keep their site private. So, today we learned <strong>how to make WordPress site private<\/strong> in easy methods.<\/p>\n<p>If you are still struggling to build your first WordPress site, read a quick guide on <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-create-a-wordpress-account\/\">creating a WordPress account<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in a few steps. Converting a WordPress site private is a reverse process as most bloggers love to be live on Google.<\/p>\n<p>But the private site has its benefits. For example, the private site can collaborate with the companies&#8217; clients, share your thoughts with the limited persons, make your personal dairy, etc. However, instead of making a site private, you can also <b>private your posts<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>I will discuss all the parts in detail, including how to make WordPress site private; read this article thoroughly.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_61 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#How_to_make_WordPress_site_private_without_plugins\" title=\"How to make WordPress site private without plugins?\">How to make WordPress site private without plugins?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#How_to_make_the_entire_WordPress_site_Private_using_Plugins\" title=\"How to make the entire WordPress site Private using Plugins?\">How to make the entire WordPress site Private using Plugins?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#My_Private_Site_Plugin\" title=\"My Private Site Plugin\">My Private Site Plugin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#Custom_Login_to_Private_Site\" title=\"Custom Login to Private Site\">Custom Login to Private Site<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#What_are_the_other_plugins_to_make_a_site_private\" title=\"What are the other plugins to make a site private?\">What are the other plugins to make a site private?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#How_to_make_WordPress_Post_private\" title=\"How to make WordPress Post private?\">How to make WordPress Post private?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#Plugins_to_make_WordPress_posts_private\" title=\"Plugins to make WordPress posts private\">Plugins to make WordPress posts private<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-make-wordpress-site-private-easily\/#Final_Words\" title=\"Final Words\">Final Words<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_WordPress_site_private_without_plugins\"><\/span><strong>How to make WordPress site private without plugins?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thankfully, we have some easy methods to make WordPress site private. Earlier, WordPress itself had an in-built feature for this task through its dashboard setting. This setting could be accessed via <strong>setting&gt;&gt; General &gt;&gt; Privacy. <\/strong>However, some websites still claim this method of making a website private, but it is <strong>not available<\/strong> anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you can make a WordPress website private using WordPress plugins, and it is the only best solution. Unfortunately, you can&#8217;t do this from the WordPress dashboard. So, let&#8217;s explore the different techniques to make <strong>WordPress&#8217;s site private<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_the_entire_WordPress_site_Private_using_Plugins\"><\/span><strong>How to make the entire WordPress site Private using Plugins?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WordPress has tons of plugins to make a website private in a few steps. I am including here some of the popular and best plugins for how to make WordPress site private. I will not discuss a long story; rather will discuss <strong>quick and easy steps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_Private_Site_Plugin\"><\/span><strong>My Private Site Plugin<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/jonradio-private-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My private site<\/a><\/span> is a simple yet popular plugin for a private site. You can install and activate it through your WordPress dashboard. Login to your dashboard and head to the plugin section, type My Private Site in the search bar, install, and activate the plugin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-886 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-205950.png\" alt=\"How to make WordPress site private\" width=\"754\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-205950.png 754w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-205950-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-205950-20x9.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once activated, it is added to your dashboard; open it. Next, move to the <strong>Site Privacy<\/strong> tab and click on this. Here you can see Enable login Privacy button, click on the box in front of this to activate, and finally click on the <strong>Save Privacy Status<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-211647.png\" alt=\"How to make wordpress site private\" width=\"1471\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-211647.png 1471w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-211647-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-211647-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-211647-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-30-211647-20x10.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1471px) 100vw, 1471px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, please move to the next tab <strong>landing page<\/strong>, where you need to decide what users see or where users will land when they visit your private site. If you want to know more about the landing page, read the best guide on <strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/how-to-create-a-landing-page-in-wordpress\/\">what a Landing page is and how to create a Landing page<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>redirect the user<\/strong> either to the same URL again, homepage, admin dashboard, or you can redirect the user to a specific URL. In the last case, you must fill the specified URL on the blank space given.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153.png\" alt=\"how to make WordPress website private\" width=\"1545\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153.png 1545w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153-1536x633.png 1536w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-191153-20x8.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next tab is <strong>Home Page<\/strong> to decide whether users can access your private site&#8217;s homepage without login or not. However, if you are making a site private, this option is not recommended, but if you want to display any specific message to users, then it can be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Next, you can <strong>restrict any user to register<\/strong> on your site but if you want to allow users to do so, then tick on the checkbox. Additionally, you have the option to block the standard user registration page.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Custom_Login_to_Private_Site\"><\/span><strong>Custom Login to Private Site<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As the name implies, a custom login is a way to allow a particular group of people or users to login into a private site. This option could be accessed from the above-mentioned plugin My Private Site and navigated to the <strong>Advanced tab.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-896 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-194020.png\" alt=\"how to make wordpress site private\" width=\"1501\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-194020.png 1501w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-194020-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-194020-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-194020-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-194020-20x10.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to create a custom login page, click on the checkbox, fill <strong>custom login URL<\/strong>, and create a password. This tool is very useful for any company or group project users who want to share confidential information.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Above mentioned method and plugin is the best solution for how to make WordPress site private in an easy way.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_other_plugins_to_make_a_site_private\"><\/span><strong>What are the other plugins to make a site private?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>My Private site is just not a plugin to make a website private, but there are some other tools that help you with this task. However, I will not discuss them in detail but will give a brief overview.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/pagerestrict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Page Restrict<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Page restrict is a simple tool in which you can make a complete site private or can make a portion of the site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-201624.png\" alt=\"make a website private\" width=\"675\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-201624.png 675w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-201624-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-201624-20x15.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just <strong>install and activate the page restrict plugin<\/strong>, head to the setting, type a restriction message that will display to the users on visiting the site. Then, enable the login form restriction method, select items for the page list, and save the setting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/all-in-one-intranet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>All-in-One Intranet<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All-in-one Intranet provides an instant method to make the entire site private in just a few clicks; however, you can&#8217;t make any specific portion of the website private.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-203234.png\" alt=\"how to make a wordpress site private\" width=\"840\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-203234.png 840w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-203234-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-203234-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-203234-20x12.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Install and activate the All-in-one Intranet plugin<\/strong> and navigate to the setting. Tick on the checkbox &#8220;Force site to be entirely private,&#8221; enter login redirect URL, and assign the log-out time when the user automatically logs out.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_make_WordPress_Post_private\"><\/span><strong>How to make WordPress Post private?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Despite making a whole WordPress site private, you can also consider making WordPress post private or make it a <strong>password-protected post<\/strong>. This is extremely useful when you like to inaccessible any post or page from the user.<\/p>\n<p>To make any post private or password-protected, open the specific page or post, and locate the <strong>edit link<\/strong> in front of the Visibility tab (inside Publish section).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-215242.png\" alt=\"How to make a wordpress post private\" width=\"462\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-215242.png 462w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-215242-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/basicwebguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-31-215242-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the visibility section, as shown above, you have <strong>3 options<\/strong>; Public, Password-protected, Private. Select any one of the options and click on the Ok button; however, if you go for password-protected, then <strong>create a password<\/strong> for this post.<\/p>\n<p>Share the created password only to the people who you want to access this post. Remember, the Editor and Administrator won&#8217;t need the password to access this post, neither private feature work for them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plugins_to_make_WordPress_posts_private\"><\/span><strong>Plugins to make WordPress posts private<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>However, above mentioned manual method is quite easy to make a post private. But we have some plugins also through which you can do this. Plugins offer more features apart from just making a post private.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/private-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private Content <\/a>(Free).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/client-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Client Portal<\/a> (Free).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-private-content-plus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Private Content Plus<\/a> (Freemium).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Words\"><\/span><strong>Final Words<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This is all about <strong>how to make WordPress site private<\/strong> with plugins and without plugins. Additionally, we also learned how to make WordPress post private in a few steps.<\/p>\n<p>Private WordPress sites are helpful when you want to share your opinions, information, photos, etc., with a limited group of people.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is better to <strong>make a specific portion<\/strong> of the site, post, or page private instead of the entire site private. In this way, you can convey your message or display the content to only specific people.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you like this article and understand well how to make WordPress website private. Still confused? Then let me know your query through comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all love to share our opinions, whether written or oral. WordPress site is such a fantastic platform where we can share our views and thoughts. But a couple of writers want to keep their site private. So, today we learned how to make WordPress site private in easy methods. 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