How to Hide a WordPress Blog From the Public

Make your blog invisible by placing it in maintenance mode.

WordPress is a popular blogging platform that you can install on your website and use to blog to the world. There may be times when you want to hide your blog from the public for repairs or for personal reasons. The solution is to install a WordPress plugin to place your site in maintenance mode. Maintenance mode tells your visitors that your blog is temporarily unavailable. Many different maintenance mode plugins exist to choose from.

Instructions

1. Log into your WordPress website.

2. Click "Add New" under Plugins.

3. Click "Maintenance" into the search box. A list of plugins will appear.

4. Read the description of each plug in and then click "Install Now" on one plugin.

5. Click "Activate plugin."

6. Click "Plugins" from your Dashboard and then click "Settings" under the plugin you just installed. Change the value and units to hide your blog for a certain period of time. For example, change the value to "30" and the unit to "days" to hide your blog for 30 days. The specifics of how to choose options, and which options are available, vary among plugins.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to hide only a few posts, make individual posts "Private." Click "Posts," then click "Edit." Click "Edit" next to visibility, then click the "Private" radio button and then click "OK."

References

• WordPress: Writing Posts
• Mukamedia: How do I Hide My WordPress Blog?
• WordPress: Maintenance Mode