If you are building an intranet-style WordPress site or just want to have a private blog, the following plugins are a simple and easy solution that let you do just that.
Private Only
Do you have a private blog that you only want your friends and family to see and read it?
This plugin will redirect all users who aren’t logged in to the login form where they are shown a user-friendly message.
Get Private Only
Password Protected
A very simple way to quickly password protect your WordPress site with a single password. Integrates seamlessly into your WordPress privacy settings.
Features include:
- Password protect your WordPress site with a single password.
- Integrates seamlessly into your WordPress privacy settings.
- Works with Mark Jaquith’s Login Logo plugin.
Absolute Privacy
Absolute Privacy turns your WordPress blog into a fully private site where you control who has access. It’s perfect for family blogs, private communities, and personal websites. You canlockdown the entire site or create a members only area, moderate new registrations, force users to enter first/last name and choose their password during sign up, and more!
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Hi!
Your best option is s2member which is being actively developed still. I use it and it’s very powerful.
Thanks for the tip Magnus!
Hi there, thanks for your post! I’m interested in using the s2member you mention above for an WP intranet setup that I want to create. Do you have any idea about running Google Analytics or any alternative for a private site?
Thanks for this info! I might want to lock down one of my personal sites later on down the line so it’s good to have this list handy.
good job on the blog post. and nice suggestions for pluggins. I might use this for a forum type site maybe. I dunno. We’ll have to see.
I think this is one of the most recently published articles I’ve found on this subject so I was hoping for really up to date advise. I note however that a number of plugins mentioned above haven’t been updated for ages and may not be compatible with the latest version of WordPress (3.4.2). Is it fairly normal practice to install a slightly older version of WP, or should I stick with the latest? I’ve tried several of the above plugins but they seem to also block access to the registration page. I’ve looked at s2member but its complexity seems overkill for a simple registered users only workflow. What I’d really like to do is have the login and register pages combined on one page, and have new registration requests subject to Admin approval. Any pointers would be appreciated.
Definitely stick to the latest version of WP
Here’s a tip. To find the right registration plugin for my needs I was searching by keywords like ‘register’, ‘privacy’ etc. Try searching by ‘login’ instead. This found a load more plugins including “SimpleModal Login” which is a great step in the right direction. I’m still going to need something like Absolute Privacy to make the site completely private and something to add Admin approval of new registrations. We’d also be well advised to use a captcha of some sort to avoid spam registrations. Many small improvements, when combined, make a big difference (aggregation of marginal gains).
Hi. I recently wanted to take up blogging again and logged into my old wordpress account. The site has totally changed, but I managed to somehow find my way to the page where I needed to create a new blog (or so I thought). I then proceeded to create a new website (website name given above). Unfortunately, when I went back to the Dashboard settings, I found that the new blog I created was actually a website, and not only that, it was private. Even to myself?! I don’t remember setting any privacy settings. And I cannot find where I can even access it to un-privatise it. I do not want this website address as a website, but as a blog. Please point me in the write direction.
hello sorry i have a blog like social community this is visible tu everyone i whant do it a private blog what i have to do please without change nothing in my home only hide the menù and some elements on sidebar please? It’s possible please?
Thanks for this useful post! I’ve bookmarked for future reference. Another site that I also recommend that you haven’t included in your post is http://www.dreame.biz. I love it because it has more than 50+ Tutorial Best.
Thanks for sharing. This topic interests me a lot. That’s why I also look for some other methods to keep WordPress sites private and come up with this article “3 Ways to Hide Your WordPress Site Under Development” – https://passwordprotectwp.com/3-ways-hide-wordpress-site-under-development/. It shows 3 ways to hide WP sites with clear steps.