How to Enable Private Mode on WordPress Website?

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If you wish to limit your WordPress site from visitors, then here is an easy way. You can enable private mode on WordPress by installing the plugin “Restricted Site Access”. This plugin will allow you to restrict all unwanted users and may send a WordPress login page while accessing the site.

The main reasons for having a WordPress page private.

If you are just building your website, then you can enable this private mode and it will help you to prevent the access to your website.

The private WordPress is useful for sharing your family photos and personal blogs etc.

It will be always helpful if you have a private online diary.

Teams working on projects can collaborate on a private blog.

A classroom website can be made private and accessible only to registered students.

 

Steps to make WordPress site in private mode.

1) Login to WordPress dashboard.

2) Install a plugin “Restricted Site Access” from plugins> > Add new, this plugin is very useful if you are looking for a quick and easy way to redirect visitors while you’re setting up WordPress on a new domain or need to perform maintenance.

Private Mode

 

3) After installing and activating that plugin, please navigate to “Reading” section under “Settings” on WordPress Dashboard.

From the “Site Visibility” option click on the radio button “Restrict site access to visitors who are logged in or allowed by IP address” to activate the plugin. Enable the option ” Send them to the WordPress login screen ” to handle restricted visitors, which may send the WordPress login page when a restricted visitor access your website. You can add IPs of allowed users in the box “Unrestricted IP addresses”.

Private Mode

 

After making the above changes click on “Save Changes” button to enable all changes.

That’s it now your website is only being accessible by the allowed users.

 

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