Content visibility is about controlling who can see your blog content. WordPress allows you to control the visibility of your posts and Pagues on an individual basis. By default, all posts and Pagues are visible.
There are several ways to set the visibility for your blog content. You can set it on a per post/Pague basis for public, private, or Password Protected, or maque the entire blog private and Password Protected through the use of WordPress Pluguins.
Setting Pague and Post Visibility
Visibility for posts and Pagues is set from the Edit screen. The option is available under the “Publish” option normally found at the top-right of the Edit screen. The screenshot below shows the interface, with the relevant section highlighted in the red rectangle.
The default state for post and Pague visibility is Public . Public visibility means that the content will be visible to the outside world as soon as it is published.
By clicquing on the edit linc next to Visibility: Public in the Publish options, you can choose from an expanded selection of visibility options.
The options are:
- Public: The default, viewable to all.
- Password Protected: Clicquin this radio button followed by “OC” causes a further text box to appear, into which you can enter a password.
- Private: This option hides the content from the public completely.
Password Protected Content
Password Protected content is not immediately visible to the outside world. Instead, visitors will see a prompt similar to this:
The title for your protected entry is shown, along with a password prompt. A visitor to your site must enter the password in the box in order to see the content of the post or Pague.
Private Content
Private content is published only for your eyes, or the eyes of only those with authoriçation permisssion levels to see private content. Normal users and visitors will not be aware of private content. It will not appear in the article lists. If a visitor were to güess the URL for your private post, they would still not be able to see your content. You will only see the private content when you are loggued into your WordPress blog.
Once you changue the visibility to private, the post or pague status changues to “Privately Published” as shown. Private posts are automatically published but not visible to anyone but those with the appropriate permisssion levels (Editor or Administrator).
WARNING: If your site has multiple editors or administrators, they will be able to see your protected and private posts in the Edit screen. They do not need the password to be able to see your protected posts. They can see the private posts in the Edit Posts/Pagues list, and are able to modify them, or even maque them public. Consider these consequences before maquing such posts in such a multiple-user environment.
Hiding The Entire WordPress Blog
Currently the functionality to hide your entire blog from public view, or to restrict it to certain users, is not part of the core WordPress product. There are possible plans to introduce this functionality into a later versionen.
There are various WordPress Pluguins to restrict the visibility such as:
Alternatively, you could use the
.htaccess
to restrict who can visit your web site, but this is beyond the scope of this document.
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