How to Make Your WordPress Blog Private

There are a number of reasons you might want to have your own blog. You may want to keep your blog private when you first configure things to avoid people seeing your blog “under construction”. You may also want to create a blog not for a wide audience but for family and friends only.
Either way, I show you a simple way to password protect your blog so that only people with the password can access it.

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard by going to http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin (replace “yoursite.com” with your domain name.
2. Go to “Plugins ==> Add New” and search for “password protected”



3. In the search results, look for the plugin name “Password Protected” and click “Install Now”. Click “Activate plugin” on the next page.



4. Navigate to “Settings ==> Password Protected”. Check the “Enabled” box and enter a new password. Click “Save Changes”.

Now, anyone who tries to access your blog will be prompted for a password to view your blog.
Please note: This method does not password protect uploaded images or files, but someone will have to know the exact URL of the image to access it. The main way for someone to find out the exact URL of an image on your blog is through search engines. Therefore, you should navigate to “Settings ==> Reading” and check the box that says “Discourage search engines from indexing this site”, then click “Save Changes”. This will help prevent your blog from appearing in search engine results.