Can a select group view my blog without signing up for WordPress?

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  kneubauer1 · Member · May 7, 2015 at 6:06 pm

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  I’d like to keep my blog private, but allow some of my friends to view it. But they don’t want to sign up for WordPress. Can select people view my blog without having to sign up for WordPress? Is there some kind of option where I can give select people a password for the blog to let them view it? Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 7, 2015 at 6:08 pm

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  Can a select group view my blog without signing up for WordPress?

  No. We cannot password protect WordPress.COM blogs.

  You can have either a public or a private blog and there is no limitation on the total number of contributors to any blog. If you’d like to invite others to publish posts or help approve comments on your blog, you can invite them to be a Contributor, Editor, or Author. If you want users to receive updates each time you publish new content you can invite them to be a follower/viewer.

  To change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings

  See here please:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/ and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

  The person will have to register a username account which requires an email address only, but does not need to register a blog. That requirement is because the software has to be able to differentiate between hackers and official users and allow access only to those with username accounts and official roles on the blog.

  They will need to click the “Accept Invitation” button in the invitation email. If they are logged into their WordPress.com account, they will be taken directly to your blog. If not, they will be taken to the log-in screen, where they can either log in or create a new user account.

  Note that users who create a new WordPress.com account at that point will still need to return to the invitation email and click the “Accept Invitation” button after doing so.

  Lastly, there is a built-in spammer prevention so send out only 10 invitations at one point in time and then wait and manage those before sending out 10 more.

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  kneubauer1 · Member · May 7, 2015 at 6:22 pm

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  Thank you so much!

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  timethief · Member · May 7, 2015 at 6:26 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.