Friends-only Login?
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Hi – I’m trying to upload a plugin to make my blog semi private, for family and friends only. The “Friends-Only” plugin was suggested, but I see that it’s not possible to upload that to wordpress.com.
Are there other similar options available for limiting access to just friends and family?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Blogger installed plugin capability does not exist on WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality. You are confusing WordPress.ORG and WordPress.COM. For that type of functionality you’d need a self-hosted site running on a paid web hosting service.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
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 but does not need to register a blog. The invitees who lack username accounts select the “username only” option here:
https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/?user=1hat requirement is because the software has to be able to differentiate between hackers and official blog 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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Are there other similar options available for limiting access to just friends and family?
Of course:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/ (option 3.)https://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/#invite-people-to-view-your-private-blog
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