Hide Website or Put In Draft Format

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  tamark4184 · Member · Jan 21, 2026 at 7:05 am

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  we have a new website, but want to still keep this website without anyone else seeing it and no longer picked up by search engines. Can I put the website in draft? I know if I delete it we won’t be able to get it back. In case we need to go back to our WordPress site.

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  staartmees · Member · Jan 21, 2026 at 8:01 am

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  Just set it to private – https://wordpress.com/support/privacy-settings/make-your-website-private/