How do I take my site temporarily offline?

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  diamondsinthesky1 · Member · Aug 28, 2013 at 9:48 pm

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  I’m looking for a quick and easy way to take my site down. I read of a plugin called Maintenance Mode, but that appears to be for .org sites and not .com.

  Thanks in advance.

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

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  timethief · Member · Aug 28, 2013 at 9:50 pm

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  To change blog visibility to public from private go to > Settings > Reading and select option 3.
  See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  timethief · Member · Aug 28, 2013 at 9:51 pm

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  There is no FTP access and no plugin capability on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes anything at all stated here http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ FTP access, and plugins are available only for VIP bloggers http://vip.wordpress.com/our-services/ or for those with WordPress.ORG installs.
  Please read > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/