How Private is a Private Blog?

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  bloggertam · Member · Mar 10, 2013 at 2:31 am

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  Question about privacy that I can’t find an answer for.

  I found how a person can set their blog to private and invited users only. However, when you post a blog, there are choices on the right about private, public, etc. again. If a site is already set to private only, why are those choices even there? How private is private???

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

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 10, 2013 at 2:42 am

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  If you have a private site, other people can verify your site exists but unless you invite them to read it, they can’t. They get a landing page that says Sign In to read the Protected Blog.

  If you set a particular Post as private, only you can read it, whether it’s a public blog or not. If you set a post as password-protected and it’s a public blog, only people with the password can read it. If it’s a private blog, only people you Invited to read the blog who also have the password can read it.

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  cccloc · Member · Mar 11, 2013 at 12:13 am

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  How do I know if the blog is private or public? Where do I find that on the dashboard?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2013 at 12:14 am

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  Settings > Reading > http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  timethief · Member · Mar 11, 2013 at 12:15 am

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  This is a public blog http://cccloc.wordpress.com/
  This is a private blog > http://thissandbox.wordpress.com/