HOW-TO: Turn off site until development is complete ?

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  dsworder · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 6:57 pm

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  Is there a way to hide my site from the general public (and web crawlers) while it’s being developed ? I’d just as soon not expose the site to everyone while I learn and experiment with WordPress.com.

  Thanks,

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  onursinfo · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 7:09 pm

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  There are some plugins called ”maintenance mode” for this job but using plugin is not allowed at wordpress.com

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  auxclass · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 7:16 pm

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  @onurkaratas – useless answers just confuse people

  For a WordPress.COM blog – set to private

  Dashboard >> Settings >> Read >> I would like my site to be private, visible only to users I choose

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  dsworder · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 7:16 pm

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  For anyone else who stumbles across this post…

  Under Settings >> Reading >> Site Visibility, there is a radio button labeled “I would like my site to be private.” Clicking it addresses the issue.

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  dsworder · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 7:17 pm

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  Thanks auxclass. Looks like we posted at the same time.

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  ifmomsaysok · Member · Feb 2, 2013 at 7:17 pm

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  You could set it to “private” until it’s how you want it, then return it to public viewing.

  Dashboard>Settings>Reading>(Site visibility)