password protection

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  wildcrowmarket · Member · Jul 22, 2020 at 3:03 pm

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  I have a free site. I want a group of my friends to be able to login and read it, but no one else in the public to be able to read it. How do I do that?

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  supernovia · Staff · Jul 22, 2020 at 8:16 pm

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  Hi there, I’d recommend making the site private, then adding your friends as viewers.

  You can change the privacy here:
  https://wordpress.com/settings

  And here’s how to invite them:
  https://wordpress.com/support/user-roles/

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  homeboss4health · Member · Jul 22, 2020 at 8:57 pm

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  Thank you. Will my friends be able to edit or change anything if they are viewers? That is why I thought I needed a password. It’s a work group page with info that I don’t want altered in anyway.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 22, 2020 at 11:19 pm

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  Viewers will not be able to edit or add anything: https://wordpress.com/support/user-roles/#viewer