Private only plugin – How to install?

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  enevius3110 · Member · Nov 19, 2014 at 10:11 am

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  I have followed all the directions regarding ‘Private only’ to ensure that my blog remains completely private, but when I arrived at the step to ‘Activate Private Only via Plugin page’, I could not find the plugin panel which is meant to be on the WordPress Dashboard. Did I miss something here?

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

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  honeysilvas · Member · Nov 19, 2014 at 4:18 pm

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  Hi,

  To make your blog private, please follow the instructions listed here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  You can also just change your visibility per post or per page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/

  Regarding plugins, you can’t install plugins here at WordPress.com. You can only install plugins if you have a self-hosted WordPress.org site. Please read this to learn more about the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  Hope that clears it up!

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  enevius3110 · Member · Nov 19, 2014 at 5:16 pm

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  Hi,

  Thank you for your help. So, if I’ve understood correctly, only if I have a self-hosted wordPress.org site will the “plugin” button show up on my dashboard. It seems bizarre that they fail to mention that in the explanation shown on this link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-only/ I’ll just have to configure the settings post by post which is a real hassle.

  Cheers and happy word pressing.

  Erica

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  honeysilvas · Member · Nov 19, 2014 at 5:28 pm

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  Hi, Erica!

  If you want to make your entire blog private, you can follow the instructions listed here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  The link you mentioned is a WordPress.org link so anything from there is for a self-hosted WordPress.org site.

  It also says there:

  Requires WordPress 3.0 and PHP5

  Any numbered (versioned) WordPress is a self-hosted WordPress.org site. There are no numbers here at WordPress.com.

  Let us know if you have more questions.

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 19, 2014 at 6:15 pm

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  Don’t read instructions for WordPress.ORG sites; they do not apply to your blog and will only confuse you.

  The privacy functionality is built in to WordPress.com blogs; you will find it on the Settings->Reading page of the dashboard.