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  mikey323 · Member · May 12, 2015 at 8:54 pm

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  I’m wanting to temporarily block access to my blog so I can make some changes. Can I maybe display a message when a user clicks on my site. I know this can be done on wordpress.org via plugin but what about wordpress.com?

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

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  darrellschulte · Member · May 12, 2015 at 9:03 pm

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  Hello! You can temporarily set your site to private until you’re ready to make it available to the public again.

  Go to your Dashboard and under Settings > Reading, set your site to I would like my site to be private, visible only to myself and users I choose.

  For more information, see: http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

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  timethief · Member · May 12, 2015 at 9:08 pm

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  @mikey323

  daschultemn provided your answer but I’m sharing what I do and why I do it. Note that I never do this temporary chnage to private blog visibility when I register a new blog because it takes weeks for search engines to index the content in WordPress.COM blogs, and I don’t want a private blog entry appearing in search engine results, which is exactly what will happen if you do this.

  I choose not to tell anyone what the URL is while I am setting up a new blog. As WordPress.com is a turnkey operation and as all blogs wearing the same theme use the same underlying template found on the live demo site, it doesn’t take long to set up a WordPress.COM blog. Those I help who have no blogging skills at all can have one up and running with 4 posts and 4 pages in 4 hours time.