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  thesistahessentials · Member · Jun 23, 2020 at 11:56 pm

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  Hello,
  I was wondering if visitors have to have a WordPress account to fully access my website. If so, is there a way to change that?

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  writer0001 · Member · Jun 24, 2020 at 10:28 am

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  Hi there,

  If you set your site to Public, they will not need a WordPress.com account. Anyone can view it.
  If it is Private, they will require an account. That is the only way you will be able to control who views your Private site.
  If you want your site to be private, but not require viewers to have a WordPress.com account, check out the support post on password protection:
  https://wordpress.com/support/post-and-page-visibility/#changing-visibility
  Also read https://wordpress.com/support/settings/privacy-settings/.
  If it is set to Coming Soon, only people who are users on the site will be able to see it, while logged into WordPress.com.

  I hope this helps!

  Just a reminder that this forum is for WordPress.com hosted websites. If you use the open-source WordPress software, you’ll need to go to their forum to get help: https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
  If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and the WordPress software you can read the support post:
  https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/