why do friends have to sign up for a wp.com account to access my private blog?

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  nosignoftheroad · Member · Mar 9, 2012 at 12:12 pm

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  is it possible to have a password protected blog at wordpress.com where others don’t have to sign up to view it?
  Blog url: http://nosignoftheroad.wordpress.com/

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Mar 9, 2012 at 3:46 pm

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  You could password protect individual posts and pages:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#password-protect-a-post

  Your readers would only need the password to view the protected post or page — they wouldn’t need a WordPress.com account.

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  nosignoftheroad · Member · Mar 10, 2012 at 7:48 am

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  thanks … that’s helpful.

  i’m assuming from your response that there is no way to password the whole blog without my friends becoming wordpress.com users.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 10, 2012 at 9:35 pm

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  Yes, that is correct. There is no way to password-protect the entire blog, so folks will need to be WordPress.com users and invited to your blog to view it.

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  nosignoftheroad · Member · Mar 11, 2012 at 12:26 pm

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  thanks a lot for your prompt response.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 11, 2012 at 10:37 pm

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  You’re welcome!