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How to 'hide' wordpress site?

by Mynt
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I'm working on a site that's yet to be completed and wondering if there's a way to hide it anyway, or for the visitor to simply see "coming soon."



Thanks!
#hide #site #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    One "cheap and quick" way to do this is to make an "under construction" page and save it as index.html in the same root folder as your WordPress installation. By default your server will server up index.html instead of WordPress's index.php page.

    Of course to see your own site you'll need to specify "index.php" when you load it.

    Bill
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    • Profile picture of the author Minisite Nerd
      Originally Posted by mywebwork View Post

      One "cheap and quick" way to do this is to make an "under construction" page and save it as index.html in the same root folder as your WordPress installation. By default your server will server up index.html instead of WordPress's index.php page.

      Of course to see your own site you'll need to specify "index.php" when you load it.

      Bill
      Do this...it's the easiest way to do it.

      You could also load a PHP page template and then create a page that says "Coming Soon..." or "Under Construction". Then you would create a page with that template, go to settings and set that static page as the home page.

      But what Bill said is the easiest way. Crete an HTMl file that says "Coming Soon..." or has a graphic on it that says that....and upload it as index.html to the root.

      When you are done with the WordPress site, just delete the index.html file.
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  • Profile picture of the author tomcam
    Try this plugin: http://talkpress.de/blip/wet-mainten...rdpress-plugin
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  • Profile picture of the author templarjustice
    You can use the following two ways:
    1. Maintenance Mode Plugin or;
    2. Landing Page Theme

    Nice & simple & let's your work on your stuff easily.
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  • Profile picture of the author kentaiwan98
    The "members only" plugin works well, too. I use it. I set it to one page and let the rest hide while I work on the site.

    Kenneth
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  • Profile picture of the author AllenMack
    Hi there!!!

    There are tons of ways to hide WordPress from your users, you can either setup Coming soon page from your visitors by Installing & activating the following plugins:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/underconstruction/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultima...-construction/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-construction-mode/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/under-construction
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultima...ing-soon-page/

    These plugins will only help you adding a coming soon page or under construction page both are the same things.

    and if you want to hide your WordPress completely that no one can ever known which CMS are you using then you can try Hide My WP - Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress! - WordPress

    Hope it helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Yao Daniel
    Hi there,

    If you're using Wordpress (I think everyone should ), then, you can check IgniteUp Plugin. It's free and it's getting the job done perfectly.

    Good luck!
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