{"id":182,"date":"2018-04-02T15:49:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/?p=182"},"modified":"2019-10-24T18:03:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:03:36","slug":"site-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/uncategorized\/site-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"level1\">\n<p>WordPress is a platform intended to allow you to share your thoughts and ideas freely and easily with the world. However, there are options to publish to a more limited audience.<\/p>\n<p>The first way is to limit who can find your website. That is done by keeping search engines, like Google, from seeing (known as indexing) your site.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"vspace\">To do this, we&#8217;ll start at the\u00a0<strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-153 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.1-f.gif\" alt=\"Screen shot of WordPress Dashboard\" width=\"1245\" height=\"1085\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Navigate to\u00a0<strong>Settings &gt; Reading<\/strong>. Normally the box next to\u00a0<strong>Search Engine Visibility<\/strong>\u00a0is unchecked. If you decide to check the box, it will \u201cDiscourage search engines from indexing this site.\u201d It will depend on the search engine to honor your \u201crequest\u201d. Some search engines will simply ignore it. Obviously, this is not a sure-fire way of keeping your blog private.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019104.1-reading-menu-privacy-setting.gif\" alt=\"reading menu--search engine setting\" width=\"1226\" height=\"873\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">You also have options on individual posts to keep them private, so that only people who are logged in to your site can view a given post. You can also password protect posts with a password you supply. Choose the\u00a0<strong>Private<\/strong>\u00a0radio button to keep a post hidden behind the login, or choose the\u00a0<strong>Password protected<\/strong>\u00a0button and then type in the password you wish to use. Click on\u00a0<strong>OK<\/strong>\u00a0when you are finished. Then be sure you click the\u00a0<strong>Update<\/strong>\u00a0button to save your post with the new settings.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160\" src=\"http:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-02-at-10.31-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1276\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-02-at-10.31-AM.png 1276w, https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-02-at-10.31-AM-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-02-at-10.31-AM-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/vassarspaces.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-04-02-at-10.31-AM-1024x364.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1276px) 100vw, 1276px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is a platform intended to allow you to share your thoughts and ideas freely and easily with the world. 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