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I have a public blog but would like to have a section just for my own private notes? What is the easiest way to do this? Is there a way to make an entire category of post private?

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    Silly suggestion: just don't publish the private notes? Keep them as drafts?
    – Jan Fabry
    Apr 11, 2011 at 20:26

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You could perhaps:

1) Create the category for your Private posts, e.g. "Private"

2) Exclude the "Private" category from your main Loop

3) Output the "Private" category using a custom template file, e.g. category-private.php

4) Wrap the Loop in category-private.php in an if ( is_user_logged_in() ) conditional

(This assumes, of course, that you are the only user of your site. You will need to modify if you have additional users.)

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5) Wrap the Loop in single.php in an `if ( is_user_logged_in() || ! is_category( 'private' ) ) conditional.

6) Add an exclude=#' argument, where#is the Category ID of the "Private" Category, to any call towp_list_categories()`.

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  • Would this exclude 'Private' from showing up in any tag cloud or category cloud or list?
    – Brig
    Apr 11, 2011 at 18:02
  • Hmm... probably not. You would need to add an exclude argument to wp_list_categories() if it appears anywhere. Apr 11, 2011 at 18:09
  • I added a couple of other steps. Apr 11, 2011 at 18:14
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Try this: Private Suite

"Allows you to choose who can read private content and offers better control of privacy features."

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I have been a long time user of the Wordpress CAPA plugin, wich does exactly what I think you are looking for.

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