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I want to set up a private WordPress site, with only 2 users, all I need is a simple private site functionality, with visitors unable to see anything when trying to login, only being redirected to the login page. RSS should also be blocked.

I have found one plugin which does this, but it doesn't seem to be maintained, any others which do the same thing and are maintained?

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/members-only/

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  • Do you want the content to be public or private? Is it just the back-end features that you want to be private?
    – turbonerd
    Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 10:59
  • no I am using P2 theme for WordPress and I want the site to be internal so we can collaborate without the content being accessible to anyone else.
    – urok93
    Commented Apr 17, 2012 at 21:20

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Use this :

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/password-protected/

A very simple way to quickly password protect your WordPress site with a single password. Integrates seamlessly into your WordPress privacy settings.

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Install and configure the Login Logo plugin by Mark Jaquith. This will change the logo on your password entry page AND also your admin login page.

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If you can, use apache basic authentication, much easier than trying to do this with a WP plugin, especially if you only have 2 users for the site.

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  • The advantage of this approach is that it provides umbrella security at a lower level. No need to worry about hackers working around wordpress security if you're using apache's security instead. Not sure if it's "easier" really. Setting up a htaccess file isn't exactly "point and click" easy. Also this approach is inelegant in some ways. The htaccess pop-up (depends on the browser but) generally feels crude and ugly. And this will mean the admin user(s) has to login twice. Once via the htaccess pop-up, and once with the wordpress login screen.
    – Harry Wood
    Commented Jun 30, 2013 at 9:32
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See WordPress › Absolute Privacy « WordPress Plugins. Full login control and blocking of RSS.

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I've been working on this a little bit, and this solution adds a new set of options to the "Privacy" settings page.

function oxide_setup_options() {
    register_setting('oxide-privacy', 'blog_open');
    $blog_open = get_option('blog_open');
    if ( empty( $blog_open ) ) {
        add_option('blog_open', '0');
    }
}
add_action('admin_init', 'oxide_setup_options');
function oxide_restrict_toggle() { ?>
<?php settings_fields('oxide-privacy'); ?>
<legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e( 'Site Access Restriction' ); ?> </span></legend>
<input id="blog-open" type="radio" name="blog_open" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('blog_open')); ?> />
<label for="blog-open"><?php _e( 'Allow access to all users.' );?></label><br/>
<input id="blog-closed" type="radio" name="blog_open" value="0" <?php checked('0', get_option('blog_open')); ?> />
<label for="blog-closed"><?php _e( 'Restrict access to logged in users.' ); ?></label>
<p class="description"><?php _e( 'Note: This option blocks access to your site &mdash; like a boss.' ); ?></p>
<?php do_settings_fields('oxide-privacy', 'default'); ?>
<?php }
add_action('blog_privacy_selector', 'oxide_restrict_toggle');
function oxide_restrict_access() {
    if ( !get_option('blog_open') && !is_user_logged_in() ) {
        wp_redirect( wp_login_url() ); exit;
    }
}
add_action('parse_request', 'oxide_restrict_access');

screenshot of the Privacy Options screen after implementation

Just toss that code into your theme's functions.php file or create a simple plugin containing the code and you're well on your way!

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  • I find it hard to believe that hacking around with php files is the best solution to this... but I can confirm I have tried this and it works. Thanks! Also it does block access to the RSS too.
    – Harry Wood
    Commented Jun 30, 2013 at 9:35

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