In this article, I will teach you how to create a private blog
a private blog is a blog where all the contents are not available online, the articles and pages are not indexed by the search engine and this means that the contents cannot be found through searches on Google, Yahoo or other search engines
a private blog is usually considered as a personal diary due to its nature being private and personal
the private blog is a type of blog used by those bloggers who do not want to share their content with the web or who wish to have a place on the private web accessible only to a small group of readers
in some cases the private blog is also used to create private online spaces accessible only via username and password dedicated to certain segments of readers where to insert exclusive content divided by categories and by public
The main reasons for having a private blog are:
- have private content that you don’t want to be in the public domain
- have an area dedicated to private customers
- have a space to create exclusive content
- have a space to hold premium content
How To Create a private blog with wordpress.com
WordPress is the most functional and popular CMS (content management system) for blogging in the world
creating a private blog with WordPress is really simple, in fact the service allows you to set up your blog entirely privately
or it allows you to choose which content to make private
this feature is free and included in the basic WordPress package
here is the procedure to create a private blog with WordPress:
- linked to your account
- go to general settings / writing
- select the “private site” option in the site visibility section
- Save your changes
the process is really simple and fast, after saving the changes you can start writing your private blog
Note: people will only be able to find your site if we have the complete url of your blog
if you only want an article from your private blog, another option is available on WordPress that allows you to select the content to be made private
this allows you to make your blog public but to hide certain parts
to make articles private you have to go to the article editor and choose the visibility of the article before publishing it
select private and non-public mode
in this way the published posts will be visible only to users who have the credentials to access your account
How To Create a private blog with blogger
Blogger is a blogging service managed by Google that allows the creation of private blogs
here are the steps to create a private blog with Blogger:
- Log in to your blogger account
- click on settings
- identify the “privacy” option
- set privacy to Off
this operation allows the blog not to be displayed by search engines.
if, on the other hand, you intend to select the public and give access to your content only to the people who have the credentials of your blog
you must then go to “permissions” and set access as reader to “private for the author”
this option will limit access to your blog only to readers who have the access keys
save your changes and you are ready to create content for your private blog
How to Create a private blog with Tumblr
Tumblr is the microblogging platform that is used to create blogs and post text or multimedia content
Tumblr allows you to create a private blog starting from the second blog created on the platform
in other words, the first blog must necessarily be public while from the second onwards they can all be private
The procedure for making the blog private with Tumblr is:
- Log in to your account
- click on settings in the menu
- select the name of your secondary blog
- in the “settings enable” section select “this blog is password protected”
- enter the password to protect the blog
- save changes
Tools to create a private blog
my private site
Myprivate site is a WordPress plugin that allows a website administrator to allow only readers who have access credentials to view a blog.
myprivate site was developed by David Gewirtz
and has a rating of 4.5 / 5
Password protected
Password protected is a WordPress plugin to password protect your website and the contents of your site
password protected was developed by WPExperts
has a rating of 4.6 / 5
Private content
Private content is a WordPress plugin that gives you the functionality to show a small portion of your article only to certain users (administrator, authors and publishers)
private content was developed by Aldo Latino
and has a rating of 5/5
