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WordPress

Posted by fayroozabader
fayroozabader
3,829 Points

Wordpress privacy setting when in development

Hi,

I have a Wordpress site in development and I would not like the public to view this. Is there a privacy setting that I can use to turn off live view or keep private while I'm building it.

Thanks

4 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Local development is probably the most recommended method. Although, setting up a development server on your system isn't always convenient. Using services like Cloud9 or Bitnami are becoming more popular. There are a number of ways you can go about it. We may start to see development environments shift mostly to the web in the future, but local development is still very much relevant.

WordPress plugins like Duplicator and All-in-One WP Migration make live deployment a little easier.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Hi Fayrooz, probably the best way is with a WordPress plugin, or using alternate methods as well.

fayroozabader
fayroozabader
3,829 Points
fayroozabader
fayroozabader
3,829 Points

Hi Dustin,

Thanks for your feedback.

Just realised that the correct way to work is to develop the site locally first, by installing MAMP. Then when I'm ready, I should upload to my public folder on the server. I'm currently doing Zac Gordon's Wordpress Dev courses and have been following along at basic level. Have just started his new course on working 'locally', so I guess that's the way do it?

Regards Fayrooz

fayroozabader
fayroozabader
3,829 Points
fayroozabader
fayroozabader
3,829 Points

Fantastic, I'll check these out. Thanks again!

Regards fayrooz