Title: Site Secrets
Author: Daniel Bachhuber
Published: <strong>February 26, 2014</strong>
Last modified: March 9, 2020

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Site Secrets

 By [Daniel Bachhuber](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/site-secrets.0.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-secrets/)

## Description

Site Secrets is a simple plugin to keep your WordPress site private. When active,
it will redirect all unauthenticated users to the login screen.

By default, Site Secrets requires that the user has been added to the site. You 
can broaden the permissions model to any logged-in users with the following snippet
added to your theme’s `functions.php` file or a mu-plugin:

    ```
    add_filter( 'site_secrets_requires_membership', '__return_false' );
    ```

We’re happy to receive feedback, questions, feature suggestions, and [pull requests](https://github.com/DFMdata/Site-Secrets)

## Installation

The easiest way to install this plugin is to go to Add New in the Plugins section
of your blog admin and search for “Site Secrets.” On the far right side of the search
results, click “Install.”

Activating the plugin will make your site private.

If the automatic process above fails, follow these simple steps to do a manual install:

 1. Extract the contents of the zip file into your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Enjoy the merits of a secret site!

## FAQ

Feel free to ask a question in the forums!

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Site Secrets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Daniel Bachhuber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/)
 *   [ Digital First Media ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalfirstmedia/)

[Translate “Site Secrets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/site-secrets)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/site-secrets/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/site-secrets/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/site-secrets/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/site-secrets/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.2.0 (Dec. 29, 2016)

 * Requires authentication for REST API requests.

#### 0.1 (Feb. 26, 2014)

 * Initial release with basic ability to make a WordPress site private.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.0**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.4.19**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets/)
 * Tags
 * [collaboration](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/collaboration/)[private blog](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/private-blog/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Daniel Bachhuber ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielbachhuber/)
 *   [ Digital First Media ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalfirstmedia/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-secrets/)