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More Privacy Options

Description

Adds three more levels of privacy(visibility) to the Settings–>Reading page.

  1. Site visible to any logged in community member – “Network Users Only”.

  2. Site visible only to registered users of blog – “Site Members Only”.

  3. Site visible only to administrators – “Site Admins Only”.

Multisite Network Admin can set an override on site privacy at “Network Visibility Selector” on Network Settings page

Multisite Network Admin can set privacy options at Network-Sites-Edit under “Settings Tab” as well.

Network Admin receives an email when blog privacy changes.

RSS feeds require authentication.

robots.txt updates accordingly.

Ping sites filters correctly.

Privacy status reflected in Dashboard “Right Now” box.

Uses WP3+ functions auth_redirect(), network_home_url(), and home_url() for SSL login redirects.

Login message has link to sign-up page of a “Network Users Only” blog or a link the blog admin email if user is logged in but not a member of a “Members Only” blog.

Localization ready.

Screenshots

  • Settings Reading: Site Visibility Settings
  • Network Settings: Network Visibility Selector
  • Network Sites Edit: Site Settings(scroll way down to see)

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Upload entire more-privacy-options folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Network Activate the plugin through the ‘Network Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Set multisite “Network Visibility” option at Network-Settings page
  4. Set individual site visibility options at Settings-Reading page, or…
  5. Set individual site visibility options at Network Admin-Sites-Edit page

FAQ

  • Will this plugin also protect feeds? Yes.
  • Will this plugin protect uploaded files and images? No.

Reviews

September 3, 2016
This plugin works very well and stable. I’m using it on production sites for ages now, without any compatibility issues, bugs, or other problems. Thanks a lot, David!! Best Regards, Steffen
September 3, 2016
Was looking to add some layers of security to my new multisite. Works like a charm, saved me a load of time. Thanks David.
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Contributors & Developers

“More Privacy Options” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

4.6

  • WP 4.6 tests OK, cleanup php notices