WordPress.com Forums » Topic: can you make a basic wordpress.com blog private for a group? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-you-make-a-basic-wordpresscom-blog-private-for-a-group WordPress.com Forums » Topic: can you make a basic wordpress.com blog private for a group? en Fri, 24 May 2013 18:09:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "can you make a basic wordpress.com blog private for a group?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-you-make-a-basic-wordpresscom-blog-private-for-a-group#post-1129917 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:02:54 +0000 raincoaster 1129917@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1) Yes, this is one way to do it.
2) No, that wouldn't be safe and secure for them, although it's possible to do
3) the best way is to tell them to register for an account at wordpress.com (no blog, just the account) and then Invite them by username.

]]> gemlavender13 on "can you make a basic wordpress.com blog private for a group?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-you-make-a-basic-wordpresscom-blog-private-for-a-group#post-1129888 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:34:11 +0000 gemlavender13 1129888@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you! I would never have found the option in 'Reading' if you hadn't told me.
If you invite folk, do you just put in their email addresses, separated by commas?
Can you set up a WordPress.com account on their behalf (and then give them their username/password for it)?

]]> auxclass on "can you make a basic wordpress.com blog private for a group?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-you-make-a-basic-wordpresscom-blog-private-for-a-group#post-1129880 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:26:51 +0000 auxclass 1129880@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Setting a blog to private is built in at WordPress.COM

Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading >> I would like my site to be private, visible only to users I choose

Remember to save changes

You can invite as many people as you want - just do it 10 people at a time - they will need to open a WordPress.COM account - but they don't need a blog

]]> gemlavender13 on "can you make a basic wordpress.com blog private for a group?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-you-make-a-basic-wordpresscom-blog-private-for-a-group#post-1129875 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:21:30 +0000 gemlavender13 1129875@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am new to wordpress and want to find out if it is possible to have a wordpress.com blog that can be set to private for all group members I want to invite? The brief research I've done on this suggests that it is only possible with wordpress.org and then you hav eto download a separate plug-in. Is this right?
Thanks.

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