{"id":5037,"date":"2019-01-31T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5037"},"modified":"2023-05-26T14:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:04:21","slug":"how-to-change-the-pages-visibility-settings","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-change-the-pages-visibility-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Page\u2019s Visibility Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Firstly, let\u2019s take a quick overview of what each visibility type means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The default state of the page\u2019s visibility is <strong>Public,<\/strong> which means that the page is visible to everyone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The second state of the page\u2019s visibility is Protected, which means that you will protect the page with the password, and only those who have the password can view this particular page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The last state of the page\u2019s visibility is Private, which means that only administrators can view the page. A private page is not visible in any search. <strong>Note! <\/strong>You don&#8217;t have to create any password to protect the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, log into the <strong>WordPress Dashboard<\/strong> and then select the <strong>Pages<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Untitled-1-1.png\" alt=\"editing pages in WordPress Dashboard\">\n\n\n\n<p>After that, click the <strong>Edit<\/strong> option for the page which visibility you want to change and proceed to the<strong> Document > Status &amp; Visibility<\/strong> block on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see the page\u2019s current status right beside the <strong>Visibility<\/strong> label. Click on the <strong>Public<\/strong> option to open the dropdown where you can select another visibility status for this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right after you\u2019ve changed the status to <strong>Private,<\/strong> you would see the popup asking you if you would like to privately publish the page. Click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screenshot_2-1-2.png\" alt=\"select password protected option for the page\">\n\n\n\n<p>Select the <strong>Password Protected<\/strong> option and type in the password in the <strong>Use<\/strong> a secure password field below to set it for this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, click the <strong>Update<\/strong> or <strong>Publish <\/strong>button to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you know how to set the page\u2019s visibility status to the one needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the instruction carefully to change the page\u2019s visibility settings according to your needs in the WordPress settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","builder-category":[],"article-category":[349,269],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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