Make your WordPress site private with one click for family, projects, or teams. Protection for content, login, and registration.
As of April 2026, My Private Site is a WordPress login plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 80 reviews. It has been downloaded 573K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 145% this week. Top alternative: WPS Hide Login.
My Private Site makes your WordPress site private so only logged-in users can see your content. With one click, you can restrict access to all posts and pages, automatically redirect visitors to the login screen, and keep your site visible only to people you trust.
Unlike full membership or subscription systems, My Private Site focuses on strong privacy without unnecessary complexity. It is ideal for family sites, schools, clubs, client previews, or development environments where you want to share content with a trusted audience without managing payments, profiles, or custom roles.
I have used this plugin along with its companion My Private Site Public Pages for years on multiple websites. I found it very easy to use. Then on using it with a different theme I encountered a glitch and entered a support ticket. I got a timely response from David, and after a couple interactions was able to resolve the issue through the compatibility feature. The plugin is clearly well-designed to anticipate this issue, and David’s support was great!
I had trouble installing this plugin and after reaching out to David for help, he provided multiple days of labor and troubleshooting assistance until the plugin and my site were properly functioning. David was extremely responsive and offered numerous strategies and next steps to make the plugin work despite issues on my site’s end, even going so far as to create a new update for the plugin itself. When he discovered my site’s host needed to assist with certain aspects, David wrote out a thorough email and listed next steps for them to conduct. He was professional, helpful, and diligent in his communication and follow up. The plugin is working perfectly and my site is now private! Thank you so much for all your labor and time, David!
Used to be a great simple plugin. Now bunch of unneeded extra features and the basic site privacy simply doesn’t work, always returning “robots.txt is still returning 404. Ensure the server routes robots.txt to WordPress and try again”
Works like a charm
Responsive and efficient support while troubleshooting
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.4+ required |
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