Adds more privacy options to both single Wordpress sites and WordPress networks.
As of April 2026, Network Privacy is a WordPress network plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: BuddyPress.
This plugin adds 2 privacy options in a single install and 3 in a network install. In a network install the network administrators (Super admins) have the option to set the privacy setting for the entire network. When the privacy is set for the entire network, the extra privacy options are not shown on individual site’s Settings -> Privacy.
Features
In a single site WordPress install adds the following privacy options:
In a WordPress network activated on an individual site adds the following privacy options:
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
ra_network_privacy_robots_disallow filter to allow filtering the list of directories that are disallowed by robots.txtra_network_privacy_robots_allow filter to allow adding specific directories that should allow bot access (empty array by default)Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.