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Turn on Blog Privacy

Globally alters the site visibility settings to "Ask search engines not to index this site" when enabled. Upon deactivation it selects &quot …

By Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)·Privacy·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Turn on Blog Privacy is a WordPress privacy plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent.

0/5Rating
10active installs
2.7K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

If you have a public development site and desire for bots and crawlers not to visit your site until it is considered production this plugin can help you by
automagically settings the site to private.

This Multisite compatible plugin will detect whether your site is running a single install or a multisite install of WordPress and react accordingly.

When you enable this plugin it sets the site option for whether or not the site should tell search engines and other crawlers not to index the site.
Upon activations bots will be asked not to crawl the site (Note: this is not a 100% solution, bots may ignore this directive, though most search engines honor it).

When this plugin is deactivated the privacy setting will be turned off and bots will be freely allowed to crawl the website again.

NOTE:…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1

  • Verified working with WP 4.4.1
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)freshmusefreshmuse
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.2
Last Updated
Jun 5, 2017
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
4.8.28
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.7K+
Added
Sep 10, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

privacymultisiteenable privacy

Developer

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Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)
11 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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