wordpress web site question

[Retired_member41]

Apologies if this is really daft but,

can you upload a wordpress site to the public_html and work on it without letting visitors see it?

I can sort it later tonight but wanted to do it now and haven't a clue myself, I was thinking there was something in the htaccess I could change?

Restricting the site to just me etc

 

[Adam H]

You could just install the Maintenance plugin which puts up a maintenance page until your finished, that way you can work on it but anyone thats not an admin will just see a landing page.

I normally use this one as its basic and i only ever use it for quick maintenance but there is prettier and more advanced one on the wordpress plugin site :

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-maintenance-mode/

 

[Retired_member41]

Thanks so much!

 

[Adam H]

No worries , the more advanced one is here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-maintenance-mode/

In case you wanted it to look nicer than a couple of words on the screen

 

[seanc]

site maintenance plugin is a good idea.

you can do it with htaccess and you could probably just rename the index file

 

[MikeJDS]

The maintenance plugins are good!

However, if for some reason you didn't want anything showing on the main URL you could just use a sub-domain to develop your site and upload it there, which is what I sometimes do..

something like- testingsite.yourdomain.co.uk

I find this better if I want to easily show the site to someone else (without giving away admin)
It allows a bit more security.

Another option would be to do it locally on your computer, which is very secure. Plus if working away, you wouldn't even need to be online.
So no WIFI worries when wanting to work on it.

 

[topcat]

I use this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/absolute-privacy/

You can set it so that only people that are logged in can see the site.

 

[dragon]

If your host has temp url that's another way to do it before even updating name servers on domain. I'd also make it private to search engines also (under reading settings)