Title: Page Visibility
Author: hanni
Published: December 23, 2008
Last modified: May 20, 2014

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#  Page Visibility

The Visibility area of the Publish metaboxMetabox A post metabox is a draggable 
box shown on the post editing screen. Its purpose is to allow the user to select
or enter information in addition to the main post content. This information should
be related to the post in some way. gives you the option to make a page public, 
password protected, or completely private.

![page-visibility1](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/page_visibility.
png)

 * **Public** – The page will be visible to everyone.
 * **Protected** – The page is protected with a password you set. Only people who
   have the password can view a protected page.
 * **Private** – Pages are only visible to blog Editors and Administrators. Private
   pages are not visible in feeds or in any search. A page can be private without
   being password protected.

Here’s an example of how to set a password protected page:

![page-password](https://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/password_page.png)

WordPress will prompt you for the password on your initial visit to a protected 
page. After entering the password that first time, we’ll securely store the password
with the browser you viewed it with so you won’t have to enter it again.

#### Private Blog

If you’d like to make your entire blog private, you’ll need to adjust your [Privacy Settings](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/wordpress-settings/privacy-settings/).

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