{"id":2624,"date":"2017-10-02T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2023-08-03T12:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T16:53:35","slug":"how-to-change-wordpress-post-visibility","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-change-wordpress-post-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Editor: How to Change WordPress Post Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/pairsim-wordpress\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">PairSIM WordPress<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever wanted to hide a post on your WordPress site without deleting it? Well, you can do that and more by editing your post\u2019s visibility settings. See the steps below to see how.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using the Gutenberg Block Editor, see our article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/gutenberg-editor-how-to-change-wordpress-post-visibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Block Editor: How to Change WordPress Post Visibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Change Your WordPress Post Visibility\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to your WordPress site editor<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click <\/span><b>Posts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the left sidebar<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/post.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/post.png\" alt=\"Post location image\" width=\"590\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/post.png 590w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/post-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/post-60x12.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/post-150x31.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the name of an article you\u2019d like to edit or click <\/span><b>Add New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make a new article<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>Publish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section of the right sidebar, find <\/span><b>Visibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and click <\/span><b>Edit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> next to it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/publish-section.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/publish-section.png\" alt=\"Visibility edit location image\" width=\"590\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/publish-section.png 590w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/publish-section-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/publish-section-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/publish-section-150x73.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A drop-down will appear underneath with the following options: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Public<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Your post can be viewed by anyone who visits your site. You can check the box next to the sub-option, <\/span><b>Stick this post to the front page,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to showcase this post on your site\u2019s front page.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Password Protected<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Your post can only be viewed by those who know the post\u2019s password. When this option is selected, a box will appear where you can input the post\u2019s password.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Private<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Only site administrators will be able to see your post. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have selected your visibility option, click <\/span><b>Update<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the bottom of the section<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/update.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/update.png\" alt=\"Update button location image\" width=\"590\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/update.png 590w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/update-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/update-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/update-150x73.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once updated, your post will immediately adopt the visibility changes. You can see your new visibility choice in the <\/span><b>Publish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to hide a post on your WordPress site without deleting it? Well, you can do that and more by editing your post\u2019s visibility settings. See the steps below to see how. If you are using the Gutenberg Block Editor, see our article, Block Editor: How to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[201],"ht-kb-tag":[205,185,200],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Classic Editor: How to Change WordPress Post Visibility - Knowledge Base - Pair Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you ever wanted to hide a post on your WordPress site without deleting it? 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