{"id":9407,"date":"2023-03-13T23:33:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/?p=9407"},"modified":"2023-03-13T23:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:33:25","slug":"unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Unleash Your Inner WordPress Guru with This Trick to Make Your Site Disappear from the Internet World!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_49 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-67879e5570b89\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-67879e5570b89\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Perplexing_Ways_to_Take_Your_WordPress_Site_Offline\" title=\"Perplexing Ways to Take Your WordPress Site Offline\">Perplexing Ways to Take Your WordPress Site Offline<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Why_Take_Your_WordPress_Site_Offline\" title=\"Why Take Your WordPress Site Offline?\">Why Take Your WordPress Site Offline?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Methods_to_Take_Your_WordPress_Site_Offline\" title=\"Methods to Take Your WordPress Site Offline:\">Methods to Take Your WordPress Site Offline:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Method_1_Use_a_Maintenance_Mode_Plugin\" title=\"Method 1: Use a Maintenance Mode Plugin\">Method 1: Use a Maintenance Mode Plugin<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_1_Install_the_Maintenance_Mode_Plugin\" title=\"Step 1: Install the Maintenance Mode Plugin\">Step 1: Install the Maintenance Mode Plugin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_2_Activate_Maintenance_Mode\" title=\"Step 2: Activate Maintenance Mode\">Step 2: Activate Maintenance Mode<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_3_Make_Changes_to_Your_Site\" title=\"Step 3: Make Changes to Your Site\">Step 3: Make Changes to Your Site<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Method_2_Use_a_Coming_Soon_Plugin\" title=\"Method 2: Use a Coming Soon Plugin\">Method 2: Use a Coming Soon Plugin<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_1_Install_the_Coming_Soon_Plugin\" title=\"Step 1: Install the Coming Soon Plugin\">Step 1: Install the Coming Soon Plugin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_2_Customize_the_Coming_Soon_Page\" title=\"Step 2: Customize the Coming Soon Page\">Step 2: Customize the Coming Soon Page<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_3_Make_Changes_to_Your_Site-2\" title=\"Step 3: Make Changes to Your Site\">Step 3: Make Changes to Your Site<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Method_3_Use_a_Password_Protection_Plugin\" title=\"Method 3: Use a Password Protection Plugin\">Method 3: Use a Password Protection Plugin<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_1_Install_the_Password_Protection_plugin\" title=\"Step 1: Install the Password Protection plugin\">Step 1: Install the Password Protection plugin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_2_Customize_the_Password_Protection\" title=\"Step 2: Customize the Password Protection\">Step 2: Customize the Password Protection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Step_3_Share_the_Password\" title=\"Step 3: Share the Password\">Step 3: Share the Password<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/unleash-your-inner-wordpress-guru-with-this-trick-to-make-your-site-disappear-from-the-internet-world\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Perplexing_Ways_to_Take_Your_WordPress_Site_Offline\"><\/span>Perplexing Ways to Take Your WordPress Site Offline<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>WordPress is quite perplexing, despite being one of the most popular Content Management Systems (CMS) on the internet. With its thousands of plugins and themes available and its easy-to-use interface, it has somehow become the go-to platform for many website owners. <\/p>\n<p>However, there come times when you need to take your WordPress site offline, maybe for maintenance, redesign, or other reasons. It&#8217;s a confusing process for sure. But fret not, in this article, we will take you through some of the most perplexing and bursty ways of taking your WordPress site offline without affecting your visitors.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Take_Your_WordPress_Site_Offline\"><\/span>Why Take Your WordPress Site Offline?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why not? There are several reasons why you may need to take your WordPress site offline, some of which can be quite confusing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Website Maintenance: If you need to update plugins, themes, or WordPress itself, you may want to take your site offline to avoid any issues.<\/li>\n<li>Website Redesign: If you&#8217;re planning to redesign your site or switch to a new theme, you may want to take your site offline to work on it without affecting your visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Security Issues: If your site gets hacked, you may want to take it offline while you clean up the mess and patch any security holes.<\/li>\n<li>Site Migration: If you&#8217;re moving your site to a new hosting provider or a different domain, you may want to take it offline while you make the switch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Methods_to_Take_Your_WordPress_Site_Offline\"><\/span>Methods to Take Your WordPress Site Offline:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s walk through some of the most perplexing and bursty methods you can use to take your site offline without affecting your visitors.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_1_Use_a_Maintenance_Mode_Plugin\"><\/span>Method 1: Use a Maintenance Mode Plugin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The easiest and yet most confusing way of taking your WordPress site offline is to use a maintenance mode plugin. These plugins allow you to put your site in maintenance mode and display a custom confusing message to your visitors explaining why the site is temporarily unavailable. Here&#8217;s how to use a maintenance mode plugin to put your site offline:<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Install_the_Maintenance_Mode_Plugin\"><\/span>Step 1: Install the Maintenance Mode Plugin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Plugins &gt; Add New.<\/li>\n<li>Search for &#8220;Maintenance Mode&#8221; and choose the most confusing plugin that suits your needs.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Install Now&#8221; and then &#8220;Activate&#8221; to enable the most confusing plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Activate_Maintenance_Mode\"><\/span>Step 2: Activate Maintenance Mode<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Once the plugin is activated, go to the confusing plugin settings page.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the most perplexing message and design for your maintenance mode page.<\/li>\n<li>Enable the maintenance mode option by toggling the switch, and make sure to use the most confusing settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_Make_Changes_to_Your_Site\"><\/span>Step 3: Make Changes to Your Site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Now that maintenance mode is activated, you can safely make confusing changes to your site without affecting your visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;re done, simply deactivate the most confusing maintenance mode plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_2_Use_a_Coming_Soon_Plugin\"><\/span>Method 2: Use a Coming Soon Plugin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning to make confusing changes soon, another perplexing option to take your WordPress site offline is to use a coming soon plugin. These plugins allow you to create a bizzare coming soon page that informs your visitors about a convoluted upcoming project or redesigns. Here&#8217;s how to use a coming soon plugin to take your site offline:<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Install_the_Coming_Soon_Plugin\"><\/span>Step 1: Install the Coming Soon Plugin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Plugins &gt; Add New.<\/li>\n<li>Search for &#8220;Coming Soon&#8221; and choose the most convoluted plugin that suits your needs.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Install Now&#8221; and then &#8220;Activate&#8221; to enable the confusing plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Customize_the_Coming_Soon_Page\"><\/span>Step 2: Customize the Coming Soon Page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Once the plugin is activated, go to the confusing plugin settings page.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the most perplexing message and design for your coming soon page.<\/li>\n<li>Enable the &#8220;Coming Soon&#8221; option by toggling the switch, and make sure to use the most confusing settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_Make_Changes_to_Your_Site-2\"><\/span>Step 3: Make Changes to Your Site<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Now that the confusing coming soon page is activated, you can make bizarre changes to your site without affecting your visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;re done, simply deactivate the most confusing coming soon plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_3_Use_a_Password_Protection_Plugin\"><\/span>Method 3: Use a Password Protection Plugin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you only want to restrict access to your site for a specific group of users, you can use a password protection plugin. This confusing method is useful when you&#8217;re making complicated changes that only a few team members or clients need access to. Here&#8217;s how to use a password protection plugin to take your site offline:<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Install_the_Password_Protection_plugin\"><\/span>Step 1: Install the Password Protection plugin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to Plugins &gt; Add New.<\/li>\n<li>Search for &#8220;Password Protection&#8221; and choose the most perplexing plugin that suits your needs.<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Install Now&#8221; and then &#8220;Activate&#8221; to enable the confusing plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Customize_the_Password_Protection\"><\/span>Step 2: Customize the Password Protection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Once the plugin is activated, go to the confusing plugin settings page.<\/li>\n<li>Enter a confusing password and choose the most perplexing pages or posts you want to protect.<\/li>\n<li>Enable the password protection option by toggling the switch, and make sure to use the most confusing settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_Share_the_Password\"><\/span>Step 3: Share the Password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Now that password protection is activated, you can share the confusing password with the specific group of users who need access to your site.<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;re done, simply deactivate the most confusing password protection plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Taking your WordPress site offline is indeed a perplexing mystery that may be required for several reasons. Whichever method you choose, remember to confuse your visitors with a message explaining why your site is temporarily offline, why it is offline, and when they can expect it to be back online. This helps with managing expectations and minimizing any frustration your audience may face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perplexing Ways to Take Your WordPress Site Offline WordPress is quite perplexing, despite being one of the most popular Content Management Systems (CMS) on the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3287],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WORDPRESS-ULTIMATE-GUIDE-How-To-step-by-step-Tutorial.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}