How to hide WordPress pages

There are 3 ways to achieve this:

1. DRAFT – Write the page and keep it in Draft status.
   • This will hide the page from the list of pages in the menu.
   • The page will be still accessible using search.
   • The page will be still accessible if you type the page’s URL into the address bar.

   I use this method to provide pages (such as this one) when I am hanging them off one of my publically available pages, but I don’t want to clutter my main menues.

2. PRIVATE – Publish the page, but set it’s Visibility state to Private.
   • This will remove the page from the list of pages in the menu.
   • You cannot access the page using search.
   • You cannot access the page by typing the page’s URL into the address bar.
   • The page will only be accessible if you are logged in as Admin and type the page’s URL into the address bar.

   This is the best way to hide a page

3. PASSWORD – Publish the page, but set it’s Visibility state to Password Protected
   • This will remove the page from the list of pages in the menu.
   • You cannot access the page using search.
   • You cannot access the page by typing the page’s URL into the address bar.
   • The page will only be accessible if you know the password and type the page’s URL into the address bar.
   • Password are case sensitive

   This is the best way to control access to pages. For example try to access the example page here using password: aSecretWord