Title: Private Posts by Default
Author: richieri
Published: <strong>Mutarama 9, 2012</strong>
Last modified: Mutarama 9, 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Private Posts by Default

 By [richieri](https://profiles.wordpress.org/richieri/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/private-post-by-default.zip)

 * [Details](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/#installation)
 * [Development](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/)

## Description

When you write a new Post or Page (or maybe a Custom Post Type) this plugin make
Private Visibility choosen by default.

Active it and it’s done.

#### Important URL’s

[Author’s Blog](http://www.richieri.com/)

[Plugin Home](http://www.richieri.com/private-post-by-default/) |
 [Forum](http://www.richieri.com/private-post-by-default/)
| [Twitter](http://twitter.com/richieri)

## Installation

#### Requirements

 * PHP: 5.x.x
 * WordPress: 3.x.x

#### Basic Installation

 * Upload plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 * Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Does it have a configuration menu?

No! You just need to active and it’s working.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dc751fa405af87c911901a464989a258e11e9eef0178818821cef90e48c78fbc?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[works perfectly, as advertised](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-as-advertised-5/)󠁿

 [nitinkhanna](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nitinkhanna/) Mutarama 24, 2018

This is a plugin for the time when you hit “New Post” and use the online editor.
It doesn’t inject the ‘private’ visibility at the time of making of the post, so
it can’t work when using the WP apps. But it works perfectly as advertised.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e81af06481459527e4fcb47ad4a5ea47e77eb9b9b644de87e098743348a1f662?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It works as expected.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-works-as-expected-8/)󠁿

 [kloing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kloing/) Nzeri 3, 2016

It makes just what we need. Great!

 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Private Posts by Default” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ richieri ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/richieri/)

[Translate “Private Posts by Default” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/private-post-by-default)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/private-post-by-default/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/private-post-by-default/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/private-post-by-default/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/private-post-by-default/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/)
 * Tags
 * [page](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page/)[post](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)
   [private](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/private/)[visibility](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visibility/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kin.wordpress.org/plugins/private-post-by-default/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  6 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ richieri ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/richieri/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/private-post-by-default/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.richieri.com/)