Is it necessary to 'turn off' wordpress while under development?

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hongseng

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Dec 12, 2014

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• Dec 17, 2014

• #1

I was just thinking if is it a good practice to 'turn off' your wordpress site while development to avoid google from reaching your page (while there's any content)? if yes, how can I accomplish it in wordpress?

 

ddlmachine

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Dec 2, 2010

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• Dec 17, 2014

• #2

You could try a maintenance mode plug-in.

I use this once in a while, it works good: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-maintenance-mode/

Here is the whole list of them so you can see ratings and latest updates, etc.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=maintenance+mode

 

Conor

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Nov 7, 2012

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• Dec 17, 2014

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Use this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/underconstruction/

Turn it on, and set the HTTP Response code to 503.

 

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Chemicalcrime

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Dec 17, 2014

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• Dec 17, 2014

• #4

You could use robots to prevent indexation while you are working on it.

 

bull seo

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• Dec 17, 2014

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I am using this Plugin = https://wordpress.org/plugins/wet-maintenance/
while developing.

 

snaip

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• Dec 17, 2014

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To disable indexing go to wordpress dashboard >> Settings >> Reading and check "Discourage search engines from indexing this site"
Don't forget to uncheck this when you're done with the site

 

neOtron

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• Dec 17, 2014

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OR you may just edit your .htaccess file so that its only visible for you while you are developing it .
use the following code :

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 111.222.333.444

Click to expand...

Edit the ip address to your own.

 

JamesHere

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• Dec 17, 2014

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It's your choice whether you want to turn it off or not. But if you want to, you can use a Wordpress plugin to do that.

 

linkchamp

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• Dec 18, 2014

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Its not NECESSARY but "RECOMMENDED".
And as said by other members, why not just use a plugin for that. Its pretty simple.

 

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CleverSEOTips

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Dec 18, 2014

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• Dec 18, 2014

• #10

It is best to prevent crawlers while your site is under development.

 

rob1977

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• Dec 18, 2014

• #11

For those of you who say, turn it off or deny during development, would you care to say why? Rather than just, deny etc, it might prove useful to someone rather than most threads turning into a yes no opinion fest.

 

Adam718

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• Dec 18, 2014

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There are a bunch of easy plugins you can use. Literally search plugins for "coming soon" and choose.