How can I create a private site that is inaccessible from the outside?

My security solutions so far: WordPress Make all new posts private (in WordPress) Don’t use any modules, the more third party software I add the less secure the repo becomes Two factor authentication ( this would break the no third party module rule above) Apache Force https (in .htaccess) Protect web repository using .htpasswd (in … Read more

Change public post to private

There are many ways to do this with plugins or PHP. To do it without any modification to the system, you should mark the post’s visibility as “Private” and then only Admins or Editors can see it. You must in this case, make your friends and family “editors”, which you can do in the “Users” … Read more

Tips and suggestions for WP intranet extranet set up

Roughly, I’d set up a new WP instance, installing it on an internal server that is not visible to the ‘outside’, and protected from outside use via firewalls. If the info is just for you, you can use htaccess rules to deny access to all but your own IP address. You’d probably want to restrict … Read more

Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp_add_privacy_policy_content() in /wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1822

What I found is the function was defined in wp-admin/includes/plugin.php as mentioned here https://wpseek.com/function/wp_add_privacy_policy_content/ When I opened the plugin.php file of a clean wordpress 4.9.8 version I found the function wp_add_privacy_policy_content() already defined, whereas in my wordpress 4.9.8 version It was missing so I added it back Kindly make sure the function is defined in … Read more

How can I have more confidence that WP plugins aren’t getting and storing user data?

GDPR is about data collection, if a theme, plugin or any other software for that matter is not collecting any data especially personal data aka data and/or information that could potentially refer to a natural person than you don’t need to worry about GDPR. If you or the plugin and/or theme aren’t collecting anything than … Read more