Descripción
Hide My Website is a powerful security plugin that allows you to protect your entire WordPress site or specific pages behind a password prompt. It offers various security features to enhance your website’s protection against unauthorized access.
Key Features:
* 🔐 Password protect the entire site or specific pages
* 🧩 Multiple login templates
* 🤖 Block bots by modifying robots.txt
* 🚫 Search engine blocking
* 🧾 IP whitelisting
* 📡 Prevent feeds & XML-RPC
* 📄 Restrict specific pages
* 🗂️ Robots.txt customization
* ✉️ Disable all outgoing emails with one toggle
* 🛑 Admin Bar badge: “Emails disabled”
* 🔗 Hide Admin Login with a custom login URL
* 🤖 Block AI Crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot) with robots.txt rules and HTTP headers (new)
Coming soon:
* 🛡️ Brute-force Protection & Spam IP Block
* ⏱️ Timed access control
* 👥 User role-based access
* 🎨 Customizable login page
Instalación
- Upload the
hide-my-websitefolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to the ‘Hide My Website’ settings page to configure the plugin or find the settings link below plugin name in the plugins page.
FAQ
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Can I protect only certain pages of my website?
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Yes, you can choose to protect your entire website or select specific pages to hide behind the password prompt.
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Is it possible to allow access to certain IP addresses without requiring a password?
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The plugin includes an IP whitelisting feature that allows you to specify IP addresses that can access the site without entering a password.
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Is there any option to choose multiple login templates
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Yes, the plugin provides multiple login templates
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Colaboradores & Desarrolladores
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Historial de cambios
1.6.2
Minor
* ✨ New: Block AI Crawlers feature – prevent GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, and other AI services from crawling your site
* 🤖 AI blocking includes robots.txt rules and X-Robots-Tag HTTP headers
* 🔧 New: Automatic cache clearing when plugin settings are updated
* 🐛 Bug Fix: Fixed redirect loop when password is changed in another window/private browsing session
* 🔒 Improved: Enhanced cookie validation to prevent authentication bypass
* ⚡ Performance: Optimized redirect handling for better performance
1.6.1
Minor
* Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.3
* Minor bug fixes
1.6.0
Major
* Added Hide Admin Login feature with custom login URL
* Improved security with enhanced bot blocking
* UI improvements across all settings pages
1.5.5
Minor
* ✉️ New: Disable Mail tab to short-circuit all outgoing emails site-wide
* 🛑 New: Red “Emails disabled” badge in the top WordPress Admin Bar when mail is off
* 🔗 UX: Custom Login URL builder now includes a Copy URL button
* 🎨 UI: Dismissible “More Security Features” banner with a calm blue gradient
* 🧰 Polish: Smaller toggles and modernized inputs across Settings
1.5.4
Minor
* UI: Hide Save Changes button on FAQ tab (no settings there)
* Caching: Fixed double password submit with page caches (no-cache headers, Vary: Cookie, cache-busting redirect)
* URL: Added temporary lock indicator (?protected) when form is shown; auto-cleaned after unlock
* Default: Settings UI now defaults to WordPress Login Template to match runtime default
* Admin: Auto-clear caches after saving settings and show a single success notice
* Compatibility: Tested with latest WordPress
=1.5.3 = Minor
*Bug fix – IP Detector enhanced.
*Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.2
=1.5.2 = Minor
*Bug fix – FAQ was unclickable
*Compatibility with WordPress 6.8.1
=1.5.1 = Minor
*Bug fix – white screen on pages
=1.5 = Major
*Change of Layout and easy UI
*New features
*More login templates
*Compatibility with WordPress 6.7.2
1.4
*Enabled page exclusions feature
*Some UI improvements
*Compatibility with WordPress 6.7.1
1.3
- IP Whitelisting, Block bots by modifying Robots.txt,minor improvements.
1.2
- Minor Improvements.
1.1
- Fatal Error on activation for some users – Fixed
1.0
- Initial release







