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Feb8
New WP Plugin: Absolute Privacy
by John Kolbert | Posted in: WordPress
For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a WordPress plugin that my wife requested. Today I’m happy to announce the release of my latest WordPress plugin called Absolute Privacy.
What does it do?
Absolute Privacy turns your blog into the ultimate private blog. Here’s a quick list of its features:
- Force registrants to enter first and last name
- Allow registrants to choose their own passwords
- Moderate users: new registrants cannot login until approved
- Get emailed every time an approval is waiting (with a link for quick approval)
- Lock out all non-logged in views from your website (configurable)
- Perfect for family blogs, personal sites, and private communities!
Why?
After having a few odd registrations and comments on our family blog, my wife asked me to create a plugin that would give the blog security from strangers but still be easily accessible to family and friends. Absolute Privacy does just that! Absolute Privacy turns your WordPress blog into a fully private site where you control who has access. It’s perfect for family blogs, private communities, and personal websites.
How to get it?
To download, visit the plugin’s offical homepage. I’ve also created a support forum for bugs or feature requests.
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mike said:
wow great!
I've been actually looking for something like this.
thanks for the great plugin.
on February 9, 2009 at 6:18 am
Andi Saleh said:
Nice. I got a few projects that would definitely make good use of this plugin. Thanks.
on February 10, 2009 at 3:41 am
Marco Pizzo said:
i installed the plugin is it seems nice, but when someone register is at once activated…no moderation is needed… there is some checkbox that i have modified that can produce this situation ?
thanks
on February 10, 2009 at 4:31 pm
johnkolbert said:
I just sent you an email. Lets see if we can figure this out.
on February 10, 2009 at 5:30 pm
mike said:
Good idea..I heard over on DP forums that some people were looking for something like this!
on February 13, 2009 at 2:31 am
Marco Pizzo said:
It works great. I tried a lot of plugin this is the best one to make a private blog
Thanks and sorry for my mistake about registration.
on February 16, 2009 at 1:20 pm
article EDU said:
Glad your back John
on March 4, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Cliff said:
Hi,
Love your Absolute Privacy plugin. Exactly what I was lookin for!
One little problem though. Enabling it disallows the Wordpress for iPhone app to connect properly. Any chance this could be corrected?
Thanks.
on March 27, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Abe said:
I have the same problem. I love the plugin but now I can’t use wordpress for Iphone.
on May 6, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Cliff said:
Oops… One more request (as long as I’m here)
It would be cool if I was able to specify a default role after verification. Right now, when I verify a new user, they are automatically made subscribers (least privs). I’d prefer if every approved user on my (small, focused) blog went directly to author. Is this possible?
Thanks again!
on March 27, 2009 at 11:47 pm
John Kolbert said:
Hi Cliff, sorry for the delayed response. I’ll look into fixing and adding your suggestions in a future release. Thanks for the comments.
on April 25, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Helen said:
Have a problem. I am testing the plugin abs-privacy on my site now, but I dont get the registration form only the usual log in picture. So then nobody can ask to be registered to see my site.
on April 8, 2009 at 9:51 am
John Kolbert said:
You have to make sure registrations are enabled in the WordPress options page.Settings–>General “Allow User Registrations” (or something to that effect)
on April 25, 2009 at 1:14 pm
APEE said:
When Activated the RSS Feed stops working. Even if I try authenticated login reader it says Feed contains a XML syntax error
on April 25, 2009 at 10:49 am
John Kolbert said:
Yes, the plugin doesn’t play well with RSS feeds. The problem is how do you secure a site without securing the RSS feed? I’m working on a solution now. Sorry about that!
on April 25, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Bubo said:
I tried to install absolute privacy from wordpress dash board, but i could not.
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Installing Plugin: Absolute Privacy 1.0
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Warning: fileowner() [function.fileowner]: stat failed for D:\Hosting\4256485\html/wp-content/1240898330 in D:\Hosting\4256485\html\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 628
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Downloading plugin package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/absolute-privacy.1.0.zip
Warning: touch() [function.touch]: Unable to create file D:\Hosting\4256485\html/wp-content/absolute-privacy10.zip because Permission denied in D:\Hosting\4256485\html\wp-admin\includes\file.php on line 174
Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file
Installation Failed
There is problem, and I cannot solve it.
Thank you for help
on April 28, 2009 at 12:04 am
John Kolbert said:
Try it a few more times and see if that does anything. I’m not real sure what that error is at the moment.
on May 3, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Bubo said:
Hi John,
I tested plugin absolute privacy, and strange things happens.
When I logged in it directed me to dashboard.It was little bit strange, but ok I am an administrator.
Then, I tested going through registration.I approved registered user to subscriber, and when I logged in as a subscriber it directs me again to dashboard (it displays tools, profile).
What is wrong?
Bubo
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