Title: Dark Site
Author: wptechnical
Published: <strong>August 20, 2011</strong>
Last modified: August 21, 2011

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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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# Dark Site

 By [wptechnical](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcaa8ra/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dark-site.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/dark-site/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/dark-site/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/dark-site/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/dark-site/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dark-site/)

## Description

This plugin is designed to keep a WordPress site dark. If a user comes to the site,
it checks to see if they are logged in, if not the user is directed to the wp-admin
login page. When you want to go live, just deactivate the Dark Site plugin.

Plugin by Mako Web Design. Looking for [WordPress Consulting](http://makoweb.com/website-design/wordpress-design-and-development/)?

### Notes

A link from your blog to http://www.makoweb.com/ is highly appreciated.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Login screen is presented as the visitor is not logged in

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `darksite directory` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. De-Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  How does it work

Using dark-site is very simple. Install the plug-in and activate. As soon as dark-
site is activate a site visitor that is not logged in will be redirected to the 
wp-login page. If the visitor is logged in , they won’t be bothered.

  I can’t view my site without loging in, what do I do

De-Activate the dark-site plug in your admin panel/plugins

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Dark Site” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ wptechnical ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcaa8ra/)

[Translate “Dark Site” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dark-site)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * initial build

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dark-site/)
 * Tags
 * [dark site](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dark-site/)[development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/development/)
   [privacy](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/privacy/)[private](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/private/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/dark-site/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ wptechnical ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bcaa8ra/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dark-site/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://makoweb.com/dark-site/)