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Restrict site access

- [Instructor] If the internet site is on a public network or on the open web and you want to fully restrict access so only approved users can get in, you can use a plugin like Restricted Site Access. This plugin allows you to restrict access to the contents of the site to only logged in users and/or users with an approved IP address and all other users will be redirected to a specific page. The functionality for this plugin is found under Settings and Reading. On this page, the plugin has added new functionality, so under Site Visibility, we now have the option to restrict site access to visitors who are logged in or allowed by IP address. Then further down, we can handle restricted visitors by either sending them to the login screen, redirecting them to a specific web address, show them a simple message, or show them a page, and in that case, you can redirect them to a page. So what I have done on my site is redirected…

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