Brilliant Easy Exclude Posts
Hide posts from public view so users need the direct link (but not a password) to view the hidden posts. Activate this feature with a simple checkbox …
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 21 May 2014
- Added
- Mar 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 3.7.41
- Downloads
- 5,013
Our analysis
AI-assistedBrilliant Easy Exclude Posts is a WordPress plugin designed to help you hide specific posts from site feeds while still allowing access to those with the direct link. This creates a middle ground between private and public visibility options, enabling you to manage post visibility more flexibly.
To use the plugin, you simply select the 'Exclude this post?' checkbox in the post editor. You can also adjust two settings in the Reading settings page to control how hidden posts are displayed and whether search engines can index them. This plugin is suitable for users who need to manage post visibility without restricting access to logged-in users only.
Best for: This plugin suits WordPress users who want to manage the visibility of specific posts without making them completely private.
What it does well
- ✓Allows hiding posts from site feeds
- ✓Users can access hidden posts via direct links
- ✓Two adjustable settings for visibility control
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on compatibility and support
- •Last updated in May 2014, may not work with newer WordPress versions
Verdict
Brilliant Easy Exclude Posts provides a straightforward solution for controlling post visibility, but its age and limited updates may affect compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
bgentry's own description of Brilliant Easy Exclude Posts, lightly tidied.
So, you want to hide one or more of your WordPress posts, so that only people who have the direct link can find them?
Unfortunately, the “Private” option for post visibility makes posts visible only to people who are logged in to the site. But the “Publish” option makes a post visible to the entire world. Brilliant Easy Exclude Posts (BEEP) creates a middle ground by allowing you to make a post hidden.
A hidden post, once published, will be available to anyone with the link, but it will be removed from site feeds.
To make a post hidden, select the check box in the “Exclude this post?” box on the post editor page, and update / publish the post.
There are two settings you can change. Visit your Reading settings page to adjust these settings. First, by default, the post pages will be excluded on every page on your site (except places where the link is hard-coded), but you can adjust the settings to allow hidden posts to display links to other hidden posts in sidebars, such as a recent posts widget. The second option allows you to allow search engines to index hidden pages, whereas by default they are hidden.