Password-protect a site or folder

Show a client a preview, share drafts with a few people, or keep a page off the public web until it's ready. On the Personal and Pro plans.

Set it up

1. Open your site's Access tab.
2. Under Folder, type / for the whole site, or a folder such as /clients/acme. Everything inside the folder is protected, including images and CSS.
3. Choose a password of at least 6 characters, and optionally a heading for the password page, such as "Preview for Acme Ltd".
4. Share the password with the people who should see it.

What visitors see

A simple page with your heading and a password box. Once they enter the right password they can look around that area for 7 days in the same browser. Search engines see only the password page and don't index it.

Changing or removing it

• Change password lets nobody in until they have the new one, including people who entered the old one.
• Make public removes the password straight away.
• A folder can have its own password inside a protected site; the folder's password is the one asked for there.

Good to know

• Contact forms keep working inside protected areas.
• It keeps casual visitors and search engines out; it isn't encryption. Don't put truly secret files on any website.
• Includes copy a file into the page that includes it, so don't include protected pages in public ones.
• If you move to the Free plan, existing protection stays on; you just can't add more.