Have searched forums for answer without success.
Have installed wpForo Ok and tried to set forum community page to Private and also Password protected to hide forum from users/bots/others. But does not work, wpForo page is still available when I try to access through incognito browser.
wpForo keeps creating new forum pages. I thought I had succeeded earlier but then found an obvious bot or other search hit created yet another new forum page and opened up forum to public.
Q: How can I develop forums and only publish/make public when I am ready?
If no method, I need to add page text above [wpforo] to notify anyone/anything finding it, right?
Hi @richardhkg,
Here is an article on "How to Setup a Private Forum Using wpForo". Just follow the instruction mentioned here.
https://gvectors.com/how-to-set-up-private-forum/
Then just remove the 'forum' menu item from the menu of your website. Please follow this guide: https://easywpguide.com/wordpress-manual/appearance/updating-the-menu/deleting-a-menu-item/
Once you complete the development of your forum, change the forum access and insert the forum menu.
