Make a blog post members-only
This guide shows you how to limit a blog post to members, so you can share sensitive news with the people who belong without prospects seeing it. A members-only post can be read by any signed-in member; limiting it to particular levels or tags isn’t available yet.
Who can do this: Admins with the blog editing permission (website:edit-blog). If you don’t have it, the visibility choices below won’t appear.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- Open the post you want to limit, or start a new one. See Write and publish a blog post.
- Open your post in the blog editor.
- In the post settings on the right, find Who can read this.
- Select Members-only. Now only signed-in members can read the full post.
- Select Save draft to keep the change, or Publish to make the post live.
To make a post public again, open it, select Public, and save.
Verify
Section titled “Verify”You’ll know it worked when the post shows a Members-only chip in your blog list. Check both sides of the rule:
- Non-members are kept out: open the post’s web address in a private browser window where you’re signed out. You should see a “Join to access” invitation in place of the body, not a “page not found” error.
- Members get in: sign in as (or ask) a member, and open the post. They should see the full post, not the invitation. This catches a rule that accidentally shuts out the members you meant to reach.
A non-member always sees a friendly invitation, never the post body — for exactly what that looks like, see What visitors see on a members-only page.
If something goes wrong
Section titled “If something goes wrong”- Members-only isn’t listed — you don’t have the blog editing permission. Ask an admin to grant it.
- A member says they can’t read the post — they need to be signed in. Ask them to sign in and open the post again.
- This post used to be public — anyone who bookmarked it or shared its link now sees the “Join to access” invitation instead of the post. That’s expected when you make a public post members-only.
- You wanted to hide the post completely — a members-only post still shows its title to everyone. To keep a post fully private, leave it as a draft or unpublish it. See Write and publish a blog post.