Turn on blog but keep rest of site password protected

Topic summary

A user wants to make their blog publicly accessible while keeping the rest of their Shopify store password-protected during the build-out phase.

Goal: Drive traffic and build a retargeting audience for Meta ads, plus generate social media content.

Solution provided: Use the Locksmith app, which allows granular control over which pages are accessible.

Note: Locksmith is a paid application.

Outcome: The original poster downloaded and implemented the app, resolving their issue.

Summarized with AI on November 1. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Hello there @avau the best way to go about this would be by using an app like the Locksmith app. It’s a paid app as at when last I checked so if that’s not really within your budget you can consider exploring some other options in place of that.