You can republish your site at any time to make it live and publicly available.
To unpublish your site:
In the side panel of the editor, click SEO & Settings.
Click Site Domain.
Click Unpublish.
A popup displays asking if you want to stop renewing your site subscription. To ensure your site subscription payment does not continue, select Do Not Renew.
Warning
Unpublishing your site does not cancel the subscription. See Site Management: Subscription and Deletion if you would like to cancel your site entirely.