Go Dark

"Go Dark" is a general-purpose, SEO-friendly utility that allows you to easily take your website offline (blackout) in protest of political issues, climate advocacy, net neutrality, censorship opposition, or other custom causes. When your website is "dark", it returns a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable HTTP status code. This informs search engines that the offline state is temporary, preserving your SEO rankings, and provides browsers with a Retry-After header.

1.1.0

• Complete modernization and rewrite of the plugin.
• Removed 2012 SOPA/PIPA specific hardcodings in favor of general-purpose protest templates.
• Removed legacy preset sign and seal images.
• Integrated the WordPress Media Library to support custom image selection and uploads.
• Added 3 premium design themes: Minimalist Blackout, Glassmorphism Alert, and Classic Protest.
• Added live client-side JavaScript countdown timer.
• Added quick-load template presets for popular causes.
• Redesigned backend settings dashboard for a cleaner, modern interface.
• Enhanced input sanitization (sanitize_hex_color, esc_url_raw, type casting).

1.0.7

• Adding nonce for further security.

1.0.6

• Added vimeo video to default message, and link to admin panel sidebar for convenience.

1.0.5

• Minor CSS change -- html,body {height:100%;} becomes {min-height:100%;}

1.0.4

• Fixed a syntax error.

1.0.3

• Added backwards compatibility for WP < 3.1.

1.0.2

• Added 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable status code so as to not damage website SEO.

1.0.1

• Added screenshots.

1.0

• Initial Release.