One-click maintenance mode
This plugin adds a button to the admin bar for toggling the builtin maintenance mode.
Core maintenance mode
A .maintenance file is generated and copied to the Wordpress installation folder when turning on the maintenance mode.
A maintenance.php file is generated and added to the wp-content folder for custom HTML code.
Your custom maintenance page will also be active during the core, plugins and themes updates.
Special Features
- set which roles can switch the maintenance mode
- set which roles can bypass the maintenance mode on the frontend
- set the entire HTML code used for the maintenance page
- preview the maintenance page before saving
- enable the theme file support, so you can create in each your themes a maintenance.php file to customize the maintenance page
- restore all default settings
- restore default HTML code
- create/delete the maintenance file in the active WP theme
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
Using The WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the 'Add New' in the plugins dashboard
- Search for 'maintenance-switch'
- Click 'Install Now'
- Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the 'Add New' in the plugins dashboard
- Navigate to the 'Upload' area
- Select
maintenance-switch.zip
from your computer
- Click 'Install Now'
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
- Navigate to 'Settings' > 'Maintenance Switch'
- Adjust and save your settings
Using FTP
- Download
maintenance-switch.zip
- Extract the
maintenance-switch
directory to your computer
- Upload the
maintenance-switch
directory to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
- Navigate to 'Settings' > 'Maintenance Switch'
- Adjust and save your settings
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