Maintenance Mode vs Immersa Core – Starter Templates, Elementor & AI Content

This plugin lets you place a WordPress site into maintenance mode and display a custom message, HTML page, or redirect users to a static page or external URL. It also disables the WordPress REST API while maintenance mode is active, helping keep site data inaccessible during maintenance. Any logged-in user with administrator privileges can be allowed to view the site, and the required capability can be changed through a filter hook. See the FAQ section for details. The maintenance mode behavior can be enabled or disabled at any time without losing the configured settings. However, deactivating the plugin is still recommended when maintenance mode is not needed. The plugin also supports excluding specific pages from maintenance mode so only selected pages remain visible. When maintenance mode is active, the plugin sends no-cache headers to help prevent caching plugins, CDNs, or browsers from storing responses that would bypass the maintenance page. When redirect mode is enabled, the plugin can send two different response codes. “200 OK” is suitable for development environments, while “503 Service Temporarily Unavailable” is better when the site is temporarily taken offline. If used for long periods, 503 may negatively affect search engine visibility. A list of IP addresses can be configured to bypass maintenance mode completely. This is useful for allowing an entire office or client team to access the site without managing individual access keys. Access keys work by creating a key on the user’s computer that is checked while maintenance mode is active. When a new key is created, a link to store the access key cookie is sent to the email address provided. Access can then be revoked by disabling or deleting the key. This plugin offers four ways to present the maintenance experience: A message rendered with WordPress’s wp_die() function, making the experience feel native to WordPress. A page styled with the active theme’s template. A custom HTML page. A redirect to a static page or external URL.

Immersa Core is the free starter-site companion for the Immersa Builder theme. Choose a starter site, follow the guided wizard, import the site, then customise it with Elementor or the block editor. Watch our quick tutorial video below to see how it works. Install Immersa Builder | Browse Starter Sites | View Pro Plans | Documentation Launch a complete website faster Immersa Core brings the essential website-launch workflow into one WordPress dashboard: Guided website setup wizard Bundled starter sites that work locally Complete page, menu, widget and settings imports Elementor-ready imports when included in the starter package Gutenberg block patterns Coming soon landing-page pattern Global colour and typography presets Required-plugin checks and administrator-controlled installation Optional AI writing tools with no personal API key required Optional premium starter sites and agency workflows through Immersa Pro How it works Install and activate Immersa Builder and Immersa Core. Open the guided setup wizard. Choose a business type and starter site. Select your colours, typography and layout direction. Review required plugins before installation or activation. Import the starter site. Replace the demonstration content with your brand, images and offers. Edit supported pages with Elementor or Gutenberg. Optionally enable Themefreex Services for remote templates and AI tools. Use a fresh site or staging environment and back up before importing. Starter sites Bundled starter sites are designed for Immersa Builder and can be imported without enabling a remote service. Included workflows provide starting points for agencies, coaches and local businesses. A starter package can include: Homepage and supporting pages Navigation menus Widget settings Theme and global style settings Gutenberg content Elementor data when supplied by the package Required-plugin information Additional templates may be available through the optional remote catalog. Elementor-ready templates When Elementor is active and the selected package contains Elementor data, Immersa Core can import supported Elementor pages, builder metadata, full-width page settings and compatible templates so the pages are ready for visual editing. Elementor can be installed or activated from WordPress.org only after administrator approval. Gutenberg layouts are not automatically converted to Elementor. Gutenberg patterns and coming soon layouts Immersa Core registers coming soon, hero and feature patterns that remain editable as normal WordPress blocks. It does not automatically replace your homepage. Optional AI content tools After an administrator enables Themefreex Services, available AI workflows can help generate: Blog starter drafts Title and introduction ideas Calls to action Excerpts SEO-friendly slug ideas FAQs Short page copy No personal OpenAI API key is required. Generations use the Themefreex-managed credit balance shown in the dashboard. Review AI output for accuracy, originality and suitability before publishing. Immersa Pro Immersa Pro is a separate commercial add-on. Immersa Core does not install or update Pro code. Depending on the plan, Pro can add premium starter sites, higher AI limits, more activations, priority support, agency workflows and eligible white-label controls. Compare current Immersa Pro plans Import safety Starter imports can create pages and apply menus, widgets and supported settings. Immersa Core uses allowlisted setting writes, but it is not a backup tool. Before importing: Back up the files and database. Prefer a fresh site or staging environment. Activate Immersa Builder. Review required plugins. Keep the browser open until import completes. Check pages, menus, forms, widgets and mobile layouts afterward. Replace all demonstration contact details and content before launch. External services and privacy Local templates and patterns work without Themefreex. Connected services require administrator consent. When enabled, Immersa Core may send the following data to https://themefreex.com: Service connection: site URL, site name, admin email, generated site token, WordPress version and plugin version. AI generation: prompt, generation type, optional context, post ID, tone, word count, site URL, site token, timestamp, versions and HMAC signature. Credit sync: site URL and site token. Remote template import: selected template slug, site URL and licence key only for Pro templates. Pro validation: licence key and site URL when Immersa Pro requests a licensed feature. Help tutorials: request to the Themefreex tutorial endpoint. AI prompts may be forwarded to Themefreex’s configured AI provider. Generated content and local history are stored on the WordPress site. Tutorial thumbnails may load from https://img.youtube.com; Google or YouTube may receive the video ID, IP address, user agent and standard browser request data. Policies: Themefreex Privacy Policy Themefreex Terms YouTube Terms Google Privacy Policy License This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later. Copyright (C) 2026 Codefreex This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.