Maintenance Mode
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.
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LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
Add a maintenance page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance, add a coming soon page for a new website or create a landing page for an existing site. User with admin rights gets full access to the blog including the front end. Activate the plugin and your blog is in maintenance-mode, works and only registered users with enough rights can see the front end. You can use a date with a countdown timer for visitor information or set a value and unit for information. Also works with WordPress Multisite installs (each blog from the network has its own maintenance settings). Features Fully customizable (change colors, texts and backgrounds). Subscription form (export emails to .csv file). Countdown timer (remaining time). Contact form (receive emails from visitors). Coming soon page; Landing page templates; WordPress multisite; Responsive design; Social media icons; Works with any WordPress theme; SEO options; Exclude URLs from maintenance; Bot functionality to collect the emails in a friendly and efficient way; GDPR Ready; Bugs, technical hints or contribute Please give us feedback, contribute and file technical bugs on GitHub Repo. Credits Developed by Themeisle What’s Next If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects: Optimole – Optimole is your all-in-one image optimization solution for WordPress & beyond. WPShout – In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers Revive Social – Revive Old Posts helps you keep your content alive and in front the audiences that matter. CodeinWP – CodeinWP stands for all-things-WordPress. From web design to freelancing and from development to business, your questions are covered. DomainWheel – Free Short Website name generator, with the help of AI, for instant ideas. Check-out our blog to learn from our WordPress Reviews and see other WordPress plugins.
Top keywords
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- page5×1.74%
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