Show Environment in Admin Bar vs LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder

If you’re like me, you often have multiple versions of the same WordPress site open in different browser windows, e.g., production in one window and development in another window. And if you’re like me, you have also unwittingly edited content in the production environment thinking you were doing so in the development environment or vice versa. If so, then this plugin is for you! It adds an indication of the current environment to the Admin Bar that is easier to see than examining the URL in your browser’s address bar. Out-of-the-box behavior Out-of-the-box, 2 different environments are recognized: Production The node added to the Admin Bar has a red background (i.e., Stop/be careful with any changes you make). If neither a staging, QA, nor development environment is detected, then Prod is displayed in the Admin Bar. Development The node added to the Admin Bar has a green background (i.e., Go ahead, it is safe to make changes). If WP is running on localhost (either a loopback IP address or LAN IP address), then Local displays in the Admin Bar. If WP_DEBUG is defined & true, then Dev displays in the Admin Bar. Customizing the out-of-the-box behavior Two additional environments are supported, but cannot be automatically detected: Staging The node added to the Admin Bar has a yellow-ish background (i.e., Slow down, changes might make it into the production site). For information on how to enable this environment, see the documentation. QA The node added to the Admin Bar has a blue background (i.e., “It’s cool”, changes you make won’t affect the production site). For information on how to enable this environment, see the documentation.

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.