A Maintenance Mode plugin is a WordPress tool that allows you to temporarily disable the front end of your website while performing updates, fixes, or maintenance tasks. Instead of visitors seeing a broken or incomplete site, they see a professional message explaining the situation.
🔑 Key Features:
Maintenance Notice Page: Easily display messages like “Under Maintenance” or “We’ll be back soon.”
Customizable Design: Change text, colors, layout, and branding to suit your style.
Access Control: Let logged-in admins or specific user roles bypass the maintenance page.
Progress Bar or Estimated Time: Let users know when to expect the website to be back.
Security Measures: Hide your website from the public during critical updates.
Multi-language Support: Display the page in multiple languages if needed.
🎯 Use Cases:
Updating WordPress core, themes, or plugins
Fixing website bugs or issues
Migrating your site to a new server or hosting provider
Redesigning or restructuring your website layout or content
✅ Popular Maintenance Mode Plugins:
WP Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon (Very flexible and beginner-friendly)
coming-soon-maintenance-mode/
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├── coming-soon-maintenance-mode.php # Main plugin file (entry point)
│
├── includes/ # Folder for PHP logic files
│ ├── admin-settings.php # Handles the settings page in the dashboard
│ ├── frontend-display.php # Logic for displaying the coming soon page
│ ├── shortcode.php # Shortcode [csmm_coming_soon] logic
│ └── ajax.php # AJAX handler for email subscription
│
├── elementor/ # Folder for Elementor support
│ └── widgets/ # Elementor widget files
│ └── coming-soon-widget.php # Elementor widget for coming soon page
│
├── templates/ # Folder for HTML templates
│ └── frontend.php # Default HTML template for the coming soon page
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├── assets/ # Folder for CSS and JavaScript files
│ ├── css/ # CSS files
│ │ ├── frontend.css # Styles for the coming soon page
│ │ └── admin.css # Styles for the dashboard settings page
│ │
│ └── js/ # JavaScript files
│ ├── frontend.js # Scripts for countdown, slideshow, and subscription
│ └── admin.js # Scripts for the dashboard settings
Published:
May 02, 2025 04:14 AM
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v1.2.0
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