Description
ABSD Under Maintenance lets you put your WordPress site into a clean, professional maintenance / coming-soon screen in seconds — no page builder required.
Features
- ON/OFF maintenance mode toggle
- 6 professionally designed, fully responsive templates
- Logo & background image upload via the Media Library
- Adjustable overlay darkness and accent color
- Editable heading, description, small text, footer/copyright text, and retry text
- Optional icon and optional contact information
- Private access: a secure, unpredictable link that lets specific visitors bypass maintenance mode without logging in, with regenerate/revoke controls
- Administrators stay logged in and see the site normally while maintenance mode is active
- Returns a proper HTTP 503 status with a
Retry-Afterheader, which is the recommended approach for temporary downtime - Login, admin, REST API, AJAX and cron requests are never blocked, so nothing else on your site breaks while maintenance mode is on
- Translation-ready
- No tracking, no external service calls, no bundled third-party frameworks
Screenshots
Installation
- Upload the
absd-under-maintenancefolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install the plugin directly through the WordPress plugins screen. - Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
- Go to Under Maintenance in the admin menu to configure.
- Choose a template, fill in your text, optionally add a logo/background image, then toggle Maintenance Mode on and save.
FAQ
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Will administrators be locked out of the site?
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No. Logged-in users with the
manage_optionscapability (administrators) always see the normal site, even while maintenance mode is active. -
Will this break my login page, REST API, or cron jobs?
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No. The maintenance screen is never shown for
wp-login.php,wp-admin, the REST API, AJAX requests, or WP-Cron, so core WordPress functionality keeps working normally. -
Can I let specific people preview the site while maintenance mode is on?
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Yes. Enable “Private Access” in the settings to generate a secret, unpredictable link. Anyone who opens that link gets a signed cookie that lets them browse the whole site normally for 12 hours. You can regenerate or revoke the link at any time from the settings page.
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Does this plugin send any data externally?
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No. The plugin does not make any external HTTP requests, load any remote resources, or collect/transmit any data.
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Contributors & Developers
“ABSD Under Maintenance” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.