Title: ABSD Under Maintenance
Author: absdhiten
Published: <strong>October 19, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 19, 2026

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# ABSD Under Maintenance

 By [absdhiten](https://profiles.wordpress.org/absdhiten/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/absd-under-maintenance.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/absd-under-maintenance/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/absd-under-maintenance/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/absd-under-maintenance/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/absd-under-maintenance/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/absd-under-maintenance/)

## 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-After` header, 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

[⌊Maintenance mode settings — status, template selection and content fields.⌉⌊Maintenance
mode settings — status, template selection and content fields.⌉[

Maintenance mode settings — status, template selection and content fields.

[⌊Example front-end maintenance page.⌉⌊Example front-end maintenance page.⌉[

Example front-end maintenance page.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `absd-under-maintenance` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory,
    or install the plugin directly through the WordPress plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Under Maintenance** in the admin menu to configure.
 4. Choose a template, fill in your text, optionally add a logo/background image, then
    toggle **Maintenance Mode** on and save.

## FAQ

### Will administrators be locked out of the site?

No. Logged-in users with the `manage_options` capability (administrators) always
see the normal site, even while maintenance mode is active.

### Will this break my login page, REST API, or cron jobs?

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?

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.

### Does this plugin send any data externally?

No. The plugin does not make any external HTTP requests, load any remote resources,
or collect/transmit any data.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“ABSD Under Maintenance” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ absdhiten ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/absdhiten/)

[Translate “ABSD Under Maintenance” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/absd-under-maintenance)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/absd-under-maintenance/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/absd-under-maintenance/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/absd-under-maintenance/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/absd-under-maintenance/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **2 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.3**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [503](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/503/)[coming soon](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon/)
   [maintenance mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)[maintenance page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-page/)
   [under construction](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/under-construction/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/absd-under-maintenance/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ absdhiten ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/absdhiten/)

## Support

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