Title: Maintenance
Author: WebFactory
Published: May 31, 2012
Last modified: April 2, 2026
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# Maintenance
By [WebFactory](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webfactory/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/maintenance.4.21.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/)
## Description
[WP Maintenance](https://wpmaintenancemode.com/) plugin allows the WordPress site
administrator to close the website for maintenance, enable “503 Service temporarily
unavailable”, set a temporary page with authorization, which can be edited via the
plugin settings. Easy customize the good look on all devices. Add your logo, background
image, select the desired color, add text. Maintenance uses Bunny Fonts for EU GDPR
compliance.
Need **pre-made themes** and over 3 million free images to build maintenance, coming
soon & landing pages faster? Have a look at [WP Maintenance PRO](https://wpmaintenancemode.com/)
plugin.
Having problems with spam or bots? Try our free [Advanced Google ReCaptcha](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-google-recaptcha/)
plugin. It’s used on over 200,000 sites and provides great protection!
### Features
* over [200 themes in the PRO version](https://wpmaintenancemode.com/#themes)
* retina ready HTML/CSS layout
* Full-screen background ([Backstretch](https://github.com/srobbin/jquery-backstretch))
* Blur background effect
* Upload your own logo
* Configurable colors: fonts, icons, background
* Customize title, headline, text
* User login on frontend
* Admin bar status
* 503 error on/off
* Google analytics support
* Exclude selected pages from Maintenance mode
* Support for all popular caching plugins
* mtnc_load_maintenance_page_for_this_user filter for modifying show sees the maintenance
page
### Support
If you have any problems, questions or recommendations about WP Maintenance please
open a ticket in the [official support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/).
We answer all questions within hours!
Want to say “thank you”? Please leave a [review](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/maintenance?filter=5).
### GDPR Compatibility
We are not lawyers. Please do not take any of the following as legal advice.
If
you don’t opt to use Bunny Fonts and don’t use Google Analytics then no resources
are loaded or shared with 3rd parties. And nothing is tracked. Opting to use any
of those services will result in data sharing/tracking as described in their terms
of service. If you opt to activate your PRO license in the plugin admin, some data
will be shared with WebFactory Ltd; that’s clearly noted below the license activation
form.
## Screenshots
* [[
* Maintenance page with default design
* [[
* Log in form is built into the maintenance page
* [[
* Maintenance plugin options page
## Installation
Follow the usual routine;
1. Open WordPress admin, go to Plugins, click Add New
2. Enter “maintenance” in search and hit Enter
3. Locate the Maintenance plugin by searching for our mascot, click “Install Now”
4. Activate & open plugin’s settings page located in the main WP admin menu
Or if needed, upload manually;
1. Download the plugin.
2. Unzip it and upload to _/wp-content/plugins/_
3. Open WordPress admin – Plugins and click “Activate” next to the plugin
4. Activate & open plugin’s settings page located in the main WP admin menu
## FAQ
### I have activated plugin and don’t see any changes, looks like plugin is not working.
Try to check in different browser. If you a logged as WordPress user you see the
website in normal mode.
### Will my site remain visible to search engines while maintenance mode is on?
The site will not be visible to search engines only if “503 Service Temporarily
Unavailable” option is enabled.
### Where can I find out the username and password to get to the site?
You can use your “normal” WP administrator access or create a new user in WordPress
dashboard – Users.
### If I incorrectly write a login and password I will see the error on the page wp-login?
No, it will be display error on current maintenance page, without redirect to wp-
login page.
### I haven’t found an answer to my question, what should I do?
Please post the question on the [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance).
### How can I report security bugs?
You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program.
The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities.
[Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/maintenance)
## Reviews
### [The free plugin is not working properly.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-live-plugin-is-not-working-properly/)
[hemofix](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hemofix/) March 24, 2026
I activated the plugin and it doesn’t really work, at least in
the free version.
### [Great plugin with lots of potential](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-with-lots-of-potential-3/)
[webtest19](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webtest19/) March 13, 2026
I really love this plugin! It’s very useful, and I only wish it supported JavaScript
as well — that way I could make full use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create
an even more dynamic maintenance page for customers.
### [Easy Maintenance Mode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-maintenance-mode/)
[aysia00](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aysia00/) March 11, 2026
Installed it to show the maintenance page during updates. Setup was very easy, and
everything worked right away. Basic but useful plugin. Does the job without any
hassle.
### [spam !!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-292/)
[chinouk35](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chinouk35/) February 15, 2026
a peine installé que je suis spam avec mon site en mode maintenance !!!!
### [Doesn’t work.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-3273/)
[DavideBianchini](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidebianchini/) February 5,
2026 1 reply
Plugin is enabled but I can still access my site. Not functional
### [Nice plugin, but…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-plugin-but-64/)
[jayjay1602](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jayjay1602/) January 12, 2026
Turning on maintenance mode by default upon plugin activation is an incredibly poor
design decision. No one ever installs a Maintenance plugin during maintenance, but
well before… So if you download this plugin, be aware, it will block access to your
site right away until you manually turn off maintenance mode in the plugin settings.
[ Read all 847 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Maintenance” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ WebFactory ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webfactory/)
“Maintenance” has been translated into 30 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/maintenance/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “Maintenance” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/maintenance)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/maintenance/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/maintenance/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/maintenance/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/maintenance/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### v4.21
* 2026/04/02
* Minor fixes
#### v4.20
* 2026/01/03
* Fixed Bunny Fonts getting loaded even for system fonts
#### v4.19
* 2025/11/19
* WordPress 6.9 compatibility
#### v4.18
* 2025/07/31
* improved mobile resposiveness
#### v4.17
* 2025/01/22
* fixed Show some love option not saving
#### v4.16
* 2025/01/10
* updated Google Analytics code
* added skip-lazy class to background image to fix Autoptimize compatibility
#### v4.15
* 2024/10/22
* fixed bug with some options not being saved
#### v4.14
* 2024/10/17
* excluded posts/pages not saving bug fix
#### v4.13
* 2024/10/13
* minor security fixes
#### v4.12
* 2024/06/07
* minor bug fixes
#### v4.09
* 2024/06/03
* added Weglot support
#### v4.08
* 2023/08/31
* fixed reset password URL changed if Maintenance is off
#### v4.07
* 2022/05/06
* replaced Google Fonts with the privacy-oriented and GDPR compliant Bunny Fonts
* minor fix for image field
#### v4.06
* 2022/05/06
* introduction of the PRO version
#### v4.05
* 2022/01/04
* bug fix for retina image
* security fixes
* ad for our free WP Force SSL plugin
#### v4.03
* 2021/07/18
* security fixes
* checked WP 5.8 compatibility
#### v4.02
* 2021/03/06
* JS fixes on frontend
* Contact Form 7 conflict fix
#### v4.01
* 2021/02/20
* added support for Cache Enabler plugin
* fixed a bug when background image isn’t defined
* fixed issue on sites with large numbers of posts/pages/CPTs
#### v4.0
* 2021/01/30
* added flyout menu
* added mtnc_load_maintenance_page_for_this_user filter
#### v3.99
* 2021/01/13
* minor fixes
* removed promo for WP 301 Redirects
#### v3.97
* 2020/10/02
* minor fixes
* added promo for WP 301 Redirects
#### v3.96
* 2020/08/19
* “headers already sent” bug fixed
#### v3.95
* 2020/08/14
* bug fixes for WP v5.5
#### v3.90
* 2020/05/30
* bug fixes
* removed integration with Amelia Booking
* added support for WP Rocket Cache plugin
* fixed blur issue
#### v3.85
* 2019/11/28
* bug fixes
* added integration with Amelia Booking
* added support for Hummingbird Cache plugin
#### v3.80
* 2019/09/25
* numerous bug fixes
* added preview button
* 400,000 installations; 3,790,000 downloads
* for older changelog entries please refer to https://wpmaintenancemode.com/old-
changelog.txt
## Meta
* Version **4.21**
* Last updated **2 days ago**
* Active installations **1+ million**
* WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.0**
* PHP version ** 5.2 or higher **
* Languages
* [Albanian](https://sq.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Catalan](https://ca.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Croatian](https://hr.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Galician](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Hungarian](https://hu.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Kyrgyz](https://kir.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Slovak](https://sk.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Spanish (Colombia)](https://es-co.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Spanish (Ecuador)](https://es-ec.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/),
[Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/maintenance)
* Tags
* [coming soon](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon/)[coming soon page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon-page/)
[maintenance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/)[maintenance mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)
[maintenance page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-page/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.5 out of 5 stars.
* [ 694 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 36 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 17 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 24 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 76 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/?filter=1)
[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ WebFactory ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webfactory/)
## Support
Issues resolved in last two months:
3 out of 3
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/maintenance/)