Title: Site Closed
Author: paulobarcelos
Published: <strong>March 15, 2013</strong>
Last modified: April 22, 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Site Closed

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/site-closed.0.2.5.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/)

## Description

Site Closed

Lightweight WordPress plugin that if active will “close” a website (every page will
display the content of `{template-directory}/maintenance.php` with 503 headers).
Logged in users will be able navigate the site normaly.

## Installation

 1. Upload `Site-Closed` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Simple and works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-works-36/)󠁿

 [RealMag777](https://profiles.wordpress.org/realmag777/) September 13, 2016

Simple and works

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Site Closed” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Site Closed” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/site-closed)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.5**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **400+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/site-closed/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/reviews/?filter=3)
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 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/site-closed/)