Title: Smart Maintenance Scheduler
Author: Shyam Kariya
Published: <strong>May 5, 2025</strong>
Last modified: June 9, 2025

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# Smart Maintenance Scheduler

 By [Shyam Kariya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shyamkariya/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smart-maintenance-scheduler.1.1.zip)

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

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## Description

**Smart Maintenance Scheduler** helps you schedule and automate maintenance mode
on your WordPress site. Whether you’re pushing updates or fixing bugs, this plugin
makes it easy to inform your visitors with a clean, customizable message during 
planned downtime.

**Features:**

 * Schedule start and end time for maintenance mode
 * Custom maintenance message with HTML support
 * Works with WordPress timezones
 * Optionally allow logged-in users to bypass maintenance screen
 * Lightweight, no bloat

Perfect for developers, site maintainers, or agencies handling client updates.

### License

This plugin is free software licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder `smart-maintenance-scheduler` to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Settings > Maintenance Scheduler** and configure your maintenance schedule.

## FAQ

### Can logged-in users see the site during maintenance?

Yes! By default, logged-in users (e.g., admins) will bypass the maintenance screen.

### What format should I use for the date and time?

Use `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM`, for example: `2025-04-25 13:00`. It uses the WordPress site
timezone setting.

### Can I customize the message?

Yes, you can use plain text or HTML to display any message to your visitors.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Shyam Kariya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shyamkariya/)

[Translate “Smart Maintenance Scheduler” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-maintenance-scheduler)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Initial release: schedule-based maintenance mode with customizable messages

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [downtime](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/downtime/)[maintenance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/)
   [maintenance mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)[scheduler](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/scheduler/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-maintenance-scheduler/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Shyam Kariya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shyamkariya/)

## Support

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