Title: WizeWP Maintenance Mode
Author: Wize WP
Published: <strong>June 30, 2025</strong>
Last modified: August 23, 2025

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# WizeWP Maintenance Mode

 By [Wize WP](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wizewp/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wizewp-maintenance-mode.1.0.1.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wizewp-maintenance-mode/)

## Description

**WizeWP Maintenance Mode** is a clean and powerful plugin that lets you display
a customizable maintenance page while your website is offline.

**Main Features:**
 – Custom logo, background image, and heading text – Countdown
timer with flexible options (show/hide days, hours, minutes, seconds) – Password
access for selected users – Live preview in admin (without refreshing) – Custom 
CSS box with syntax highlighting (CodeMirror) – Clean, responsive, and fast

No bloat. Just everything you need.

### External Services

This plugin connects to an external service provided by WizeWP (https://wizewp.com)
in order to retrieve important product announcements, updates, offers or critical
notifications.

 * What data is sent: No personal data is transmitted. Only a simple HTTP GET request
   is performed to retrieve public JSON data.
 * When: Only when you access the plugin’s admin settings page.
 * Service provided by: WizeWP (https://wizewp.com)
 * Privacy Policy: https://wizewp.com/privacy-policy/
 * Terms of Service: https://wizewp.com/terms-of-service/

## Screenshots

[⌊Settings panel in admin⌉⌊Settings panel in admin⌉[

Settings panel in admin

[⌊Live preview iframe⌉⌊Live preview iframe⌉[

Live preview iframe

[⌊Countdown and password field on frontend⌉⌊Countdown and password field on frontend⌉[

Countdown and password field on frontend

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/wizewp-maintenance-mode/` directory
    or install via WordPress plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Go to `Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji"><span aria-hidden
    ="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji"><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji"
    >→</span></span></span> WizeWP <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji"
    ><span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji"><span aria-hidden="true" class
    ="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span></span></span> Maintenance Mode` and enable maintenance
    mode.

## FAQ

### Will it block access for admins?

No. Logged-in users with admin rights can always see the website.

### Can I add a password for other users?

Yes. You can set a custom password in the admin panel. Users will see a password
field.

### Does it work with any theme?

Yes. The page is completely independent of your theme.

### Is it compatible with caching plugins?

Yes, but be sure to clear the cache after enabling maintenance mode.

### Is it translation-ready?

Yes. A `.POT` file is included.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Wize WP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wizewp/)

[Translate “WizeWP Maintenance Mode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wizewp-maintenance-mode)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Minor fixes.

#### 1.0.0

 * First stable release with countdown, password access, live preview, and custom
   CSS.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **11 months ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.6**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [coming soon](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon/)[countdown](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/countdown/)
   [maintenance](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/)[maintenance mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)
   [password](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/password/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wizewp-maintenance-mode/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Wize WP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wizewp/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wizewp-maintenance-mode/)

## Donate

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