Maintenance Mode
Take a site offline for visitors, not for you.
Show a custom maintenance message to visitors while you keep full admin, REST and cron access to actually get the work done.
Included on every plan
What it does
One-toggle activationTurn maintenance mode on or off from a site's Maintenance tab.
Custom public messageShow visitors a message that fits the moment, not a generic placeholder.
A real 503 pageServed by the WordPress agent while maintenance mode is active.
Admin stays accessibleAdmin, REST API and cron are excluded so the site remains fully manageable.
Why you’ll love it
01
Clean visitor experienceNo one sees a broken page mid-update.
02
Never locked outYou keep working on the site while maintenance mode is on.
03
Visible at a glanceStatus shows right on the site's overview.
04
Logged like everything elseEvery activation and deactivation lands in the audit log.
Under the hood
- Enforced by the WordPress agent through a signed command, not a client-side toggle that can drift out of sync.
- State syncs back to the dashboard automatically through the agent's inventory reporting.
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