{"id":206,"date":"2017-07-08T21:23:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T21:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/?p=206"},"modified":"2019-07-19T04:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T04:22:54","slug":"how-to-put-wordpress-site-in-maintenance-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/how-to-put-wordpress-site-in-maintenance-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"How to put WordPress site in maintenance mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How to put your WordPress site in maintenance mode for visitors while accessing the website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; Initially need to install the <a title=\"WP Maintenance Mode\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-maintenance-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WP Maintenance Mode<\/a>\u00a0plugin and activate it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-209 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp1-1024x489.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp1-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp1-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp1.png 1598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; Once Activated\u00a0need to go to\u00a0<strong>Settings \u00bb WP Maintenance Mode<\/strong>\u00a0to do modification in the plugin as per your requirement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-211 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp2-1024x485.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp2-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp2-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp2-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp2.png 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; In GENERAL option, select the &#8220;Activate&#8221; to trigger on the maintenance mode. Once Activated the maintenance mode plugin you can see the current working website by login the DASHBOARD, Also you can do the website modification and changes. It will not reflect to visitors until DEACTIVATED the status <strong>&gt;&gt; Settings &gt;&gt; WP Maintenance Mode\u00a0&gt;&gt; General &gt;&gt; Status<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-212 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp3-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp3-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp3-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp3-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp3.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; In Design option, to set the title, heading and content to display on your maintenance page. also you can choose colors for the displayed text.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-213 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp4-1024x487.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp4-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp4-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp4-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp4.png 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> &#8211; In background option you can upload and set the background image by your choice, else you can use the predefined images too.\u00a0After choosing your background, click on the save settings option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-214 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp5-1024x361.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp5-1024x361.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp5-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp5-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp5.png 1047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> &#8211; To set the countdown option for If \u00a0creating a coming soon page or users want to know when site will be up, then use countdown time module.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-215 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp6-1024x277.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp6-1024x277.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp6-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp6-768x207.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp6.png 1355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Also this plugin display the signup form for users can provide their email address to receive updates. You can then export the list of your subscribers and import it into your email list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-216 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp7-1024x262.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp7-1024x262.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp7-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp7-768x197.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp7.png 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong> &#8211; \u00a0Once you have the set all the configurations in\u00a0<strong>WP Maintenance Mode,\u00a0<\/strong>you can see the maintanance site like this<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp8-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-221 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp8-1-1024x521.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp8-1-1024x521.png 1024w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp8-1-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp8-1-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp8-1.png 1357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to put your WordPress site in maintenance mode for visitors while accessing the website. Step 1 &#8211; Initially need to install the WP Maintenance Mode\u00a0plugin and activate it. Step 2 &#8211; Once Activated\u00a0need to go to\u00a0Settings \u00bb WP Maintenance Mode\u00a0to do modification in the plugin as per your requirement. Step 3 &#8211; In GENERAL option, select the &#8220;Activate&#8221; to trigger on the maintenance mode. Once Activated the maintenance mode plugin you can see the current working website by login the DASHBOARD, Also you can do the website modification and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1107,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orissawebhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}