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WP Simple Maintenance

by mamunitiw

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Description

WP Simple Maintenance lets you put your WordPress site into maintenance or coming soon mode with a beautiful, fully customizable page — in seconds.

Version 2.0 is a complete rewrite with modern features, improved security, and full WordPress 6.8 compatibility.

✨ What’s New in v2.0

  • Maintenance vs Coming Soon mode — HTTP 503 for maintenance (SEO safe), HTTP 200 for coming soon
  • Email Subscribe form — collect visitor emails while your site is down, with CSV export
  • Progress bar — show how far along you are
  • Tabbed admin settings — clean, organized, easy to use
  • Live Preview button — see your page without enabling it for visitors
  • SEO meta tags — set custom page title and description
  • Accent color control — one color changes buttons, countdown, badge, progress bar
  • Custom CSS & HTML — full control for advanced users
  • Google Analytics support — track your maintenance page visitors
  • Subscriber CSV export — download all collected emails
  • PHP 8.x compatible
  • WordPress 6.8 compatible

🎨 Template Features

  • Fullscreen background — solid color, image, or MP4 video
  • Overlay color & opacity control
  • 10 Google Fonts to choose from
  • Logo upload with width control
  • Maintenance / Coming Soon badge with animated dot
  • Countdown timer to launch date
  • Animated progress bar with label
  • Email subscribe form with AJAX (no page reload)
  • Social links — Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube
  • Fully responsive — looks great on all screen sizes
  • Smooth fade-in animation on page load

⚙️ Admin Settings

All settings are under Settings WP Maintenance:

  • General — Enable/disable, mode, exclude logged-in users, excluded pages
  • Design — Background type/color/image/video, overlay, fonts, text color, accent color
  • Content — Logo, title, description
  • Features — Countdown timer, progress bar, email subscribe
  • Social — All social platform links
  • Advanced — SEO, Google Analytics, custom CSS/HTML
  1. Upload the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/wpsimple-maintenance/ or install via Plugins Add New.
  2. Activate the plugin.
  3. Go to Settings WP Maintenance to configure.
  4. When ready, enable maintenance mode and save.
  1. Admin Settings — General tab

    Admin Settings — General tab

  2. Admin Settings — Design tab

    Admin Settings — Design tab

  3. Admin Settings — Features tab (Countdown, Progress, Subscribe)

    Admin Settings — Features tab (Countdown, Progress, Subscribe)

  4. Frontend — Maintenance mode with countdown timer

    Frontend — Maintenance mode with countdown timer

Will my logged-in admin account see the maintenance page?

No. By default, logged-in users are excluded. You always see the real site while editing.

What’s the difference between Maintenance and Coming Soon mode?

Maintenance sends HTTP 503 (Service Unavailable) — this tells search engines your site is temporarily down and to come back later. Coming Soon sends HTTP 200 (OK) — better for new sites not yet indexed.

How do I collect subscriber emails?

Enable the Subscribe form under Features tab. Emails are stored in your WordPress database. You can export them as CSV from the same tab.

Can I keep some pages publicly accessible during maintenance?

Yes. Enter page slugs or IDs (comma-separated) in the “Excluded Pages” field under General settings.

Does it work with any theme?

Yes. The maintenance page completely replaces the theme output, so it works with any WordPress theme.

2.0.0

  • Complete rewrite for WordPress 6.8 and PHP 8.x compatibility
  • Added Maintenance vs Coming Soon mode with correct HTTP status codes
  • Added email subscribe form with AJAX submission and CSV export
  • Added progress bar with animated fill and custom label
  • Added tabbed admin settings panel
  • Added live preview button for admins
  • Added SEO meta title and description fields
  • Added accent color control
  • Added Google Analytics ID field
  • Added custom CSS and custom HTML fields
  • Added subscriber count display in admin
  • Added smooth fade-in animation on frontend
  • Improved countdown timer (no jQuery dependency)
  • Improved security: nonces, sanitization, escaping throughout
  • Improved responsive design for all screen sizes
  • Removed dead external demo link

1.0

  • First Release
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