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Whether you're rolling out new updates, making design changes, or troubleshooting, enabling maintenance mode ensures that your visitors are left in the dark.
In this video, you’ll be guided through the easiest ways how to put WordPress in maintenance mode.
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🕒 Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:56 - Using the Maintenance Mode Feature on hPanel
03:09 - Using a WordPress Plugin
04:42 - Using a Custom Function
05:58 - Tweaking the .htaccess File
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When implementing significant updates or changes to your WordPress site, activating maintenance mode prevents users from encountering broken pages or incomplete features.
Fortunately, implementing it on your site requires just a few simple steps.
In this video, you’ll see the video tutorial on how to put a WordPress site in maintenance mode, starting from the simplest to the most advanced methods:
🟣 Using the Maintenance Mode feature on hPanel
🟣 Using a third-party WordPress plugin
🟣 Using a custom function
This method requires editing your site’s functions.php file. That’s why backing up your site before going to proceed with the steps is a must.
Copy this code block to your active theme’s functions.php file:
// Activate WordPress Maintenance Mode
function wp_maintenance_mode() {
if (!current_user_can('edit_themes') || !is_user_logged_in()) {
wp_die('/h1/Under Maintenance//h1\/br /\Website under planned maintenance. Please check back later.');
}
}
add_action('get_header', 'wp_maintenance_mode');
If you use macOS, the code might be pasted using curly single quotes. Double-check the code and ensure you’re using straight single quotes instead.
🟣 Tweaking the .htaccess file
You can also edit your site’s .htaccess file. However, creating a backup is a must if you want to go with this method.
Note that activating maintenance mode in this way will make your WordPress admin dashboard inaccessible during the process.
Applying this method is recommended for those with extensive WordPress technical knowledge.
That being said, here’s the code block you should use:
BEGIN MAINTENANCE MODE
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/maintenance\.html$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ example.com/maintenance.html [R=503,L]
END MAINTENANCE MODE
Just don’t forget to change example.com with your own domain name.
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