Maintenance mode is a WordPress feature that allows you to put your site into a temporary standby state. This is useful when you need to make changes to your site, but you don’t want those changes to be visible to the public until they’re finished.
The benefits of maintenance mode
There are some benefits to using maintenance mode:
- Allows you to make changes to your site without the public seeing them until they are ready.
- It can help reduce the amount of traffic to your site while you make changes, which can minimize the impact on your server.
- It can also be used as a “coming soon” page for new sites that are not yet ready to launch.
When to use maintenance mode
Maintenance mode is most useful when you need to make changes to your site that might take some time or could break the site. For example, if you’re updating to a new version of WordPress, you might want to put your site into maintenance mode so that visitors don’t see any errors while the update is taking place.
How to use maintenance mode
There are two ways to enable maintenance mode: through the WordPress admin panel or by editing your site’s .htaccess file.
If you want to enable maintenance mode through the WordPress admin panel, simply go to the “Settings” tab and click on the “Maintenance Mode” option. From here, you can enable or disable maintenance mode and also specify a message to be displayed to visitors while the site is in maintenance mode.
If you want to edit your site’s .htaccess file, you will need to add the following line of code:
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^127\.0\.0\.1$
RewriteRule .* – […]/maintenance.php?key=ONLYKEY HERE
Replace UNIQUEKEYHERE with a unique key that you create. This key is used to prevent anyone from accessing your site while it is in maintenance mode.
Another way to put your WordPress site into maintenance mode is to add a few lines of code to your theme’s functions.php file. Simply add the following code:
function wp_maintenance_mode(){Ç
if(!current_user_can(‘edit_themes’) || !is_user_logged_in()){
wp_die(‘<h1>Under Maintenance</h1>’)