Comments on: WordPress Maintenance Mode Without a Plugin Part 3

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:56:56 +0000

This works brilliantly. No need for a plugin, just make 2 simple files and done.
thanks

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:59:26 +0000

@Edwin Valdez: the maintenance.php file does not exist by default. It is an optional file that can be created and dropped into the wp-content directory.

By: Edwin Valdez

Edwin Valdez — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:01:46 +0000

Hello Matt! Thank you for your posts about maintenance mode. I´ve used it in my wordpress customers when I´m doing some changes and it works fine. But, in the last version of WordPress, I´ve not found the maintenance.php file. I need create it or wordpress must have this files to modify? Coould you help me please?

Thank´s in advance.

By: Andreas Lorentzen

Andreas Lorentzen — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:03:08 +0000

If you delete the 2 below lines from the example:
else
$upgrading = 0;

you will not get this message:
“An automated WordPress update has failed to complete – please attempt the update again now.”

By: Silwing

Silwing — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:56:03 +0000

Great tip! Just what I needed.

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:05:14 +0000

Excellent! Exactly what I was looking for. :)

By: Venkat

Venkat — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:37:46 +0000

Hi Matt,

I’m reading Professional WordPress (Wrox Book). I came to know about .maintenance and maintenance.php from that book. I was wondering whether there is a way to access backend/frontend while in maintenance mode. Got it here. Thanks man!

By: Vito Botta

Vito Botta — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:59:25 +0000

I prefer this to using a plugin. Quick & easy, thanks!

By: Hikari

Hikari — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:26:22 +0000

I use Maintenance Mode plugin, which has some higher features, but I have a problem with it. I always forget to disable it, and ppl end up facing 503 message until some friend tells me :P

With a small tweak on your code I can enter admin pages, and when I go to frontend I see it’s maintenance and relember to remove it. tnx a lot :D

By: Trey Copeland

Trey Copeland — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:56:04 +0000

Thanks for the tip Matt!