Take your site offline with style. Stunning maintenance pages, countdown timers, email collection, scheduled downtime, and multi-language support—all without touching code.
Updates, migrations, or major changes—sometimes you need to hide your site. Don't show visitors an ugly error page.
WordPress "Briefly unavailable" messages look unprofessional. Visitors think your site is broken and may never return.
Can't schedule maintenance for 3 AM when traffic is low? You're stuck staying up late to manually toggle it on and off.
Visitors come, see "site down", and leave forever. No way to capture their email or tell them when you'll be back.
Professional maintenance mode with all the features you actually need.
Beautiful gradient backgrounds, custom colors, 12 icons to choose from, and your logo. Look professional even when you're down.
Show visitors exactly when you'll be back. Real-time countdown with days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Builds anticipation.
Set start and end times. Maintenance turns on and off automatically. Schedule updates for 3 AM without losing sleep.
Capture visitor emails during downtime. Auto-notify them when you're back online. Turn downtime into a mailing list.
Auto-detect visitor language and show localized content. Built-in translations for 7 languages. Add your own easily.
Admins and selected roles see the real site. Share secret bypass URLs with clients. Whitelist IPs for your team.
Choose how visitors experience your maintenance mode
Complete maintenance page that replaces your entire site. Proper 503 headers for SEO.
A floating notification while your site stays visible. Perfect for minor updates or warnings.
Maintenance mode done right, with features that actually matter
Custom colors for backgrounds, text, and accents. Gradient backgrounds with two color stops. Your brand, your style.
Wrench, gear, hard hat, rocket, shield, lightning bolt, and more. Each one looks stunning in your accent colors.
Set your own headline and message. Different messages for widget mode. HTML supported for formatting.
Auto-calculated progress based on countdown or schedule. Shows visitors how close you are to being done.
Generate a secret URL to share with clients. They can view the real site even during maintenance. 24-hour cookie.
Administrators, editors, or any role can bypass. Choose exactly who sees the real site during downtime.
Add trusted IP addresses that always bypass maintenance. Perfect for your office or development team.
Looks perfect on phones, tablets, and desktops. Tested across all screen sizes and devices.
Toggle maintenance on/off from the admin bar. One click from any page. See status at a glance.
Track when maintenance was enabled/disabled and by whom. Complete history of downtime events.
Download all collected emails as CSV. One click to export your new leads for your email marketing tool.
Proper 503 status codes tell search engines you're temporarily down. No indexing problems, no ranking drops.
Watch how easy it is to set up beautiful maintenance pages, or try it yourself in the live playground.
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Professional maintenance mode for WordPress
Got questions? We've got answers.
Try Simple Website Maintenance risk-free. If you're not completely satisfied within 30 days, contact us for a full refund. No questions asked, no hoops to jump through. We're confident you'll love how professional your maintenance pages look.
Turn an inconvenience into an opportunity. Collect emails, show countdowns, and keep visitors engaged—even during maintenance.
$39.00/year billed annually · Unlimited sites · 30-day guarantee