Title: DIY Maintenance
Author: Holovid
Published: <strong>June 26, 2025</strong>
Last modified: June 26, 2025

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# DIY Maintenance

 By [Holovid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/holovid/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/diy-maintenance.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/diy-maintenance/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/diy-maintenance/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/diy-maintenance/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/diy-maintenance/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/diy-maintenance/)

## Description

DIY Maintenance is the simplest way to activate a maintenance mode on your WordPress
site, without bloating your system with unnecessary features.
 It allows you to:

 * Choose any existing page to act as your maintenance screen
 * Enable or disable maintenance mode with a single checkbox
 * Ensure logged-in administrators can always access the full site

No coding. No shortcodes. No custom post types. Just click and go.

### Arbitrary section

Built with simplicity in mind, no custom frontend output or settings clutter.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Settings screen: choose a page and activate maintenance mode.
 * [[
 * Visitors get redirected to the selected “Coming Soon” page.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to Settings > DIY Maintenance to configure.

## FAQ

### Will it block search engines?

Yes, only the selected page will be visible. Everything else is redirected.

### Can I still work on the site while it’s active?

Yes, if you’re logged in as an administrator.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“DIY Maintenance” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Holovid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/holovid/)

[Translate “DIY Maintenance” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/diy-maintenance)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/diy-maintenance/), 
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/diy-maintenance/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/diy-maintenance/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/diy-maintenance/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Text output now properly escaped to meet WordPress.org standards
 * New custom message under the settings page to thank users and suggest a coffee
   ☕
 * Updated plugin description for better visibility in the plugin list
 * Switched to unique prefix “diyma_” to avoid naming collisions

#### 1.0

 * First public release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **9 months ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/diy-maintenance/)
 * Tags
 * [admin only](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-only/)[coming soon](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon/)
   [maintenance](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/)[minimal](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/minimal/)
   [redirection](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirection/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/diy-maintenance/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Holovid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/holovid/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/diy-maintenance/)

## Donate

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 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://coff.ee/holovid)