Title: Simple WP Maintenance
Author: DreiEbenen.de
Published: <strong>March 29, 2023</strong>
Last modified: November 16, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Simple WP Maintenance

 By [DreiEbenen.de](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreiebenen/)

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

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

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

## Description

Simple WP Maintenance is a lightweight and easy-to-use plugin that allows you to
activate a maintenance mode on your WordPress website. Once activated, only logged-
in users with the ‘manage_options’ capability (usually administrators) can view 
the site, while other users will see a custom maintenance message.

Features:

 * Easy activation and deactivation of the maintenance mode
 * Customizable maintenance message
 * Customizable maintenance background image
 * Support for translations
 * Ads free

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Plugin settings page where you can activate/deactivate maintenance mode and customize
   the maintenance message.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `simple-wp-maintenance` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to ‘Settings’ > ‘Simple WP Maintenance’ to configure the plugin

## FAQ

### How do I customize the maintenance message?

Go to ‘Settings’ > ‘Simple WP Maintenance’ in the WordPress admin area to customize
the maintenance message.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ DreiEbenen.de ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreiebenen/)
 *   [ DominikHS ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dominikhs/)

“Simple WP Maintenance” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-wp-maintenance/contributors)
for their contributions.

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.1

Added default Background Color
 Fixed PHP-Warning: access array offset

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.4.8**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-maintenance/) and [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-maintenance/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-wp-maintenance)
 * Tags
 * [coming soon](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon/)[maintenance](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance/)
   [maintenance mode](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)
   [under construction](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/under-construction/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-wp-maintenance/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ DreiEbenen.de ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreiebenen/)
 *   [ DominikHS ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dominikhs/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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