DevLab Maintenance Mode lets you display a beautiful “Under Maintenance” or “Coming Soon” page to your visitors while you work on your site behind the scenes. No coding required.

Whether you’re launching a new site, performing updates, or making major changes, this plugin ensures your visitors see a professional holding page instead of broken layouts or error messages.

Why Choose DevLab Maintenance Mode?

Zero Lock-Out Risk – Maintenance mode is OFF by default. You control when it activates. Logged-in administrators always have access.

10 Stunning Templates – Not just one boring page. Choose from 10 professionally designed templates that match any brand or style.

Multiple Bypass Options – Grant access via user roles, IP addresses, or shareable secret links. Perfect for clients, team members, or testers.

SEO Done Right – Returns proper 503 status codes with Retry-After headers. Search engines understand your site is temporarily unavailable, not gone forever.

Features

One-Click Activation – Enable or disable maintenance mode instantly
10 Beautiful Templates – From minimal to animated, corporate to playful
Live Countdown Timer – Show visitors when you’ll be back (Countdown template)
Custom Messages – Write your own text with full HTML support
Role-Based Bypass – Let editors, authors, or any role access the site
IP Whitelist – Always allow specific IP addresses through
Secret Access Links – Share yoursite.com?mmbd_bypass=secret for temporary access
Cookie-Based Sessions – Bypass visitors stay logged in for your configured duration
Theme Override Support – Copy templates to your theme for complete customization
Multisite Ready – Works perfectly on WordPress multisite networks
Clean Uninstall – Removes all data when deleted, leaves no trace

Template Collection

Your maintenance page should look as good as your site. Choose from:

Classic – Clean centered card with elegant purple gradient background
Minimal Dark – Ultra-modern dark theme with subtle cyan accents
Construction – Bold warning style with animated diagonal stripes
Gradient Wave – Smooth animated wave effect for a dynamic feel
Corporate – Professional business design with refined gold accents
Playful – Fun and friendly with floating colorful shapes
Neon – Cyberpunk-inspired with vibrant glow effects
Nature – Calm organic design with gentle leaf elements
Tech – Matrix-style digital aesthetic for tech brands
Countdown – Includes live countdown timer to your launch date

Developer Friendly

Override any template by copying it to your-theme/devlab-maintenance-mode/
Minimal footprint – single database query, lightweight hooks
Clean, documented code following WordPress coding standards
Filters and actions for extending functionality

Perfect For

Site launches and “Coming Soon” pages
Scheduled maintenance windows
Major redesigns and migrations
WooCommerce store updates
Development and staging sites
Client preview access during development

Privacy

Google Analytics is disabled unless you enter a Measurement ID. When configured, the maintenance page loads JavaScript from Google Tag Manager and sends visitor data to Google Analytics. Enable it only after meeting the consent requirements applicable to your site. Google terms: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/ and privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Bypass links set an HttpOnly access cookie for the configured duration. Changing or clearing the secret phrase revokes existing bypass cookies. IP allowlisting uses the direct server-reported client address; configure trusted proxy IP restoration at the web-server level if necessary.