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Planned Outage for Block Themes

Planned Outage for Block Themes

5/5 (1 ratings) — active installs Updated Feb 13, 2026

Planned Outage for Block Themes is a lightweight plugin that enables maintenance mode for WordPress block themes. When enabled, logged-out visitors see your custom maintenance template while logged-in users can browse the site normally.

Features:

  • Uses native block theme templates
  • Create maintenance pages in the Site Editor or as theme files
  • Logged-in users bypass maintenance mode
  • Configurable expected duration (Retry-After header)
  • Pre-launch mode for sites that aren’t live yet
  • Optional search engine bot access during maintenance
  • Bypass link to let non-logged-in users preview the site during maintenance
  • Admin bar indicator when maintenance mode is active
  • Duration warning after 3 days of maintenance (except in pre-launch mode)
  • Returns proper 503 status code for SEO
  • Cache plugin detection with admin warning and automatic cache flushing

Requirements:

  • WordPress 6.3 or higher
  • A block theme (like Twenty Twenty-Five)