Harish Chouhan

Themeist Co

Build Mode lets you put your WordPress site into maintenance mode or display a coming‑soon page / under‑construction page with one click. Instead of a generic message, you can select and display any page you’ve built — with the Block Editor, Classic Editor, or a page builder. Visitors will see your chosen maintenance or coming‑soon page, styled using your theme’s CSS and JS, while logged‑in administrators continue working behind the scenes.
When Build Mode is active, only the content area of your chosen maintenance page is displayed. The header, footer and navigation are automatically removed.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Enable or disable Build Mode from the Admin Bar</li>
<li>Choose any page as your custom maintenance, coming‑soon or under‑construction screen</li>
<li>Five-Second Setup: Click “Create Maintenance Page” to automatically generate a styled “Under Construction” page.</li>
<li>Logged‑in admins bypass maintenance mode automatically</li>
<li>Choose between 503 Service Unavailable (maintenance windows) or 200 OK (coming‑soon / teaser pages) — configurable via a simple setting</li>
<li>Lightweight and secure, built with WordPress best practices</li>
<li>Compatible with classic and block themes</li>
<li>Translation‑ready</li>
</ul>
<h3>Use cases</h3>
<ul>
<li>Show a custom under‑maintenance or coming‑soon screen while you redesign or update your site</li>
<li>Let search engines know your downtime is temporary with proper HTTP headers</li>
<li>Keep working on your site privately without showing a broken layout to visitors</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://themeist.com/plugins/build-mode/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Page on Themeist</a> 
<a href="https://github.com/webtions/build-mode" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repo</a>
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Build Mode – Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Page


Neat little helper for creating a cool maintenance page. 


Helpful tool!


It's very easy. you can put your website in maintenance mode in one click. 


Easy maintenance plugin


Does what it's supposed to do - without any unnecessary extras. Easy to use with well-designed features.


Easy to use, no unnecessary stuff

Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Made Easy – Display any page as your maintenance or coming-soon screen, no coding required.

amitry

Stop guessing how your maintenance page will look. Amitry Maintenance Mode brings a true real-time live preview to maintenance pages. Edit the headline, switch a color, swap the logo – the preview reflects it instantly. No “save and check” cycle.
Whether your site is under construction, coming soon, or temporarily down for maintenance, this plugin gets you a polished, SEO-friendly page in under a minute. The setup wizard walks you through the basics. The settings page handles the details. The live preview shows you exactly what visitors will see.
<h4>Why this plugin</h4>
<ul>
<li>True live preview – Watch your maintenance page update in real time, on desktop, tablet, or mobile widths</li>
<li>Setup wizard – Three steps from activation to launched. Pick a mode, pick a template, fill in the basics</li>
<li>3 polished templates – Construction, Coming Soon, Minimal. All mobile-first, all theme-conflict-resistant</li>
<li>Smart access control – Administrators always bypass the page (no lockout). Other roles configurable</li>
<li>Page-level exclusions – Keep specific pages or URL patterns accessible</li>
<li>Animated login modal – Click the login link and the form slides in, no full page reload</li>
<li>503 status code – Tells search engines the downtime is temporary, protects your SEO</li>
<li>Cache-plugin aware – Auto-flushes W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, WP Super Cache, SG Optimizer, Cache Enabler, Comet Cache, Hummingbird, and Autoptimize</li>
<li>No tracking, no external calls – The plugin never phones home. GDPR-friendly out of the box</li>
<li>Translation-ready – Ships with English, German, French, and Spanish translations</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Pro</h4>
The free version is a complete, polished maintenance plugin. Everything you need to put your site in maintenance or coming-soon mode is included. No locked features, no hidden upsells, no nag screens.
The Pro add-on adds:
<ul>
<li>5 premium designed templates (Gradient Hero, Brand Card, Split Screen, Tech Startup, Construction Pro)</li>
<li>Full SEO suite (meta title, description, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, canonical URL, schema, favicon)</li>
<li>Countdown timer with auto-disable and custom end message</li>
<li>Custom CSS editor with syntax highlighting</li>
<li>Custom JavaScript editor with head/footer placement</li>
<li>Auto-adapting countdown colors plus per-instance custom colors</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://amitry.de/maintenance-mode-coming-soon/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Pro</a>
<h4>Built for developers</h4>
This plugin exposes a clean hook API so other plugins (including the Pro add-on) can extend it without hacking the core:
<ul>
<li><code>amm_register_templates</code> – Register additional templates</li>
<li><code>amm_should_show_maintenance</code> – Override the show-or-not decision</li>
<li><code>amm_render_html</code> – Filter the final HTML output</li>
<li><code>amm_head_meta</code> – Replace the head meta block (used by Pro SEO)</li>
<li><code>amm_settings_schema</code> – Add your own settings fields</li>
</ul>
The hook contract is versioned. Pro and third-party add-ons can check <code>AMM_HOOK_VERSION</code> on activation to ensure compatibility.
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>Works with classic themes and block themes (Twenty Twenty-Four, Twenty Twenty-Five, etc.)</li>
<li>Works alongside WooCommerce, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, Gutenberg</li>
<li>Works with all major caching plugins (auto-flushed when maintenance toggles)</li>
<li>Tested on PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3</li>
<li>Compatible with multisite installations</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
Amitry Maintenance Mode does not track users, does not phone home, and does not load external resources. All assets are served from your own domain. No data leaves your site.

Amitry Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon

Beautiful maintenance and coming-soon pages with a true live preview. Build it, see it, ship it - no save-refresh-repeat.

Build Mode – Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Page vs Amitry Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon