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If, for example, your clients want to be able to “turn off” their website for a while, so they can work on new 
content or features of their website, but you don’t want them rummaging through the WordPress Settings pages to do so, this plugin might be something for you.
This plugin creates a very simple little widget for your WP Dashboard, from which the website can turned to / out of maintenance mode.
Activating maintenance mode will display a maintenance mode page with explanatory text for your visitors. Logged in users will be able to view the website as they normally would.
The plugin will automatically create a <code>maintenance.php</code> file and add it to your <code>/wp-content/</code> directory. Customize this page to change the appearance and text of the maintenance mode page.
Known bugs 
* Right now, this plugin will not work on certain servers (like Antagonist.nl) because of a permissions issue.

Dashboard Maintenance Mode

Adds a nifty widget to your dashboard from which you can put your website in maintenance mode.

Fugu Design

One-click maintenance mode
This plugin adds a button to the admin bar for toggling the builtin maintenance mode.
Core maintenance mode
A .maintenance file is generated and copied to the WordPress installation folder when turning on the maintenance mode. 
A maintenance.php file is generated and added to the wp-content folder for custom HTML code.
Your custom maintenance page will also be active during the core, plugins and themes updates.
<h4>Special Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>
set which roles can switch the maintenance mode
</li>
<li>
set which roles can bypass the maintenance mode on the frontend
</li>
<li>
set the entire HTML code used for the maintenance page
</li>
<li>
preview the maintenance page before saving
</li>
<li>
enable the theme file support, so you can create in each your themes a maintenance.php file to customize the maintenance page
</li>
<li>
restore all default settings
</li>
<li>
restore default HTML code
</li>
<li>
create/delete the maintenance file in the active WP theme
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
<li>French</li>
</ul>

Maintenance Switch

Customize easily and switch in one-click to (native) maintenance mode from your backend or frontend.

Dashboard Maintenance Mode vs Maintenance Switch