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<p><strong>Simple Maintenance Redirect</strong> allows site administrators to enable maintenance mode by redirecting visitors to one of your specified pages (without header and footer) or an external URL instead of complicating things with all kinds of confusing settings. Logged-in administrators can still access the site normally, ensuring a seamless workflow while updates are made.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Custom Maintenance Page:</strong> Redirects visitors to a selected WordPress page while the site is in maintenance mode.</li>
<li><strong>Maintenance Page Modifications:</strong> Automatically hides the header and footer on the maintenance page and adds a <code>maintenance-mode</code> class to the body element for further customization.</li>
<li><strong>External Redirect Option:</strong> Redirect to an external URL instead of a WordPress page if needed.</li>
<li><strong>Admin Bypass:</strong> Logged-in administrators can continue working on the site without redirection.</li>
<li><strong>Developer Hook:</strong> Modify rules for when a user should be redirected.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>How It Works:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Create and publish a page with your custom maintenance message.</li>
<li>Go to <strong>Settings > General</strong> and choose a <strong>Maintenance Mode Page</strong> or enter an <strong>External URL</strong>.</li>
<li>When enabled, visitors will be redirected to the selected page or URL. Logged-in administrators can still access the site.</li>
<li>The plugin does not affect the login page, REST API, or JSON endpoints.</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin is great for “coming soon” pages, staging site protection, design previews, or any situation where you need to hide the main site while keeping access for yourself.</p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
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Simple Maintenance Redirect

Easily redirect visitors to a maintenance mode page or external URL while keeping access for logged-in administrators.

YITHEMES

<p>If you’re working on your website and would like to make it known to your visitors, install the plugin YITH Maintenance Mode to quickly set a lovely customizable page to let your visitors know the site is closed for maintenance.</p>
<p><strong>A working demo is available <a href="http://plugins.yithemes.com/yith-maintenance-mode/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Full documentation is available <a href="http://yithemes.com/docs-plugins/yith_maintenance_mode/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
<p>This plugin is 100% compatible with <a href="http://wpml.org/?aid=24889&affiliate_key=Qn1wDeBNTcZV" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a></p>
<h4>Installation</h4>
<p>Once you have installed the plugin, you just need to activate the plugin in order to enable it.</p>
<h4>Configuration</h4>
<p>YITH Maintenance Mode will add a new page under Appearance -> Maintenance Mode, where you can configure the plugin and customize the frontend page.</p>
<h4>GDPR Disclaimer</h4>
<p>As you can see in <a href="https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#what_does_using_the_google_fonts_api_mean_for_the_privacy_of_my_users" rel="nofollow ugc">Google FAQ</a>:</p>
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<p>The Google Fonts API is designed to limit the collection, storage, and use of end-user data to what is needed to serve fonts efficiently. […] Google Fonts logs records of the CSS and the font file requests, and access to this data is kept secure. […] We use data from Google’s web crawler to detect which websites use Google fonts.</p>
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<p>In other words, when someone visits your website, Google will be able to access the IP address they used to access it. As a result of using Google Fonts, you implicitly accept their terms and conditions, and you must inform people visiting your site of this in accordance with the current GDPR law in Europe.</p>
<h4>Developer</h4>
<p>Are you a developer? Want to customize the templates or the style of the plugin? Read on the <a href="http://yithemes.com/docs-plugins/yith_maintenance_mode/" rel="nofollow ugc">documentation</a> and discover how to do that.</p>
<h3>Suggestions</h3>
<p>If you have suggestions about how to improve YITH Maintenance Mode, you can <a href="mailto:plugins@yithemes.com" title="Your Inspiration Themes" rel="nofollow ugc">write us</a> so we can bundle them into YITH Maintenance Mode.</p>
<h3>Translators</h3>
<h4>Available Languages</h4>
<ul>
<li>English (Default)</li>
<li>Dutch</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ul>
<p>If you have created your own language pack, or have an update for an existing one, you can send <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress" title="Translating WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">gettext PO and MO file</a><br />
<a href="http://yithemes.com/contact/" title="Your Inspiration Themes" rel="nofollow ugc">use</a> so we can bundle it into YITH Maintenance Mode Languages.</p>
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<p>Full documentation is available <a href="http://yithemes.com/docs-plugins/yith_maintenance_mode/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>


YITH Maintenance Mode

This plugin locked me completely out of my wordpress site. Neither /wp-admin nor /admin let me log in again. All I got was "Page not found". Removed the plugin via FTP and I'm back in business.

Unacceptable!

Locked me completely out!

YITH Maintenance Mode gives you the ability to have a simple Maintenance Mode page while your website is under construction or closed for maintenance.

Simple Maintenance Redirect vs YITH Maintenance Mode