Konstantin Kovshenin

<p>A black ribbon with the words “Stop SOPA” will be put on in the top right corner of your website, linking to the <a href="http://americancensorship.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">American Censorship</a> website. Look at the screenshots to see how the ribbon looks. Check out the <a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/help-stop-sopa-pipa/" rel="ugc">Help Stop SOPA/PIPA</a> entry in the WordPress news too. Thank you for showing your support!</p>


Stop SOPA Ribbon

Help stop American Consorship by putting a ribbon that says Stop SOPA on your WordPress site or network.

George Stephanis

<p>“Go Dark” is a general-purpose, SEO-friendly utility that allows you to easily take your website offline (blackout) in protest of political issues, climate advocacy, net neutrality, censorship opposition, or other custom causes.</p>
<p>When your website is “dark”, it returns a <code>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</code> HTTP status code. This informs search engines that the offline state is temporary, preserving your SEO rankings, and provides browsers with a <code>Retry-After</code> header.</p>
<h3>Live Demo</h3>
<p>Try the plugin instantly in your browser using <a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint=https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/go-dark/trunk/blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Playground</a></p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Flexible Status Modes</strong>: Keep the plugin inactive, schedule a precise start/end blackout window, or force dark mode active immediately.</li>
<li><strong>Modern Premium Themes</strong>: Choose from three highly polished design presets:
<ol>
<li><em>Minimalist Blackout</em>: A sleek, modern dark mode design with custom glow accents.</li>
<li><em>Glassmorphism Alert</em>: A stunning backdrop-blurred glass card over vibrant ambient glowing shapes.</li>
<li><em>Classic Protest</em>: An updated typewriter aesthetic utilizing a dark wood texture.</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><strong>Cause Presets</strong>: Quick-load templates for Net Neutrality, Climate Action, censorship opposition, and standard maintenance.</li>
<li><strong>Interactive Live Countdown</strong>: Real-time Javascript-powered countdown clock showing visitors exactly when your website will return.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Media Library Integration</strong>: Directly upload or select custom logos and images to display on the splash page.</li>
<li><strong>Call to Action</strong>: Insert custom URLs and labels (e.g. to sign a petition or learn more).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<ul>
<li>Design and legacy Sign/Seal was created by Cheryl Eisenhard ( http://cheryleisenhard.com/ )</li>
<li>Development by George Stephanis ( http://stephanis.info/ )</li>
<li>Wood Grain Background taken from http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/8-tileable-dark-wood-texture-patterns/</li>
</ul>


Go Dark

A general-purpose, SEO-friendly protest and blackout utility for WordPress. Schedule a period or manually force your website to go dark with customiza …

Stop SOPA Ribbon vs Go Dark