DIY Maintenance
A lightweight plugin that redirects all non-admin visitors to a custom "Coming Soon" page of your choice. Perfect for pre-launch websites.
Plugin info
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 188 days ago
Is DIY Maintenance abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 188 days ago).
Compatibility
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Description
DIY Maintenance is the simplest way to activate a maintenance mode on your WordPress site, without bloating your system with unnecessary features.
It allows you to:
- Choose any existing page to act as your maintenance screen
- Enable or disable maintenance mode with a single checkbox
- Ensure logged-in administrators can always access the full site
No coding. No shortcodes. No custom post types. Just click and go.
Arbitrary section
Built with simplicity in mind, no custom frontend output or settings clutter.
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Go to Settings > DIY Maintenance to configure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, only the selected page will be visible. Everything else is redirected.
Yes, if you’re logged in as an administrator.
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Screenshots
Settings screen: choose a page and activate maintenance mode.
Visitors get redirected to the selected "Coming Soon" page.
Changelog
1.1
- Text output now properly escaped to meet WordPress.org standards
- New custom message under the settings page to thank users and suggest a coffee ☕
- Updated plugin description for better visibility in the plugin list
- Switched to unique prefix “diyma_” to avoid naming collisions
1.0
- First public release.