DS Site Message
DS Site Message (DSSM) adds to WordPress a beautiful Maintenance, Coming Soon or Offline-Message page.
Maintenance 38/100356d since update
Active installs
10
Downloads
11,521
Reviews
0
Age
8.0y
Plugin info
Total downloads: 11,521
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 2/25/2025 (356 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/21/2018 (7 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.9.4
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: 7.2
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Stale • Last updated 356 days ago
38/100
Is DS Site Message abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 356 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.9.4
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 7.2
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Description
DS Site Message (DSSM) adds to WordPress a beautiful Maintenance, Coming Soon or Offline-Message page.
Simply activate DSSM from the settings page in the administrator panel.
Features
- Redirects non-admin website visitors to a maintenance or coming soon page.
- Displays a message to administrators when DSSM is enabled.
- Enable or disable temporarily unavailable headers.
- Includes a logo, title and message.
- Includes social media.
- Customizable text and background.
- Custom css.
- Live preview.
Installation
- Log in to your WordPress administrator account and Navigate to ‘Plugins -> Add New’.
- Input “DS Site Message” in the top right hand side search bar.
- Click on the “Install Now” button for DSSM.
- Click on the “Activate” button for DSSM.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can choose whether or not you want to include temporarily unavailable headers (503) from the settings page.
No. To activate DSSM navigate to the DSSM settings page and check the “Enabled” setting.
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Screenshots
DSSM example page.
DSSM example page.
DSSM example page.
Changelog
1.14.5
- Update: Version bump.
1.14.4
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress 6.2.
1.14.3
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress 5.9.2.
1.14.2
- Update: Compatibility with WordPress 5.8.2.
1.14.1
- Update: DS Core updated.
- Update: Cache clearing functionality added on save.
- Fix: Maintenance page template priority updated.
1.14
- Update: Moved the admin settings page to the WordPress tools menu.
- Update: Author updated from EstianH to divSpot.
1.13.2
- Update: Restructured the asset folders.
- Update: Moved the “Live Preview” button from the tabs nav to the sticky container.
- Fix: Fixed a preview button language issue.
1.13.1
- Update: Settings template updated to save option values with Ajax.
- Update: Options are now being saved automatically when using the Preview feature.
- Update: Added a sticky effect to the form save buttons.
- Update: Added a quick link to the Google fonts page.
1.13
- Update: Settings pages merged into a single page with tabbed navigation.
- Update: Legacy (unused) settings cleaned from DB.
- Update: Color picker added.
- Update: Interface updated.
- Update: DS Core merged in.
- Update: Font stylisation options added.
- Fix: Plugin code rewritten for better efficiency and maintainability.
1.12
- Fix: Meta URI Updated.
- Update: Added a setting for Google Analytics.
- Update: Added a setting for a favicon.
1.11
- Fix: Custom background images not saving in the administration panel.
1.1
- Update: Modified the DSSM administrator panel.
1.0
- Update: Initial release.