Blazing-fast, lightweight maintenance mode for WordPress.
Proper 503 status, safe test mode, zero bloat, and under 40 KB zipped.
Made with ❤️ by DevMuseHQ
- Extremely lightweight (< 40 KB zipped)
- Proper
503 Service Unavailablestatus withRetry-Afterheader - Safe Test Mode – only logged-in admins see the maintenance page
- Custom logo, headline, message, background & text colour
- Clean admin bar status indicator
- Emergency exit URL (
?exit-maintenance=1) - Zero ads, zero upsells, zero bloat
- Works great with major caching plugins
Search for Lightning Maintenance in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins → Add New.
- Download the latest release or clone this repository
- Upload the
lightning-maintenancefolder to/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin
- Go to Maintenance in the WordPress admin sidebar
- Toggle Maintenance Mode on
- Use Test Mode to safely preview before going live
- Customise the logo, colours, headline and message
- Save settings
Locked out? Simply visit yoursite.com/?exit-maintenance=1 to disable maintenance mode instantly.
(Will be added once the plugin is approved on WordPress.org)
This is the official development repository for Lightning Maintenance.
- Main development happens here on GitHub
- Stable releases are pushed to the WordPress.org Plugin Directory (once approved)
Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome!
See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
- Plugin support → WordPress.org support forum (once live)
- Bugs & ideas → Open an Issue
Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.
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