Pavel Silinskii Maintenance Mode

Pavel Silinskii Maintenance Mode is built for developers and agencies who deploy WordPress sites from scripts and CI/CD pipelines.

Wrap your deploy in two commands:

wp psmm on --for=15m
# git pull, composer install, wp core update-db ...
wp psmm off

If the deploy script fails halfway, the site comes back by itself when the timeout ends — no more sites left in maintenance overnight.

Why not core wp maintenance-mode? Core’s mode locks out everyone, administrators included, shows a plain “Briefly unavailable” message, and has a fixed 10-minute window. This plugin:

• Serves a branded page with HTTP 503 and a Retry-After header matching your timeout
• Keeps the site available to administrators, chosen roles, whitelisted IPs and bypass-link holders, so you can check the deploy before visitors do
• Lets you choose the timeout per deploy: 90s, 15m, 2h, 1h30m
• Never blocks wp-admin, login, the REST API, AJAX, cron or WP-CLI itself

WP-CLI commands:

• wp psmm on [--for=<duration>] — enable, optionally with an automatic timeout
• wp psmm off — disable
• wp psmm status [--format=table|json|yaml] — state, end time and bypass link
• wp psmm is-active — exit code 0 when active, 1 otherwise, for use in scripts

Also works without the command line, from Settings → Maintenance Mode:

• Expected end date with a live countdown and optional auto-disable
• Customizable title, message, logo, background and text colors
• Secret bypass link for clients and testers (valid for 7 days, revocable)
• Preview button and a red “Maintenance Mode: ON” admin bar indicator
• Theme override via psmm-maintenance.php
• No external scripts — no CDN, no tracking