Effortless Maintenance Mode

How do I customize the maintenance page?

You can customize the maintenance page by navigating to Tools > Maintenance Mode in the WordPress admin dashboard. Here, you can modify the HTML content displayed to visitors.

Can I use custom HTML for the maintenance page?

Yes! The plugin allows you to enter any HTML code to create a personalized maintenance message.

Will the plugin affect the site’s performance?

No, this plugin is lightweight and will not significantly impact your site’s performance. It is designed to be efficient and effective.

How do I deactivate the maintenance mode?

To deactivate maintenance mode, simply go back to Tools > Maintenance Mode and uncheck the “Enable Maintenance Mode” option, then save your changes.

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1.1.3

• Fix: settings page now registers in every subsite admin on multisite, not only in the Network Admin — resolves “not allowed” error when clicking the admin-bar link from any frontend page or subsite.

1.1.2

• Fix: admin-bar indicator now updates live when the toggle is switched (no page reload required).
• Feature: maintenance toggle replaced by a CSS toggle switch for a cleaner settings page UI.

1.1.1

• Feature: admin-bar indicator shows Maintenance ON/OFF on every admin and frontend screen.
• Feature: TinyMCE rich-text editor replaces raw HTML textarea.
• Feature: three starter templates (Maintenance, Coming Soon, Under Construction).
• Feature: IP whitelist — configured IPs always see the live site during maintenance.
• Feature: role bypass — selected roles bypass the maintenance page.
• Feature: scheduled activation window with start/end datetime (site timezone).
• Feature: REST API — GET /wp-json/elmmp/v1/status and POST /wp-json/elmmp/v1/toggle.
• Feature: coming-soon mode — serve HTTP 200 instead of 503 for SEO-friendly pages.
• Feature: background image uploader for the maintenance page.
• Fix: uninstall.php now correctly removes all elmmp_* options.
• Refactor: internal prefix renamed from emmp_ to elmmp_ throughout the codebase.

1.0.34

• Feature: admin-bar indicator shows Maintenance ON/OFF on every screen.
• Feature: TinyMCE rich-text editor replaces raw HTML textarea.
• Feature: three starter templates (Maintenance, Coming Soon, Under Construction).
• Feature: IP whitelist — configured IPs always see the live site.
• Feature: role bypass — selected roles bypass the maintenance page.
• Feature: scheduled activation window (start/end datetime, site timezone).
• Feature: REST API GET /wp-json/elmmp/v1/status and POST /wp-json/elmmp/v1/toggle.
• Feature: coming-soon mode — serve HTTP 200 instead of 503.
• Fix: uninstall.php now removes all elmmp_* options correctly.
• Feature: background image uploader for the maintenance page.
• Refactor: renamed all internal prefixes from emmp_ to elmmp_ for consistency.

1.1.0

• Improvement: New versioning for new version

1.0.33

• Feature: “Enable Maintenance Mode” checkbox now auto-saves via AJAX on click — no page reload required.
• Feature: “Save Changes” button renamed to “Save custom HTML” and only persists the custom HTML textarea.

1.0.32

• Feature: donate notice now renders inline at the top of the settings page (below the title) instead of in the generic admin-notice area.

1.0.31

• Fix: PHPCS — correct file comment style in index.php stubs; add docblock header to scripts.js; end all inline JS comments with full stops.

1.0.30

• Fix: donate notice now also hooks network_admin_notices so it appears on Network Admin pages (multisite).

1.0.29

• Feature: multisite network support — one toggle now controls all sites; settings stored as network options.
• Feature: menu moved from Tools to Settings (single site) and Network Admin > Settings (multisite).
• Fix: object-cache layer now correctly distinguishes a cache miss from a stored falsy value using the $found parameter.
• Fix: cache is now invalidated immediately on save — the Settings API was bypassing the cache wrapper on every option update.
• Fix: wp_cache_flush() replaced with targeted key deletion to avoid evicting other plugins’ cached data.
• Fix: admin JS now loads only on the plugin’s own settings page, not on every admin screen.
• Fix: REST API, XML-RPC, and WP-Cron requests now bypass the maintenance page so background jobs and authenticated tooling are not disrupted.
• Fix: removed redundant unverified nonce field; settings form now uses a single nonce verified manually.
• Code: removed dead functions emmp_enqueue_styles(), emmp_update_cached_option(), emmp_clear_cache() and unused EMMP_COMPANY constant.

1.0.28

• Improvement: added dismissible donate notice on the plugin settings screen.
• Improvement: added Donate link header field and includes/class-donate-notice.php.

1.0.27

• Fix: Remove deprecated load_plugin_textdomain() call (not needed for wordpress.org-hosted plugins since WP 4.6)
• Fix: Add Requires PHP header to plugin file to match readme.txt
• Fix: Prefix global variables in uninstall.php with emmp_ to meet naming conventions

1.0.25

• Minor update

1.0.24

• Fix some issues

1.0.22

• Update cache fonctionnality

1.0.21

• Not showing maintenance page if you’re logged as administrator
• Add a notice for logged administrator

1.0.20

• Add cache purge after change

1.0.19

• Optimize the css file
• Fix the alert message not working

1.0.18

• Changes emm_ to emmp_ to comply wordpress.org advice

1.0.17

• Fix minor bugs

1.0.16

• Add languages Italian and Portuguese

1.0.16

• Add default maintenance message if the textarea is empty

1.0.15

• Improved Naming Consistency: Renamed get_cached_option() to cmm_get_cached_option() for better consistency and conflict prevention.
• Escaping and Sanitization: Used esc_html__(), esc_textarea(), and esc_js() functions more consistently.
• Commenting: Added comments before each function for clarity.
• Spacing and Alignment: Reformatted spacing and alignment to match WordPress coding standards, such as placing spaces before function parameters and between operators.

1.0.14

• Fix uninstall.php

1.0.13

• Add company variable
• Fix issue with variables

1.0.12

• New versioning