Title: Elephant Maintenance
Author: umapathieitb
Published: <strong>5. sept 2025</strong>
Last modified: 5. sept 2025

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# Elephant Maintenance

 By [umapathieitb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/umapathieitb/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/elephant-maintenance.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/elephant-maintenance/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/elephant-maintenance/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/elephant-maintenance/#installation)
 * [Development](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/elephant-maintenance/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elephant-maintenance/)

## Description

**Elephant Maintenance Mode** allows site administrators to easily enable and customize
a maintenance or “coming soon” screen for their WordPress website, without affecting
the backend admin dashboard. Built with high coding standards and strong security
in mind, this plugin gives you full control over what visitors see when the site
is under maintenance.

### Features

 * Enable/disable maintenance mode with a single click
 * Customizable maintenance message and page title
 * Upload a branded background image
 * Display a contact phone number and a social media link
 * Preview current background image in admin
 * Admin bar shows real-time status: “Maintenance ON/OFF”
 * Only logged-in admins can view the full website
 * Clean UI styled to match the WordPress admin
 * Secure handling of form inputs and file uploads

Perfect for developers, agencies, and anyone looking for a sleek, reliable way to
inform visitors of temporary downtime.

## Screenshots

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 * Plugin Settings Page
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 * Frontend Output

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/` or install it directly via the
    WordPress Plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Dashboard  Website Maintenance** to configure and enable maintenance.

## FAQ

### Who can see the site when maintenance mode is enabled?

Only administrators can view the front-end while logged in. All other users will
see the custom maintenance screen.

### Can I customize the design of the maintenance screen?

Yes. You can add a custom background image, update the message, phone number, and
social media link from the admin settings.

### Does this affect the WordPress admin?

No. Your admin dashboard remains fully accessible to logged-in users with proper
permissions.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Elephant Maintenance” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ umapathieitb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/umapathieitb/)

[Translate “Elephant Maintenance” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/elephant-maintenance)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elephant-maintenance/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/elephant-maintenance/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/elephant-maintenance/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/elephant-maintenance/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **8 kuud ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elephant-maintenance/)
 * Tags
 * [coming soon](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coming-soon/)[maintenance mode](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maintenance-mode/)
   [site offline](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/site-offline/)[under construction](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/under-construction/)
   [website maintenance](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/website-maintenance/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://et.wordpress.org/plugins/elephant-maintenance/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ umapathieitb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/umapathieitb/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/elephant-maintenance/)