How Do I Set Up a Maintenance Page in WordPress?

Setting up a maintenance page in WordPress is simple. First, create a new page in your WordPress site.

Give it a name, such as “Maintenance” or “System Maintenance” and make sure it is set as the main page of your site.

Next, go to the “Settings” menu and select “Pages”. In the “Pages” page, scroll down to the “Maintenance” page and click on the “Edit” button.

In the “Maintenance” page’s “Settings” section, you’ll want to make sure the following settings are correct:

• Title: This is the page’s title.

• Description: This is what users will see when they visit the page.

• Index: This determines whether the page appears in the WordPress site’s search engine results.

• Enable comments: If you want users to be able to leave comments on the page, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable social media sharing: If you want users to be able to share the page on social media, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable email sharing: If you want users to be able to email the page to their friends, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable RSS: If you want users to be able to subscribe to your page’s updates using an RSS feed, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable live update: If you want your page to be automatically updated whenever there are changes made to the site, you’ll need to check this box.

• Show post counts: If you want users to be able to see how many posts are on your page, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable pagination: If you want users to be able to page through your posts one at a time, you’ll need to check this box.

• Show post meta data: If you want users to be able to see information about the posts on your page, such as the post’s title and author, you’ll need to check this box.

• Show comments: If you want users to be able to see comments on your posts, you’ll need to check this box.

• Show ratings: If you want users to be able to rate your posts, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable 404 pages: If you want users to be able to access pages that don’t exist on your WordPress site, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable login: If you want users to be able to log in to your WordPress site, you’ll need to check this box.

• Display menus: If you want users to be able to access menu items from your page, you’ll need to check this box.

• Show post excerpts: If you want users to be able to see excerpts from your posts, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable comments on excerpts: If you want users to be able to leave comments on excerpts, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable post ratings: If you want users to be able to rate your posts, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable social media sharing: If you want users to be able to share your posts on social media, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable email sharing: If you want users to be able to email your posts to their friends, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable RSS: If you want users to be able to subscribe to your posts using an RSS feed, you’ll need to check this box.

• Enable live update: If you want your posts to be automatically updated whenever there are changes made to the site, you’ll need to check this box.

• Show comments: If you want users to be able to leave comments on your posts, you’ll need to.