Lightning Maintenance

Blazing-fast, lightweight maintenance mode for WordPress.
Proper 503 status, safe test mode, zero bloat, and under 40 KB zipped.

Made with ❤️ by DevMuseHQ

Features

• Extremely lightweight (< 40 KB zipped)
• Proper 503 Service Unavailable status with Retry-After header
• 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

Installation

From WordPress.org (Recommended)

Search for Lightning Maintenance in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins → Add New.

From GitHub (Development Version)

1. Download the latest release or clone this repository
2. Upload the lightning-maintenance folder to /wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin

Usage

1. Go to Maintenance in the WordPress admin sidebar
2. Toggle Maintenance Mode on
3. Use Test Mode to safely preview before going live
4. Customise the logo, colours, headline and message
5. Save settings

Locked out? Simply visit yoursite.com/?exit-maintenance=1 to disable maintenance mode instantly.

Screenshots

(Will be added once the plugin is approved on WordPress.org)

Development & Contributing

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.

Support

• Plugin support → WordPress.org support forum (once live)
• Bugs & ideas → Open an Issue

License

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.

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