The previous Maintenance Mode feature in BPS Pro has been completely removed/replaced with the new Maintenance Mode feature in BPS Pro 8.2 (BPS free pending). The Maintenance Mode Guide can be found in the BulletProof Security Forum >>> Maintenance Mode Guide
Put your WordPress website in Maintenance mode in under 5 minutes. Fast, simple and easily customizable WordPress maintenance mode that allows you to continue working while your website is displaying a website under maintenance page to everyone else. The WordPress website maintenance mode is an additional feature in the BulletProof Security plugin. The BulletProof Security Maintenance Mode uses a combination of .htaccess files and forms to enable website under maintenance mode.
Fill in your website Maintenance Mode form settings, save your settings, click Preview to preview what your website under maintenance page will look like, click Create File to create your custom .htaccess file for your WordPress website and click Activate to activate Website Maintenance Mode.
WordPress Website Under Maintenance Javascript Countdown Timer
A bonus feature that enhances the website under maintenance page is a javascript countdown timer that displays the amount of time left before the website will be done with website maintenance and operational again. The screenshot to the right is displaying the javascript countdown timer in the website maintenance mode popup preview window. The Preview feature allows you to view a preview of your Maintenance Mode page whether or not you have activated maintenance mode – The Preview feature is displaying the website under maintenance template itself. So if you have not activated maintenance mode yet you can preview what the your maintenance mode page will look like. If you have activated maintenance mode then this is what visitors to your website are seeing if maintenance mode is activated. Preview mode works independently of maintenance mode activation.
WordPress Website Maintenance Help Files – Javascript Hover ToolTips
The WordPress website maintenance help info is from the javascript hover tootips in case you were not able to view them on the BulletProof Security Maintenance Mode page.
Maintenance Mode Activation Steps
Filling In The Maintenance Mode Settings Form
1. Fill out the Website Maintenance Mode Form
— There are 4 important text fields that must be entered in the exact format shown in the example AIT-pro descriptions to the right of the text form fields in order for the countdown timer to display correctly. They are – Start Date – Start Time – End Date – End Time. Military time must be used, spaces must be used and commas must be used – the format should be identical to the example description. You can add whatever you want in all the other text fields. When you type in your Website Maintenance Mode Form they will be remembered if your browser allows this so there is no need to echo previous form entries.
— For the Retry-After text field I recommend using 259200. 259200 is 72 hours in seconds. 3600 = 1hr 43200 = 12hrs 86400 = 24hrs
— You can copy and paste the example Background Image URL into the Background Image text field if you want to use the background image file that comes with BPS. If you have another background image file that you want to use then just name it with the same name as the example image file and copy it to the /bulletproof-security folder. If you do not want a background image then leave this text field blank. The background color will be white. If you want to customize the Website Under Maintenance template then download this file located in this folder /bulletproof-security/admin/htaccess/bp-maintenance.php.
2. Click the Save Settings button.
3. Click the Preview button.
— If you see a 404 or 403 Forbidden message in the popup preview window refresh the popup preview window or just close the popup window and click the Preview button again.
Create Your Maintenance Mode .htaccess File
After you have finished previewing what your Website Under Maintenance page will look like, click on the Create File button. This creates your Maintenance Mode .htaccess file for your website. Your current Public IP address and correct RewriteBase and RewriteRule are included when this new Maintenance Mode .htaccess file is created.
Activate Website Under Maintenance Mode
Select the Maintenance Mode radio button and click the Activate button. Your website is now in Maintenance Mode. Everyone else will see your Website Under Maintenance page while you can still view and work on your site as you normally would.
You must click the Create File button FIRST to create your Maintenance Mode file before activating Maintenance Mode if you want to be able to continue working on your website while everyone else sees the Website Under Maintenance page. After you have created your Maintenance Mode .htaccess file – Select the Maintenance Mode radio button and click Activate.
To switch out of or exit Maintenance Mode just activate BulletProof Security Mode
When you activate Maintenance Mode your website will be put in HTTP 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable status and display a Website Under Maintenance page to everyone except you. Your current Public IP address was automatically added to the Maintenance Mode file as well as the correct .htaccess RewriteRule and RewriteBase for your website when you clicked the Create File button.
To manually add additional IP addresses that are allowed to view your website normally use the BPS File Editor to add any additional IP address to the maintenance .htaccess file as shown in the example below. These are only example IP addresses below. To view your own personal current Public IP address click on the BPS System Info tab menu.
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^88\.55\.66\.200$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^99\.44\.33\.200$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^69\.35\.84\.200$
Your current Public IP address is also displayed on the Website Under Maintenance page itself.
Your SERPs (website or web page ranking) will not be affected by putting your website in Maintenance Mode for several days for existing websites. To manually add additional IP addresses that can view your website you would add them using the BPS File Editor.
If you are unable to log back into your WordPress Dashboard and are also seeing the Website Under Maintenance page then you will need to FTP to your website, download the .htaccess file – add your correct current Public IP address and upload it back to your website.