{"id":12458,"date":"2026-08-18T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=12458"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:21:05","slug":"ehero-maintenance-mode-maintenance-mode-and-coming-soon-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/en\/product\/ehero-maintenance-mode-maintenance-mode-and-coming-soon-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"EHERO Maintenance Mode \u2013 Maintenance mode and coming soon for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width: 1140px;margin: 0 auto\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 30px;line-height: 1.25;color: #017cba;margin: .2em 0 .6em\">WordPress maintenance mode without losing rankings or locking yourself out of your own website<\/h2>\n<p>Putting a website into <strong>WordPress maintenance mode<\/strong> seems trivial until it goes wrong. The two accidents we see again and again: the plugin returns a 200 \u2014or worse, a 404\u2014 and Google understands that the pages have really disappeared, or someone gets locked out of the dashboard and has to enter via FTP to disable the plugin manually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EHERO Maintenance Mode<\/strong> is built around those two problems. Maintenance mode returns a <strong>503 with a Retry-After header<\/strong> and <em>noindex<\/em>, which is exactly the signal search engines expect from a temporarily unavailable site: they neither deindex you nor penalize you. And the anti-lockout is structural, not a checkbox: <strong>wp-login, the dashboard, cron and the REST API are never blocked<\/strong>, no matter what you do with the settings.<\/p>\n<p>EHERO&#8217;s <strong>WordPress maintenance mode<\/strong> is switched on with a toggle and switched off the same way. In addition, the public page is genuinely lightweight \u2014it doesn&#8217;t load your theme unless you want it to\u2014, can be customized in a couple of clicks, and can collect emails from anyone who wants to be notified when you&#8217;re back. It is <strong>free and complete<\/strong>: there is no Pro version, no locked features, and no ads.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 190px;padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba;vertical-align: top\">1. Install<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.6;color: #335066;vertical-align: top\">Upload the ZIP from Plugins \u2192 Add New \u2192 Upload Plugin and activate it. It does not ask for a license or registration to work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 190px;padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba;vertical-align: top\">2. Choose mode<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.6;color: #335066;vertical-align: top\">Maintenance (503), Coming Soon (200), or Redirect (302). Each one sends the correct signal to Google for what you&#8217;re doing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 190px;padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba;vertical-align: top\">3. Customize<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.6;color: #335066;vertical-align: top\">Centered or split template, eight palettes, your logo, background image or video\u2026 or directly any WordPress page built with your page builder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 190px;padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba;vertical-align: top\">4. Preview<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.6;color: #335066;vertical-align: top\">Preview button before activating it. You see exactly what the visitor will see without closing the site to anyone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 190px;padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba;vertical-align: top\">5. Activate<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.6;color: #335066;vertical-align: top\">You switch it on. You and your team keep browsing normally; everyone else sees the page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 190px;padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba;vertical-align: top\">6. Documentation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 12px;font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.6;color: #335066;vertical-align: top\">Manual in the dashboard itself and support at <a href=\"mailto:soporte@consultoriaehero.com\">soporte@consultoriaehero.com<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Correct SEO: the right status code for each case<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s the difference between a pause and a drop in rankings. Each mode sends a different, deliberate signal.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Maintenance<\/strong>: HTTP <strong>503 + Retry-After<\/strong> and <em>noindex<\/em>. Google understands \u201cI&#8217;ll be back soon\u201d and keeps your rankings.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Coming soon<\/strong>: HTTP <strong>200<\/strong>, for a site under construction that does want to start being known.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Redirect<\/strong>: temporary <strong>302<\/strong> to another URL, with built-in loop protection.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">SEO title, meta description, and Open Graph image specific to the maintenance page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Impossible for it to lock you out of your own website<\/h3>\n<p>The reasonable fear of anyone who has had to enter via FTP to disable a plugin. That can&#8217;t happen here.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>wp-login.php, the dashboard, cron, WP-CLI and REST\/AJAX are never blocked.<\/strong> It is not configurable: it is always like that.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Bypass by <strong>capability<\/strong> (default <em>manage_options<\/em>) and by specific <strong>roles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Secret link with token<\/strong> to show a client without giving them an account; it expires after the days you choose and can be revoked.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Allowed IPs<\/strong>, exact or by CIDR ranges: the office and the VPN always get in.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>URL exclusions<\/strong>: keep contact, legal notice, or a specific landing page accessible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">One-click design, or your own page<\/h3>\n<p>Without fighting with CSS, but without being trapped in a template if you want something of your own.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Two included templates \u2014centered and split\u2014 and <strong>eight predefined color palettes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Or serve <strong>any WordPress page<\/strong> built with Bricks, Elementor or Gutenberg, while keeping the correct status code.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Your logo, gradients, four included abstract backgrounds, background image or <strong>video<\/strong> (YouTube or MP4, muted and looped with an overlay for readability).<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Custom CSS and extra HTML in the header, for administrators only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Countdown that actually does something when it reaches zero<\/h3>\n<p>Most plugins just show a nice clock and that&#8217;s it. This one can act on its own.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Countdown to your opening date, interpreted in the <strong>site time zone<\/strong>: all visitors see the same end time.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">When it reaches zero: do nothing, <strong>turn off the mode automatically<\/strong> (the site opens by itself), or redirect to a URL.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Scheduled start<\/strong>: leave it enabled in the afternoon and the lock starts at the time you specify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Email capture: let the wait leave you something<\/h3>\n<p>If someone reaches your site while it&#8217;s closed, that&#8217;s traffic you&#8217;ve already paid for. At least let them leave their email.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">\u201cNotify me when it&#8217;s ready\u201d form with <strong>honeypot<\/strong> and IP limit: no captchas or external services.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Emails are stored <strong>in your own database<\/strong>, with a management screen, search, date filters, pagination, and <strong>CSV export<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Optional <strong>GDPR consent<\/strong> checkbox, validated on the server, with a link to your privacy policy.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Optional integrations with <strong>Mailchimp<\/strong> (with double opt-in), <strong>Brevo<\/strong> and <strong>MailPoet<\/strong>: if the external service fails, the capture is not lost.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">If you have EHERO Leads Manager, the contacts are also recorded there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">When to use each mode (and why choosing well matters)<\/h3>\n<p>The three modes exist because three different situations call for three different signals. Choosing wrong is what causes damage.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>You&#8217;re working on a site that already ranks<\/strong> \u2192 maintenance mode. The 503 tells Google \u201cI&#8217;ll be back in a bit,\u201d keeps the rankings, and asks it to retry later.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>The site doesn&#8217;t exist for anyone yet<\/strong> \u2192 coming soon mode. It returns 200 because you do want it to start being indexed and known while you finish it.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>You&#8217;ve moved the site or are migrating it<\/strong> \u2192 redirect mode. A temporary 302 sends visitors where you are, with loop protection.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">If in doubt, stick with maintenance: it&#8217;s the only one of the three that protects what you already had.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Also designed for WooCommerce stores<\/h3>\n<p>Closing a store is more delicate than closing a corporate website: there are orders in progress, gateways calling back, and customers with accounts open.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">The dashboard and REST API stay open, so <strong>payment gateway notifications<\/strong> and integrations do not break during the downtime.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">With URL exclusions you can keep <strong>only what you need<\/strong> accessible: the customer area, order tracking, or a legal page.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Cron keeps running, so scheduled WooCommerce tasks do not pile up.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">It does not touch your theme or your WooCommerce settings: it only intercepts the visitor request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Details that are appreciated<\/h3>\n<p>Small things that prevent big mistakes.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Admin bar badge<\/strong> so you don&#8217;t forget the site is closed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">Dedicated <strong>Google Analytics 4<\/strong> field for the maintenance page.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><strong>Eight-language<\/strong> interface: Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Polish.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\">When uninstalling, captured emails are <strong>not deleted without warning<\/strong>: they are contacts for your business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.6em 0 .4em\">Ideal for<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 15px;color: #475569;max-width: 720px;margin: 0 auto 1.3rem\">The <strong>WordPress maintenance mode<\/strong> is needed more often than one might think: anyone who is going to touch a production site needs it. Where it matters most:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 16px;margin: 0 auto 1.5rem\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;background: #fff;border: 1px solid #dee2e6;border-radius: 10px;padding: 22px 20px;text-align: center\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 32px\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 10px 0 6px;font-size: 18px;color: #1f2937\">Live redesigns<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;color: #6c757d;margin: 0;line-height: 1.55\">You&#8217;re going to change the theme or migrate and don&#8217;t want anyone to see the site half-finished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;background: #fff;border: 1px solid #dee2e6;border-radius: 10px;padding: 22px 20px;text-align: center\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 32px\">\ud83d\ude80<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 10px 0 6px;font-size: 18px;color: #1f2937\">Sites about to launch<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;color: #6c757d;margin: 0;line-height: 1.55\">The domain is already pointing and you want to start collecting emails before opening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;background: #fff;border: 1px solid #dee2e6;border-radius: 10px;padding: 22px 20px;text-align: center\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 32px\">\ud83c\udfe2<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 10px 0 6px;font-size: 18px;color: #1f2937\">Agencies<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;color: #6c757d;margin: 0;line-height: 1.55\">You show the client progress with a secret link, without giving them dashboard access.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 230px;background: #fff;border: 1px solid #dee2e6;border-radius: 10px;padding: 22px 20px;text-align: center\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 32px\">\ud83d\uded2<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 10px 0 6px;font-size: 18px;color: #1f2937\">Online stores<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;color: #6c757d;margin: 0;line-height: 1.55\">A poorly signposted maintenance stop costs your catalog rankings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.6em 0 .4em\">\ud83d\udccb System requirements<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 15px;color: #475569;max-width: 720px;margin: 0 auto 1.3rem\">Works on any current WordPress, with or without WooCommerce.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 100%;margin: 0 auto;background: #fff;border-radius: 14px;overflow: hidden\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 13px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px;padding: 11px 16px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba\">WordPress<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 16px;color: #335066\">5.8 or higher (tested up to 7.1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px;padding: 11px 16px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba\">PHP<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 16px;color: #335066\">7.4 or higher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px;padding: 11px 16px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba\">WooCommerce<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 16px;color: #335066\">Not required; if you have it, it coexists without touching it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px;padding: 11px 16px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba\">Page builders<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 16px;color: #335066\">Bricks, Elementor, Gutenberg, and any other that generates WordPress pages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px;padding: 11px 16px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba\">Languages<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 16px;color: #335066\">Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and Polish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 230px;padding: 11px 16px;font-weight: bold;color: #017cba\">License<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 11px 16px;color: #335066\">GPL-2.0+ \u00b7 no key, no registration, and no website limit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.6em 0 .4em\">\ud83c\udf81 Free, and truly free<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 15px;color: #475569;max-width: 720px;margin: 0 auto 1.3rem\">There is no Pro version waiting behind a button. All the features you read on this page are in the download: the three modes, full anti-lockout, templates, countdown, email capture with export, and the eight languages. No ads, no upgrade notices, and no installation limit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 15px;color: #475569;max-width: 720px;margin: 0 auto 1.3rem\">We ask for one thing in return: your email, so we can notify you when we publish a new version. Nothing else.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.6em 0 .4em\">\ud83d\udedf Technical support<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 15px;color: #475569;max-width: 720px;margin: 0 auto 1.3rem\">It is a free plugin under the GPLv2 license, so it is provided as is and without warranty. That said, we wrote it and we do reply: if you find a bug, write to <a href=\"mailto:soporte@consultoriaehero.com\">soporte@consultoriaehero.com<\/a> and we&#8217;ll take a look. What it does not cover is custom configuration or development.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.6em 0 .4em\">\u2696\ufe0f Comparison: why EHERO Maintenance Mode?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 15px;color: #475569;max-width: 720px;margin: 0 auto 1.3rem\">There are many maintenance plugins. These are the differences that matter when the website is your business.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"overflow: auto;max-width: 100%\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;font-size: 13px;min-width: 430px\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 16px;text-align: left;color: #fff;background: #334155;font-size: 13px\">Feature<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 16px;text-align: center;color: #fff;background: #334155;font-size: 13px\">Native WordPress mode<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 16px;text-align: center;color: #fff;background: #334155;font-size: 13px\">Typical maintenance plugins<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 16px;text-align: center;color: #fff;background: #017cba;font-size: 13px\">EHERO Maintenance Mode<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">503 + Retry-After (correct for SEO)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f only during the update<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f many return 200<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f9fa\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">Impossible to be left out of the dashboard<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #dc2626\">\u274c<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f depending on configuration<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">Secret link for customers without an account<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #dc2626\">\u274c<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f usually paid<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f9fa\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">Countdown that turns off solo mode<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #dc2626\">\u274c<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #dc2626\">\u274c<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">Email capture with CSV export<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #dc2626\">\u274c<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f usually paid<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f9fa\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">Serve any page from your page builder<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #dc2626\">\u274c<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f partial<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;color: #334155\">Price<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">Free<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;color: #d97706\">\u26a0\ufe0f \u20ac29-79\/year for the useful version<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 16px;text-align: center;background: #eff6ff;color: #16a34a;font-weight: 600\">Free and complete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 21px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.7em 0 .5em\">Works especially well with\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re closing the site to work on it, you&#8217;re probably interested in what comes next:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.7\">\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/en\/product\/ehero-cleaner-clean-the-wordpress-database-in-one-click\/\">EHERO Cleaner<\/a>, also free: use the downtime to thoroughly clean the database before reopening.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/producto\/analitica-web-rgpd-wordpress\/\">EHERO Analytics<\/a> to measure what happens when you reopen, without cookies or sending your visitors&#8217; data to third parties.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: .3em 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/en\/product\/ehero-smart-search-ai-search-for-woocommerce-that-understands-your-customers\/\">EHERO Smart Search<\/a> if the redesign includes fixing the search, where most sales are silently lost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.3;color: #017cba;margin: 1.6em 0 .4em\">Frequently asked questions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.2em 0 .3em\"><strong>Can it lock me out of my own website?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. wp-login.php, the dashboard, cron and the REST API are never blocked, and administrators still see the normal site. You also have the secret token link and the allowed IP list as a safety net.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.2em 0 .3em\"><strong>Will it hurt me on Google?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quite the opposite: maintenance mode returns a 503 with Retry-After and noindex, which is exactly what search engines expect from a temporarily unavailable site. What does cause harm is what other plugins do: return a 200 with a \u201cwe&#8217;ll be back soon\u201d page or a 404.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.2em 0 .3em\"><strong>Where are the emails I capture stored?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In your own database, with its management screen in the dashboard: you can search, filter by date and export to CSV whenever you want. If you connect Mailchimp, Brevo or MailPoet, they are sent there too, but the local copy is always saved even if the external service fails.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.2em 0 .3em\"><strong>Is it really free or is there a Pro version?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s free and complete. There is no Pro version, no locked features, and no ads in the panel. It is distributed under GPL-2.0+ and you can install it on as many sites as you want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.2em 0 .3em\"><strong>Can I use my own Bricks or Elementor page?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. In addition to the two included templates, you can tell it to serve any WordPress page you&#8217;ve built with your page builder, and the plugin makes sure it is delivered with the correct status code.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.2em 0 .3em\"><strong>What if I forget to turn it off?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what the badge in the admin bar is for: it reminds you on every screen. And if you set an opening date, you can make it switch off automatically when it reaches zero.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote style=\"border-left: 4px solid #017cba;background: #f0f7ff;padding: 16px 20px;border-radius: 0 12px 12px 0;margin: 1.4em auto;max-width: 100%\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0\"><strong>Download it for free, activate it and work in peace: your site stays closed to the public, open for you and correct for Google.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Put your website into WordPress maintenance mode without losing rankings with EHERO Maintenance Mode.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 14px;color: #475569\">Want to see more tools for your site? Discover all our <a href=\"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/en\/product-category\/woocommerce-plugins\/\">WooCommerce plugins<\/a> or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/consultoriaehero.com\/en\/store\/\">Consultor\u00eda EHERO store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size: 12px;color: #94a3b8;margin-top: 1.6em;line-height: 1.5\">*EHERO Maintenance Mode is distributed under the GPL-2.0+ license and provided \u201cas is\u201d, without warranty of any kind. We handle errors reported to us by email; it does not include consulting, custom configurations or custom development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put your website into <strong>WordPress maintenance mode<\/strong> or \u201ccoming soon\u201d without losing rankings and without the risk of locking yourself out of the dashboard. 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