How to enable maintenance / under construction mode on your website

Sometimes you may want to hide your website from the general public so no one can see it and instead display a custom message which is instead

To place your website in a "maintenance / Under Construction" mode login to your website admin area and follow these steps

Click on Settings
Go to Coming Soon Pro option
Put a dot in Enable Maintenance Mode (we advise always using under maintenance mode unless you plan on having the site in the mode for a very long time)
Click Save All Changes
If you want to edit the message on the maintenance page click the Edit Coming Soon/Maintenance Page button

Note: after you either enable or disable the maintenance mode its a good idea to clear the websites cache

Here is a video tutorial of how to enable the Maintenance Mode feature on your website. Please make sure you have sound available.

Updated on 21 December 2020