Are you planning to take your WordPress website offline for updates or a redesign? Adding a maintenance mode is the best way to do it. It lets you hide your website from visitors while you work in the background, without affecting your SEO or user experience.
With the Nexter Theme, you can turn on maintenance mode in just a few clicks. You can show a custom message, upload a logo, and tell your visitors when the site will be back online. This keeps your website professional and your audience informed while you make improvements.
Required Setup
- Make sure the Nexter theme is installed and activated.
- You need to have the Nexter Extension free and pro plugins installed and activated.
Create a Maintenance Mode Template with Nexter Extension
First, you need to create the template for the maintenance mode, which visitors will see.
To create the template with Nexter Extension, follow the steps –
1. From the Dashboard, go to Nexter > Theme Builder.
2. On the next screen, click on the Add New button and select Section as the template type.
3. Then, in the popup add the template name and click on the Next button.
4. After that, design the template as per your requirements using your favourite page builder.
5. Once done, click on the Publish button.
Add Maintenance Mode with the Nexter Theme
To enable maintenance mode with the Nexter theme, follow the steps –
1. Navigate to Appearance > Customize from the Dashboard.
2. Then go to the General > Maintenance Mode tab and turn on the Enable Maintenance Mode toggle.
3. After that, from the Type dropdown select Maintenance Mode.
Note: Similarly, you can create a coming soon page by selecting the Coming Soon option.
4. Then, from the Who Can Access dropdown, you can select the user role who can access the site.
- Logged In – Only the logged-in users can access the site
- Custom – With this option, you select specific user roles who can access the site.
5. After that, from the Select Template dropdown, select the maintenance mode template.
6. Then click on the Publish button.
Now, visitors will see your maintenance mode template.
