Put your WordPress site into maintenance mode with one click. Show only the content of a page you choose (no header/footer/navigation) while admins keep working.
Important: Build Mode intentionally renders only the main page content to avoid exposing menus or links during maintenance. Theme styles/scripts still load so your content looks correct.
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- One-click toggle in the Admin Bar
- Pick any existing Page as the maintenance screen
- Shows only page content (no theme header/footer/nav)
- Sends proper HTTP 503 status + Retry-After (defaults to 24h)
- Admins bypass automatically; capability is filterable
- Works with classic & block themes
- Lightweight, secure, PHPCS + PHPStan clean
Found a security issue? Please report responsibly to support@themeist.com.
GPL-3.0 See the license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
Show setup
git clone https://github.com/webtions/build-mode.git
cd build-mode
composer install
Lint (PHP syntax):
composer lint
Check code style (WPCS):
composer check
Fix fixable style issues:
composer fix
Static analysis (PHPStan):
composer analyze
Run tests (if present):
composer test
This plugin follows the official WordPress Coding Standards: https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/