BD Maintenance Mode now ships three landing templates, an email capture form, and a scheduling window so you can put a polished page in front of visitors without writing any HTML. This guide covers each feature and where to find it.
Choose a landing template
Open BD Maintain → Settings and pick one of three layouts under Template:
- Classic — centered headline and message on a full-screen background. Best for a simple “back soon” notice.
- Split — text on one side, background image or color on the other. Good when you have a strong brand image.
- Card — your message in a contained card over a blurred background. Reads well on mobile.
Each template uses the same content fields, so you can switch layouts without re-entering your text.
Background and accent color
Under Appearance you can set the background to a solid color, a gradient, or an uploaded image. Pick an accent color to tint the button, countdown, and form. The default accent is cyan.
Capture emails with Notify-Me
Turn on Notify-Me to add an email field to your page. Visitors who enter an address are stored so you can tell them when you relaunch.
- Enable Notify-Me in Settings and edit the field label and confirmation message.
- Read collected addresses under the Subscribers tab.
- Click Export CSV to download the list for your email tool.
Addresses are stored in your own database. Nothing is sent to a third party.
Schedule an automatic window
Instead of toggling maintenance on and off by hand, set a start and end time under Schedule. The page goes live at the start time and clears itself at the end time.
Scheduling is checked on each request, so you do not need WP-Cron running for it to work. Leave either field blank to control that edge manually.
Countdown and “we’re live”
Add an end time and the page shows a live countdown. When the window closes, returning visitors see a short “we’re live” confirmation before the page disappears.
Social links and custom CSS
Add links to your social profiles under Social and they appear as icons on the page. For finer control, paste rules into the Custom CSS box to override fonts, spacing, or colors.
SEO and HTTP controls
Maintenance mode and coming-soon mode handle search engines differently, and you control both:
- Robots / SEO — choose whether the page is indexable. Coming-soon pages no longer force noindex, so you can build pre-launch SEO if you want it.
- Retry-After — set the value sent with the 503 response in maintenance mode. This tells search engines when to check back.
Security settings
Two settings protect the page from bypass and bad IP data:
- Trusted proxy — turn this on only if your site sits behind a proxy or load balancer that sets a forwarded-IP header. Off by default, which is the safe choice for most hosts.
- Strict path matching — whitelist paths by exact prefix, so a page like /blog/wp-admin-tips/ cannot slip past the blocker.
Quick start
- Pick a template and set your background and accent color.
- Write your headline and message.
- Turn on Notify-Me if you want to collect emails.
- Set a schedule, or toggle the mode on manually.
- Save and preview using a logged-out browser.