Your maintenance page displays. Always.
The only WordPress maintenance plugin that never breaks behind your cache. When WP Rocket, LiteSpeed or Seraphinite get involved, others show a blank page — Maintenance GENIUS purges and neutralizes your cache on toggle, with a clean, proper HTTP 503 for SEO. And for pre-launch sites: the built-in Coming Soon mode collects your first emails before you're even public.
Built by WordPress maintenance pros, for pros — since 2008.
See the plugin in action
Maintenance pages, design presets and admin panel — not just numbers.
What others don't have
Maintenance GENIUS is the only WordPress maintenance plugin that resists caching, with remote control, an AI assistant, enterprise-grade secure access and native GDPR compliance.
Everything you need for
perfect maintenance
A complete plugin covering all aspects of WordPress maintenance mode management — free and PRO versions.
Cache-proof
Remote Control PRO
14+ HD Presets & YouTube Video PRO
Colors, Fonts & Animations
Multi-Level Access Control
Countdown Timer 3 Styles
Social Media Panel PRO
Notify Me Notifications
SEO Protected — HTTP 503
Integrated AI Assistant
Security & GDPR
Complete Export / Import
Lottie + 3D Parallax PRO
100% Bilingual FR / EN
Setup Wizard
SEO & Technical Tab
Turnstile Protection (Cloudflare) PRO
7-tab admin interface
✨ Marked features are included in the PRO license — see pricing
Activate maintenance mode
in one click
Try it yourself: flip the toggle and instantly see the effect on your site. The same toggle also drives Coming Soon mode (HTTP 200) for pre-launch sites.
- Instant activation without reload
- Administrators always see the site
- Floating buttons to preview live
- Correct HTTP 503 code for SEO
- Compatible with all WordPress themes
- Remove 'Powered by' credits (PRO)
14+ professional designs
ready to use
Each preset includes full-screen HD images and a complete design. Customize them to your brand or use them as-is.
Doux & Pastel
Chantier
Sombre & Élégant
Clair & Épuré
Professionnel
Startup
Nature
Futuriste
Comique
Noël
Vidéo Presets (×4)
💡 Tip: Every preset is customizable — change colors, text, images and fonts from the WordPress admin.
Maintenance GENIUS vs the competition
See for yourself what sets us apart from popular plugins.
| Feature | Maintenance GENIUS PRO · 49 $ CAD/an | SeedProd ≈ 55 $ CAD/an | LightStart ≈ 70 $ CAD/an | WP Maintenance ≈ 55 $ CAD/an |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🛡️ Cache-proof (never a blank page)Automatically purges and neutralizes WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, WP Fastest Cache, Seraphinite and others on toggle — your page displays, never a cached version. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🎮 Remote controlTurn maintenance on/off from your phone, no wp-admin login needed — 3-step Remote UX interface with tri-color status dots. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🤖 AI AssistantChat built into the admin, powered by Claude. With your own API key (BYOK): unlimited, free questions. SeedProd offers WPVibe, an external MCP server for controlling the site from Claude/ChatGPT — a different category, not a native in-admin assistant. | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🚀 Built-in Coming Soon mode (HTTP 200)Two plugins in one: Maintenance mode (503) for sites under work, Coming Soon mode (200 + noindex) with the Horizon theme and pre-launch email collection. | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🧙 Setup Wizard5-step guided setup, up and running in 60 seconds — title, design, access, SEO, activation. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🔐 bcrypt + SHA-256 securityBcrypt-hashed visitor password, SHA-256 signed cookies, httponly/secure/samesite flags — bank-level security. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🔑 Named Access TokensUnique access links per person (client, tester), with expiry date and individual revocation. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🛡️ GDPR mode (zero external requests)Local system fonts, no requests to third-party servers, no external cookies — compliant with GDPR and Quebec's Law 25. | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ |
| 🎬 YouTube Video + Lottie + ParallaxYouTube video background, Lottie vector animations, and 3D parallax effect reacting to mouse movement. | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🌐 Natively bilingual FR/ENInterface and public page 100% translated French-English, right from install — not a machine translation. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ⏱️ Custom countdown (3 styles)Boxes, Minimal or Circles countdown — automatic disabling on expiry. Free with us, paid elsewhere. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ |
| 📧 Email collection"Notify me" form with automatic notification to all subscribers when the site reopens. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🔍 HTTP 503 + Retry-After SEOThe correct status code during maintenance: Google understands "temporary" and your SEO is fully preserved. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Price | 🔥 Launch Offer | ≈ 55 $ CAD/year | ≈ 70 $ CAD/year | ≈ 55 $ CAD/year |
~ = Partial or with limitations · Competitor prices converted from USD (≈ 1.42) for reference · Comparison updated June 2026 · Prices before tax
Several exclusive features that no competitor offers at any price.
Start for free.
Grow at your own pace.
Maintenance GENIUS free forever. Add the tools you need — or get the Kit for the best value.
Lite
- ✓ 5 complete themes
- ✓ 5-step Wizard (60 sec)
- ✓ Custom countdown
- ✓ AI Assistant — unlimited and free with your own key
- ✓ Export / Import config
- ✓ 7 admin tabs
- ✓ HTTP 503 Code (SEO)
- ✓ bcrypt + SHA-256 security
- ✓ Bilingual FR/EN
- ✓ Responsive design
- ✓ Unlimited sites
- — 14+ HD presets + video
- — Remote control
PRO
- ✓ Full Lite plan included
- ✓ 14+ HD presets + YouTube video
- ✓ Customizable, savable presets
- ✓ Remote Control (Remote UX)
- ✓ Reinforced cache-proof (auto-purge all caches)
- ✓ Unlimited AI Assistant
- ✓ Named tokens with expiration
- ✓ Lottie + 3D Parallax
- ✓ Turnstile Protection (Cloudflare)
- ✓ Complete Export / Import (5 options)
- ✓ Advanced Whitelist / Blacklist
- ✓ Access logs + CSV export
- ✓ Complete GDPR mode
- ✓ Priority FR/EN support 24h
- ✓ 1 year updates
Regular price $69 CAD/year · Limited-time launch offer
Secure payment via client.1001web.ca · 30-day money-back guarantee
Three tools.
One single ecosystem.
Designed together, naturally integrated. Each tool is standalone — together, they're unbeatable.
The most complete WordPress maintenance plugin. 14+ HD designs, AI assistant, secure access, native GDPR, 100% bilingual.
Generate and send branded maintenance reports to your clients. Built-in GTmetrix, open tracking, 5-step wizard.
AI directly in your WHMCS tickets. 5 providers, RAG Knowledge Bank, billable-hour tracking, Health Check 12 diagnostics.
Designed in Québec.
For Québec agencies.
WordPress specialized web agency since 2008 — Montreal, Quebec.
What is a WordPress maintenance plugin?
A WordPress maintenance plugin shows visitors a temporary page while you work on your site: a major update, a redesign, a hosting migration, or an urgent fix. Maintenance GENIUS offers two distinct modes — maintenance mode, which returns an HTTP 503 code (the official signal telling search engines your site is temporarily unavailable, with zero SEO loss), and coming soon mode (HTTP 200 with noindex) designed for pre-launch sites. The latter includes the dedicated "Horizon" launch theme and "Notify me" email collection: build your subscriber list before your site even exists publicly, then automatically notify everyone when you open.
The number one problem with traditional maintenance plugins? Caching. When WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, WP Fastest Cache or Seraphinite serve a cached version of your site, the maintenance page never shows — or worse, stays stuck after you turn it off. Maintenance GENIUS automatically purges and neutralizes caches on toggle, with a cache-guard mu-plugin protecting every page load. It's the only cache-proof solution on the market, built after 18 years of agency WordPress maintenance.
The free version includes all the essentials: 5 complete themes applied in one click, a 3-style countdown, a built-in AI assistant (with your Anthropic API key — your data never leaves your server), bcrypt-encrypted visitor password, "notify me" email collection, GDPR mode compliant with Quebec's Law 25, and a 60-second setup wizard. The PRO version adds 14+ HD presets with YouTube video backgrounds, remote control from your phone, named access tokens for your clients, advanced whitelists and blacklists, scheduled maintenance, and Cloudflare Turnstile protection.
Built in Quebec by 1001Web™, a Montreal WordPress agency founded in 2008, Maintenance GENIUS is natively bilingual French-English, hosted and supported in Canada. Whether you're a freelancer, an agency or a nonprofit, you start free and grow at your own pace — no hidden subscriptions, no dependency on external servers, with real French-language support.
Frequently asked questions about the
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Start free. Go PRO at $49 CAD/year instead of $69 — limited-time launch offer.
By 1001Web™ · Montreal, Quebec · Since 2008