Your maintenance page displays. Always.
Others send a header to the cache and hope. Maintenance GENIUS loads a mu-plugin before WP Rocket, LiteSpeed and the rest, purges nine directories, suspends then restores their settings, and checks with a real request that your visitors actually get the page — with a clean HTTP 503 for SEO. And for sites in pre-launch, Coming Soon mode collects your first emails before you even exist publicly.
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
Others send a header and hope. Maintenance GENIUS loads a mu-plugin before every cache plugin, purges nine directories, suspends then restores your settings, and checks with a real request that your visitors actually get the page.
Everything you need for
perfect maintenance
Everything below is in the free version — no site limit, no watermark, no time limit.
Cache neutralized, not just warned
Exit verification
Two modes, one plugin
All presets and themes
The complete design studio
Image, video, parallax and Lottie
Complete access control
Scheduling
Countdown, 3 styles
Visitor sign-up
SEO protected
8-point diagnostic
Private by default
Cloudflare Turnstile
Visit statistics
Export and import
Mobile ready
Setup wizard
Everything above is in the free version. See what the PRO add-on covers
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 the “Powered by” credits
Professional designs
ready to use, all free
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 Free · PRO optional | 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. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ✅ Exit verificationYour key pages are probed before maintenance and probed again on exit; any regression is reported to you. A request from the server confirms the 503 is really being sent. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🧪 8-point diagnosticReal email delivery, database writes, 503 delivery, cache mu-plugin, conflicts, WP-Cron, Turnstile and server environment — tested live from the admin. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🚀 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 | Free PRO from $79/year | ≈ 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.
The whole plugin is free.
PRO covers the intervention.
Maintenance GENIUS is complete and has no site limit. The PRO add-on sits on top for those who work on several sites — it doesn't replace the free version, it extends it.
Friday, 5 p.m. An update breaks the site. By the time you find out, it's already back.
- The breakage is detected within seconds.
- The site goes back into maintenance: your visitors see a clean page, never an error.
- Files are restored from the snapshot taken before the intervention.
- The site is re-tested. If it works, maintenance is lifted.
- If it still doesn't work, maintenance stays in place and you get an email saying so.
That last point matters most: the system doesn't lie about its own result. A tool that announced “site restored” without checking would put a broken site back online.
In the demonstration, it was an already-installed plugin that broke the site — not the one just added. WordPress's built-in rollback wouldn't have noticed anything: the installation had gone perfectly.
Free
- ✓ Maintenance (503) and Coming Soon (200) modes
- ✓ All themes and design presets
- ✓ Complete design studio — colors, gradients, typography, animations
- ✓ Background image, video, parallax, Lottie
- ✓ Countdown and scheduling
- ✓ Whitelists and blacklists — IP, URL, roles, countries
- ✓ Time-limited access tokens
- ✓ Visitor password (bcrypt) and Turnstile
- ✓ Active cache neutralization and exit verification
- ✓ 8-point diagnostic, export / import, statistics
- ✓ GDPR mode on by default
- ✓ Unlimited sites
Solo
- ✓ The free version stays installed and active
- ✓ Breakage detection and return to maintenance, without you
- ✓ File rollback from the snapshot taken beforehand
- ✓ After-the-fact verification — no “it's fixed” without proof
- ✓ Email alert with the reason when putting the site back online is refused
- ✓ Remote control of your sites
- ✓ Up to 5 sites
- ✓ Updates included during the subscription
Agency
- ✓ Everything in Solo
- ✓ Unlimited sites
Get notified when PRO launches
One email, on launch day. Your address is deleted afterwards.
Kept on our own server, never shared with a third party. Privacy policy
The PRO add-on is in preparation: the prices shown will be the launch prices.
All prices are in Canadian dollars.
Money-back guarantee — 30 days
Try the PRO add-on for 30 days. If it isn't right for you, write to us: we refund the full amount, taxes included, no questions asked.
Serge — Founder, 1001Web™
🔒 Secure payment by Stripe or PayPal · Cancel anytime, no fees
Billing via client.1001web.ca
Designed in Québec.
Built for agencies.
A web agency specializing in WordPress since 2008 — Montréal, Québec. Support in French and English, compliant with Quebec's Law 25 and the GDPR, prices in Canadian dollars.
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 is the cache. When WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Cache, WP Fastest Cache or Seraphinite serve a cached version of your site, the maintenance page never shows — or worse, it stays stuck after you turn it off. Most plugins send a header to the cache and stop there. Maintenance GENIUS installs a mu-plugin that loads before every cache plugin, purges nine directories, suspends their settings then restores them on exit, and checks with a real request to your site that the 503 code is actually served. Built after 18 years of WordPress maintenance at an agency.
The plugin is entirely free, with no site limit: all presets and themes, the complete design studio, background image and video, parallax and Lottie animations, the countdown, scheduling, the bcrypt-hashed visitor password, time-limited access tokens, whitelists and blacklists, Turnstile protection, visit statistics, export and import, the 8-point diagnostic and GDPR mode on by default. No watermark, no time limit, no license check. The PRO add-on is a separate add-on installed alongside the free plugin without replacing it: it covers the intervention itself — detecting breakage after an update, automatically putting the site back into maintenance, restoring files from a snapshot taken beforehand, then verifying before declaring the site restored.
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
WordPress maintenance plugin
Start for free.
Grow with the suite.
The plugin is free and complete. The PRO add-on comes in when you work on several sites.
By 1001Web™ · Montreal, Quebec · Since 2008