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Disable Site

By Jimmy K.

Site Administration & Utilities / Maintenance Mode

Reviewed by Omar Dabbas

Trusted WordPress expert with 20+ years of experience evaluating plugins for the WP ecosystem.

Disable Site Review - In-Depth Analysis

Disable your website front-end and show a message to visitors while allowing back-end access.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.85/10

User Rating

5/5 (based on 24+ reviews)

Active Installations

4,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This plugin allows you to temporarily disable your website front-end and display a message to your visitors while still allowing back-end access. It can be enabled or disabled with one click and supports custom HTML/CSS output for the splash page.

This is especially useful if you need to make your site unavailable to visitors while working on it, fixing bugs, or for any other reason. You can configure it to allow admin users to view the front-end while the splash page is enabled.

Common uses include displaying a splash page while developing your blog or website, temporarily making your site unavailable while fixing bugs, or disabling a site in certain situations.

Comparing to Alternatives

Disable Site is a straightforward plugin for disabling your WordPress site temporarily. It has several alternatives that offer similar maintenance and coming soon functionalities.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Extremely simple and lightweight with no unnecessary features
Highly reliable with a long history of stable use
Easy to use with a straightforward setup
No recorded security vulnerabilities
Perfect for users wanting a minimalistic disabling tool

Weaknesses

Lacks recent updates which may affect compatibility with latest WordPress versions
No advanced customization options
No pro version or premium features available
May not support complex maintenance mode needs

User Sentiment Analysis

With a perfect 5-star rating from all 24 reviewers, user feedback is overwhelmingly positive, highlighting ease of use and reliability.

Positive highlights

"Very nice! Easy to use!" — gereex
"Just perfect. No unnecessary stuff, plain and simple, easy to use. And it works!" — vtekfi
"Perfect tool with exactly the right features. Thanks!" — danshih
"Simple PERFECTION more than 9 years" — mrwolfinformatica
"Works well" — tmacka88

Common complaints

Weaknesses

No recent updates which some users note
Limited feature set compared to other maintenance plugins
No premium or extended support options

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users who want a simple, reliable, and lightweight plugin to temporarily disable their WordPress site without extra features or complexity.

Not ideal for

Those looking for advanced customization, frequent updates, or premium support options may find this plugin lacking.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version offers a basic but fully functional site disabling feature with no frills, suitable for most simple use cases.

Final Verdict

Disable Site is an excellent choice for users seeking a no-nonsense, stable, and easy-to-use plugin to temporarily disable their WordPress site. Its perfect user ratings and lack of security issues underscore its reliability and simplicity.

However, the absence of recent updates and advanced features means it may not suit users needing more customization or ongoing development. For straightforward maintenance mode needs, it remains a solid, lightweight option.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Disable Site plugin.

Disable site

Maintenance

Splash page

Screenshots

FAQ

Upload the disable-site plugin directory to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory on your server.
Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
Configure the plugin.
Profit!

There are two ways to do this: via the configuration page for the plugin, or
in code. To specify your own HTML via the configuration page, navigate to the
configuration page and paste your HTML and/or CSS into the field labeled Custom HTML Output.

To specify your own HTML in code, paste the following in your functions.php
file and customize it to suit your needs.

if ($disable_site_plugin) {     $disable_site_plugin->set_output_html(         'This is an example of <strong>custom</strong> HTML output.'     ); }

Contributors and developers

“Disable Site” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Jimmy K.

Free Version

WPS

6.85

Average

Ratings

5 out of 5 | 24

Version

1.3.1

Last updated

8 years ago

Active installations

4,000+

WordPress version

4.1.42 or higher

PHP version

or higher

Languages

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Disable Site Review - In-Depth Analysis

Performance Overview

What It Does

Comparing to Alternatives

User Sentiment Analysis

Who Should Use This?

Pricing & Value

Final Verdict

Other Notable Features

Screenshots

FAQ

Contributors and developers

Ratings

Reviews (24)

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Contributors & Developers

Interested in development?

Changelog

Security Status

Secure

No Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Known Vulnerabilities (0)

Previous Versions

WPS

6.85

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