Disable Site
A WordPress plugin to disable your website front-end and display a message to your visitors while still allowing back-end access.
5(24 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Disable Site is a WordPress temporary plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 24 reviews. It has been downloaded 106K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 17% this week. Top alternative: Fiddlemail.
5/524 reviews
4.0K+active installs
106K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
A plugin to temporarily disable your website front-end and display a message
to your visitors while still allowing back-end access. This plugin can be
enabled or disabled with one click and also supports using your own custom
HTML/CSS output for the splash page so you can make it as simple or as custom
as you need it to be.
This plugin is especially useful if you need to temporarily make your site
unavailable to your visitors. For example, you’re working on a new blog or
website and you want to show a temporary “coming soon” page to your visitors
while you’re working on it; or you’re fixing major bugs that would disrupt the
user experience and need to make the front-end temporarily unavailable; or any
other reason that you would need to make your website temp…
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Ratings & Reviews
524 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Simple PERFECTION more than 9 years
by mrwolfinformatica·3 years ago
Just perfect, I’ve been using the same plugin for over 9 years now, and
NEVER crashed,
NEVER broke anything,
has never failed me since the first install ever.
200% philosophy of perfect functional lightness
did not work with wordpresss 5.02
by Marcos·7 years ago
did not work with wordpresss 5.02
#fail
Perfect
by danshih·7 years ago
Perfect tool with exactly the right features. Thanks!
Simple and great
by vtekfi·8 years ago
Just perfect. No unnecessary stuff, plain and simple, easy to use. And it works!
Very nice ! Easy to use !
by gereex·9 years ago
Very good, recommend for everyone 😉
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 12This week: 75Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.3
99.0%
v1.2
0.9%
Top Alternatives to Disable Site
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.1
The initial release of this plugin.
Contributors
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