Easily schedule and automate WordPress maintenance mode with custom messages, start/end times, and full control.
As of April 2026, Smart Maintenance Scheduler is a WordPress downtime plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 496 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: WP Down Slack Alert.
Smart Maintenance Scheduler helps you schedule and automate maintenance mode on your WordPress site. Whether you’re pushing updates or fixing bugs, this plugin makes it easy to inform your visitors with a clean, customizable message during planned downtime.
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Perfect for developers, site maintainers, or agencies handling client updates.
This plugin is free software licensed under the GPL v2 or later.
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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