You start an update and the update process fails at some point, leaving your WordPress website stuck in maintenance mode.
Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.
A blank page with some simple words that most of us don’t exactly appreciate when trying to access our wp-admin…
Fortunately, there is a simple solution for this…
Disable maintenance mode manually using FTP
- Log in to your webspace using SFTP.
- Open the folder of your WordPress website.
- Delete the file .maintenance.
That’s it – you have disabled maintenance mode for your website! You can now restart the failed update, if needed.
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Hi heri,
I hope you understand that we can’t offer support in indonesian lanugage.
Don’t hesitate to send us more details in english via email at help@1and1.com. We will have a deeper look into your case then.
Thanks,
Michael, 1&1
thanks for sharing, it worked for me
Thank you. Appreciate the tip.
I was able to recover signing in to my admin space on the App Center. That worked also.
Our website domainpromo.com got stuck in maintenance mode and we fixed the issue by removing the file mentioned above.
Thanks!
Hi,
I just tried to update the WP to the latest one 4.9. It took a while and got stuck in the maintenance mode. So I deleted the .maintenance file in the htdocs directory and now I can only see the white screen, nothing else, cannot login to Dashboard,everything is blank.
Please let me know how to fix it.
Thanks!
Hi Marek,
in this case please write us to help@1and1.com with your customer details, so we can have a deeper look to it.
Thanks
Martin, 1&1
Nice option
I dont have a .maintenance file.. i am still stuck at maintenance mode. What to do?
Hi Prakash,
in this case it would be the best to write us at help@1and1.com with your account details, so we can have a deeper look.
Thanks
Martin, 1&1
Fatal error: Call to undefined function apply_filters_deprecated() in /homepages/3/d337764469/htdocs/www.seattlestowncar.com-5/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/admin/menu/class-admin-menu.php on line 246
how can i fix this problem?
Hi igor,
this should help:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-call-to-undefined-function-apply_filters_deprecated/
Best regards,
Michael, 1&1
Thanks for sharing
Thank you
Nice thanks for such a great post and keep sharing ur great knowledge with us …..
Thanks for sharing we are facing similar issue with our blog.When i update my blog to any update it just crash.
Hi,
another good advice is too test your plugins in such cases. Read more here: https://community.1and1.com/deactivating-all-wordpress-plugins-locked-out-wp-admin/
Best regards,
Michael, 1&1
It is interesting.
Thank you so for delivering this practical tutorial. Disabling WordPress maintenance mode after a failed update is a matter which we WordPress’s users front often.
Well, thanks for the share. Have made the changes accordingly and things are settled now. I was really frustrated with this issues since a while. But this post gives relaxation over this issue. Anyways, thanks again for this great share.
thank you for sharing this useful Tips Guys 🙂
I have no. maintenance file but still shows the.maintenance mode when installing plugins.
Hi raj,
please ensure that your sftp client shows you also hidden files. Files like .htaccess or .maintenance sometimes only show up if you change this setting. In FileZilla e.g. you find this option at
Server>Force Showing Hidden FilesBest regards,
Michael, 1&1
Sometimes maintenance mode will be failure in this situation this article helps a lot to prevent update failure
Can we remove category from wordpress site url
Hi anaya,
there are plugins which can do that for you. Example (untested):
https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-category-url/
Best regards,
Michael, 1&1
Good tip, I see how it works. Thanks for the help.
thank you for sharing this useful Tips. It is interesting and working for me.
I have to maintenance file. and at the plugin installation time, it warns me. So, please be regard to this.
I was searching the same question for 1 month. Now I found this tutorial about WordPress. Thanks for sharing this post.
Thanks For such a great post this helps me alot.
Thanks for this tip.
I have tried the above-mentioned technique, However, it didn’t work for me.
If anyone can help me out here would appreciate.
Hi karan,
we need more infos about what is not working exactly. Please write an email to help@1and1.com with all details. Providing screenshots would help us better.
Thanks in advance
Martin, 1&1
It is great to read such informative blog
Thanks Great Post Very Helpful
Thanks a lot for sharing the tips. But I am not able to find .maintenance file on my server. How do I do that?
Hi,
Two options in your case:
1) WordPress is not in maintenance mode, your problem is something different
2) You have to make hidden webspace files visible in your ftp client (In the settings menu you might find an option for this)
Best regards,
Michael, 1&1
Thanks a lot for the reply Michael. It was really helpful. It was the 2nd case for me :). I had missed the trick.
Regards,
Abhishek
Worth reading.
This what i was wondering for thanks for sharing
Disable maintenance mode manually using FTP. Log in to your webspace using SFTP. Open the folder of your WordPress website. Delete the file .maintenance.
I was actually looking to disable word press maintenance mode….thanks a lot you helped me with it.
Thank you this helped me 🙂