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wp_maintenance()

wp_maintenance()

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use by plugin or theme developers, only in other core functions. It is listed here for completeness.

Dies with a maintenance message when conditions are met.

Description

The default message can be replaced by using a drop-in (maintenance.php in the wp-content directory).

Source

function wp_maintenance() {
	// Return if maintenance mode is disabled.
	if ( ! wp_is_maintenance_mode() ) {
		return;
	}

	if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/maintenance.php' ) ) {
		require_once WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/maintenance.php';
		die();
	}

	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php';
	wp_load_translations_early();

	header( 'Retry-After: 600' );

	wp_die(
		__( 'Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.' ),
		__( 'Maintenance' ),
		503
	);
}

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UsesDescription
wp_is_maintenance_mode()wp-includes/load.php

Checks if maintenance mode is enabled.

wp_load_translations_early()wp-includes/load.php

Attempts an early load of translations.

__()wp-includes/l10n.php

Retrieves the translation of $text.

wp_die()wp-includes/functions.php

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

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Changelog

VersionDescription
3.0.0Introduced.

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