By Guido

June 08, 2024

VS Website Closed Plugin

With this lightweight plugin you can close your website on selected days of the week.

About

With this lightweight plugin you can close your website on selected days of the week.

On selected days your website is closed and a landing page is displayed.

When to use:

Close webshop during your holiday
Close for religious reasons
Close for maintenance or under construction

Main difference between this plugin and similar plugins is that you can select certain days instead of just closing your website.

How to use

After installation go to the settings page. This page is located at Settings > Website closed.

Select days and customize the landing page that is displayed when website is closed.

Styling

Custom styling of the landing page via page Additional CSS of the Customizer is being ignored. But you can add custom styling via the settings page.

Have a question?

Please take a look at the FAQ section.

Translation

Translations are not included, but the plugin supports WordPress language packs.

More translations are very welcome!

The translation folder inside this plugin is redundant, but kept for reference.

Credits

Without the WordPress codex and help from the WordPress community I was not able to develop this plugin, so: thank you!

Enjoy!

Screenshots

Settings page (dashboard)
Settings page (dashboard)
Landing page
Landing page

FAQ

How do I set plugin language?

The plugin will use the website language, set in Settings > General.

If translations are not available in the selected language, English will be used.

Which timezone does plugin use?

It uses the local timezone set in Settings > General.

Can I preview the landing page before closing website?

Yes, this is possible. Plugin has a preview feature.

Can I close a website permanently?

Yes, this is possible. Just select all days and save the page.

Where to find the image ID?

Every image contains an unique ID. You will find this ID when hovering the image title in the media library of your dashboard (list view) or when editing the image.

It’s the number that comes after: post= or item=

Is SEO taken into account?

Yes, when plugin is active it adds a 503 Service Unavailable server error response code. This tells search engines that your site is (temporary) down.

Why is there no semantic versioning?

The version number won’t give you info about the type of update (major, minor, patch). You should check the changelog to see whether or not the update is a major or minor one.

How can I make a donation?

You like my plugin and want to make a donation? There’s a PayPal donate link at my website. Thank you!

Changelog

Version 3.1

Minor changes in code

Version 3.0

Minor changes in code

Version 2.9

Minor changes in code

Version 2.8

Fix: admin bar
New: admin bar always visible for logged in administrators

Version 2.7

Bumped the “requires PHP” version to 7.0
Minor changes in code

Version 2.6

New: background image
Minor changes in code

Version 2.5

Textual changes

Version 2.4

Minor changes in code

Version 2.3

New: admin bar is displayed in preview mode
New: setting for page title
Added files vswc-variables and vswc-template
Relocated template from file vswc to these files

Version 2.2

Improved notification at settings page

For all versions please check file changelog.