wp-construction-mode

I saw in my mind's eye what I wanted visitors to my site [houstonindia.com] to see while in the background I re-built the site to make it responsive, etc. Several times in the past when I re-built sites, I would have done one of 2 different things: either have the visitor see the new site as it was being reconstructed (I did this once and learned my lesson) or build it in a folder then did a redirect when finished. This second option has a ton of pitfalls, namely links needing to be reassigned when the switchover is done. I tried 6 plugins before finding SmartCat's WP Construction Mode, which is the first to give me the options I wanted. I did have to write to the plugin owner to get the image at the top of the page to appear a little larger than the default, but he responded just several hours later and was very helpful. Thanks, SmartCat. I wish I had this several times in the past, and will recommend it to others in my community.

Easy to use, customize inmediatley, no problem with installation.

Upload, URL, or from Library. None show. Pushing Pro service I guess. Deleted and moved on.

This plugin is simple to use and works perfectly. I was able to complete work on my site logging in and out as an admin while subscribers/members couldn't access or view the site while I was busy. (Which was a relief since another maintenance mode plugin I tried before locked me out of my own site altogether)! Thanks so much for creating it 🙂

A quite ease to use plugin with a great function to keep the public viewers out while you can work on the website in the meanwhile!

Thanks