=== HZ Maintenance Mode ===
Contributors: hamedzargham
Tags: maintenance, maintenance mode, coming soon, under construction, unavailable
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Stable tag: 1.0.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Restrict public access to your site during updates, maintenance, or development.

== Description ==
**HZ Maintenance mode** is a lightweight plugin that allows you to put your site into maintenance mode.

A fully customizable maintenance page will be displayed to visitors instead of your site's actual content.

Additionally, the plugin sends a "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable" HTTP status code to visitors' browsers to prevent SEO ranking issues.


== Features ==

* Fully customizable (colors, headings, text)
* Option to exclude logged-in users from maintenance mode
* Option to display a WordPress Dashboard login link on the maintenance page
* Social profile links (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Telegram, Twitter, YouTube)
* SEO-friendly (Sends HTTP 503 Service Unavailable status code during maintenance mode)
* Configurable robots meta tag
* All strings are fully translatable

== FAQ ==

= Where can I find the plugin settings? =

You can find the plugin's settings under the "Settings" menu in the WordPress dashboard.

== Screenshots ==

1. General Options-1
2. General Options-2
3. Social Networks Options

== Installation ==

First, download the **hz-maintenance-mode** plugin ZIP file to your computer.

Log in to your WordPress administration dashboard.

Navigate to the Plugins section and click on Add New.

Click the "Upload Plugin" button at the top of the page.

Click Choose File , then select the hz-maintenance-mode plugin ZIP file you downloaded.

Click Install Now to upload and install the plugin.

After installation, click Activate Plugin to enable it.


**Configure the Plugin**

After activation, navigate to the default "Settings" menu in the dashboard sidebar.
Inside the Settings menu, you will find the "HZ Maintenance Mode" as a submenu item.

If you encounter any issues, feel free to contact me at **zargham.hamed@gmail.com**

Contributors & Developers

“HZ Maintenance Mode Plugin by NiteoThemes” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Here's a link to [Hamed Zargham](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hamedzargham)
