WordPress: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance

ByReid Walley

The first time I saw “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” on my WordPress site I was terrified. I had attempted to update a plugin and it failed. And no matter how many times I refreshed the browser, the site wouldn’t come back up.

Now I know what the solution is: delete the .maintenance file on the server.

WPBeginner’s solution for WordPress’s “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance”: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-briefly-unavailable-for-scheduled-maintenance-error-in-wordpress/

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Reid Walley June 10 2022

Graphic designer since before the Internet. Started with newspaper paste-up; then art director for advertising agency in Reno, NV; and now freelancer designing marketing materials, print-on-demand t-shirt art, websites, and social media graphics.

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