underConstruction
The underConstruction plugin allows you to put up temporary page that users who are not logged in will see. You can use this to build a site live, that can only be viewed by users who are logged in, while others will get the ‘Under Construction’ page during construction
important note about WP 3.0
As of version 1.04, underConstruction supports the 3.0-alpha release. As we get closer to the release date, I’ll continue to test, but it appears that this will work great on single-site blogs ONLY.
Multi-blog users, read on. I’m thinking about building in support for the Network feature of WP 3.0 but it’s not worth it right now, due to the ridiculously sparse documentation and the fact that I’m not sure if anyone would actually use it. If you’re a multi-blog user who REALLY needs this to be available, sound off in the comments so I know this is important to you.
Questions? Leave them in the comments, and I’ll get back to you asap
If you like this plugin, please rate it at wordpress.org! http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/underconstruction/
December 6th, 2011 at 11:47 am
Hi Jeremy,
I’m having some of the same issues I’ve read others posting…yet I can’t seem to find the solution! I have installed this plugin. it works great…on secondary pages. not the main page itself. I need this to be on the main page when visitors come to the site. instead, you can see the first page of my wordpress, then “about” or “services” pages when clicked on show the under construction page. any help?
December 7th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I have two blogs and don’t seem to be able to activate the under-construction plugin on both. Is that because both sites are hosted in the same place?
Love the plugin by the way, looks absolutely fab, so thanks for that.
Kind regards
Sandra
December 7th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
Working fine for me =)
Suggestion: In addition to white listing IP addresses, it would be handy to be able to white list a domain name.
For example, if I signed up for no-ip.com free DNS service I could have a domain name like wpdev.no-ip.com that would be automatically updated with my IP address as it changes (as I have a dynamic IP address.) It would be some additional overhead, but since the site is “blocked” it won’t be much.
http://www.no-ip.com/services/managed_dns/free_dynamic_dns.html
December 10th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Hi Jeremy, I loaded your under construction plugin and it was working great until today. I disabled it to go live and the ‘under construction’ page won’t go away. I deactivated the plugin and even removed it from my server, yet it still exists, and I cannot get my website back. Can you help out here please. – Ryan
December 10th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Ryan, Clear your W3 Cache (or disabled it until you are sure the site is running OK)
December 10th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Sorry.. WP-Super-Cache.. not W3. In any case, that is the root of most problems when working on websites, the Cache plug ins should be disabled until you have been live a little bit, so you can make sure everything is working the way it should instead of dealing with a cached copy. WP-Super-Cache has cached your underConstruction page.
December 10th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Hi Gerry, Thanks. Yes, it was the WP-Super Cache. That did the trick. – Ryan
December 18th, 2011 at 6:53 am
Hi there, I think I am having a similar problem in that i have used the plug in, and now deactivated it now the site is live, I can see the site, but google is struggling to get past the index page? Any ideas. If its the same isssue as the w3 cache referenced above, how do you clear it? (I am not using WP super cache) thanks
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Is there a way that I can allow certain pages to be viewed by the public (i.e., exempt certain pages or posts from the under construction)?
January 4th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Hi Jeremy,
I love the plugin. However I am unable to use “Under Construction” Plugin with “inline theme”?
January 5th, 2012 at 7:35 am
Hello, great plugin.
One feature request: love to see a check in the options to enable a login link to the page.
thanks in advance!!
January 6th, 2012 at 10:15 pm
MisterE… if you use the option for “Display a custom page using your own HTML” you can create your own link… it will be on a totally white page unless you do some html formatting, but all you would need is to copy and paste the html code into that field:
Login
You would need to replace YOURWEBSITE.COM above with your actual website URL. If you wanted any text before or after that, you can just type that in. ALSO… IF you put WordPress in a special subdirectory, you would need that ADD that to that link, too. (In other words, you just add /YOUR_WORDPRESS_SUBDIRECTORY to the end of the URL.
If you want to do a page that has some formatting in it and looks a little nicer, you can try using NVU– which is free website page design software.
That IS a great suggestion of something to add to this plugin, though!
January 6th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Oops… that “Login” was NOT supposed to show up as a link (didn’t think it would do that)…
OK… so this is what you type in as a link, but you have to replace my ** below with nothing:
Login
January 6th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
OK, now I feel stupid… my second comment didn’t work either– the text I am trying to show you is turning itself into a link… or course, it works perfectly, but YOU need the text– so if you just click on one of those links in my above comments, you can just see what I am trying to show you to type right in the URL bar. Goodness, sorry this got too complicated! Just ignore the whole thing! (I would delete this is I could!)
January 5th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Hi Jeremy,
first of all, thanks for a great plugin. I’m a complete newbie, and your plugin got me started on my very first website.
Two questions: 1) I used custom text option for the display. Is there a way to change the font size of the body text, or to preserve extra spaces / empty lines? (The body text display font is kind of small and hard to read. Currently I have two lines in the text and although i entered an empty line between the two lines within the body text setting, the empty line is not displayed).
2) I also installed “Fast secure contact form” plugin. Is there a way to display additional elements (such as an email contact form) on the under construction display page? I’m guessing i will have to use the third display option of using a custom page with html coding? If that is correct – can you suggest a good introductory book or website for me to learn html?
January 6th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your Under Construction plugin was a perfect and EASY solution to my problem! If you’re reading this an appreciate what Jeremy has done, throw a few dollars his way! (He’s got a Donate link up at the top.)
January 7th, 2012 at 6:54 am
Doesn’t seem that the plug-in works with WP 3.3.1.
(Notice before installing says it hasn’t been tested for this version.) Have you made it work in 3.3.1 or do you have a fix for that or is there a special install parameter that needs to be used OR is is necessary to go back to an earlier version of WP OR do you know of another “under construction” plug-in that has been tested with 3.3.1 and works in 3.3.1?!
Many thanks.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:04 am
Hi Ronald,
The plugin works fine here. Maybe it’s a problem with another plugin?
And be sure you are not logged in.
January 14th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
” = I found a bug! =
…..this is incompatible with a couple plugins out there, specifically ones that change the default login url…..”
is there a way to cope with default login alterations? ..i’d be more than happy to donate ;)
January 15th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
which plugins?
what are the errors?
January 16th, 2012 at 1:41 am
I’m using the GBS plug in (http://www.groupbuyingsite.com) which alters the default login url from /wp-login.php -> /account/login. When using your wonderful plug in im always redirected to my “underconstruction” page even if i try to access /account/login directly. I could send you more details and a link to the live site via email if you’d like.
January 17th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Hello,
I am trying to use a custom HTML file for the construction page and can’t seem to figure out how to “Put in this area the HTML you want to show up on your front page”…thank you for all of your help.
January 17th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
The plugin will not deactivate in internet explorer, even if I delete all of the files from my server. Any suggestions?
January 20th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
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January 25th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
I installed & activated it in the plugin folder, but it is not showing regardless if I am logged in or not, even if I look on my iphone. How can I be the only one it doesn’t work for? I have the latest version of WP – 3.3.1.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:34 am
hey jeremy… I have installed this underconstruction plugin…it was working well…but when i have deactivated it..i am not able to see my home page…it gives me service temporarily unavailable error …please suggest what to do…
February 1st, 2012 at 5:34 am
hey jeremy… I have installed this underconstruction plugin…it was working well…but when i have deactivated it..i am not able to see my home page…it gives me service temporarily unavailable error …please suggest what to do…