Title: wp maintenance-mode
Published: April 25, 2019
Last modified: October 11, 2026

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# 󠀁[wp maintenance-mode <command>](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/)󠁿

Activates, deactivates or checks the status of the maintenance mode of a site.

## In this article

 * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/?output_format=md#examples)
 * [Subcommands](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/?output_format=md#subcommands)

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### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/?output_format=md#examples)󠁿

    ```
    # Activate Maintenance mode.
    $ wp maintenance-mode activate
    Enabling Maintenance mode...
    Success: Activated Maintenance mode.

    # Deactivate Maintenance mode.
    $ wp maintenance-mode deactivate
    Disabling Maintenance mode...
    Success: Deactivated Maintenance mode.

    # Display Maintenance mode status.
    $ wp maintenance-mode status
    Maintenance mode is active.

    # Get Maintenance mode status for scripting purpose.
    $ wp maintenance-mode is-active
    $ echo $?
    1
    ```

### 󠀁[Subcommands](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/?output_format=md#subcommands)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [wp maintenance-mode activate](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/activate/) |

Activates maintenance mode.

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| [wp maintenance-mode deactivate](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/deactivate/) |

Deactivates maintenance mode.

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| [wp maintenance-mode is-active](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/is-active/) |

Detects maintenance mode status.

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| [wp maintenance-mode status](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/maintenance-mode/status/) |

Displays maintenance mode status.

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 _Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example,
please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase._