--- title: "On-brand maintenance mode for WordPress Block Themes" url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-brand-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-block-themes-trgjuyt3f source_url: https://developer.wordpress.org/news/2026/07/on-brand-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-block-themes type: article source: "WordPress Developer" published: 2026-07-13T11:31:13.013Z updated: 2026-07-13T11:31:44.815Z tags: ["php", "wordpress"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 3 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On-brand maintenance mode for WordPress Block Themes **[WordPress Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpressdev)** · 5 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to building a branded maintenance page for WordPress block themes using a single PHP hook in functions.php and the Site Editor. The hook intercepts template loading to serve a custom 'Maintenance' template to logged-out visitors, while logged-in users see the live site normally. Two variants are covered: a minimal version for routine updates and an SEO-friendly version that sends 503, Retry-After, and no-cache headers. Once the hook is in place, the maintenance page is created, styled, and toggled entirely through the Site Editor with no further code changes needed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How WordPress Page Templates Actually Work](https://daily.dev/posts/how-wordpress-page-templates-actually-work-utnojaepe) · ACF · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Dynamically loading template parts in block themes](https://daily.dev/posts/dynamically-loading-template-parts-in-block-themes-gvwojm0f0) · WordPress Developer · 7 upvotes · 0 comments - [Streamlining block theme development with WordPress Playground and GitHub](https://daily.dev/posts/streamlining-block-theme-development-with-wordpress-playground-and-github-jz5rpxtj8) · WordPress Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/on-brand-maintenance-mode-for-wordpress-block-themes-trgjuyt3f)