Fix Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance Error in WordPress

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WordPress comes with built-in maintenance mode, when you update WordPress core file, themes or plugins from the WordPress dashboard. You will see "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute" page.





But if your site is constantly showing maintenance mode, do not worry, you can easily fix it. In this article, I'll show you a quick method for how to fix Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute error in WordPress.





Why WordPress Get Stuck in Maintenance Mode





It is not an error. When you run an update on your site, it displays maintenance mode notification for your entire site. However, this error automatically goes in a few seconds.





But sometimes your WordPress site stuck in the maintenance mode if the server is timeout or interrupted during the update. As a result, you have to face,





Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.





How to Fix Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance in WordPress





Fixing Maintenance Mode error is not a challenging task. You can easily resolve it.





When the WordPress site goes into Maintenance Mode, it creates a ".maintenance" file in the root folder. And when the update is complete, WordPress automatically delete it.





But for some reason, the file remains and causes Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance.





1. Fix Maintenance Mode Using cPanel





To fix the maintenance mode problem, login to cPanel of your web hosting and navigate to the root folder. Here search for “.maintenance” file and delete it.





If you unable to see .maintenance file in your site’s root directory then check the option to show hidden files. It allows you to see hidden files in your root folder.





2. Fix Maintenance Mode Using FTP





First, connect your site with an FTP client and delete .maintenance file from your site’s root directory. If you can't find .maintenance file in root directory, then click on Server >> Force showing hidden files from the menu bar. This option helps you see hidden files.





Once you delete the file, your site will go live. Also, clear the cache of your WordPress site. Here is detail tutorial how to remove cache from a WordPress site.





Summary





Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance Error occurs in WordPress due to server timeout and gets interrupted during an update. But you can easily fix it by deleting .maintenance file from root directory.





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Comments

  1. Dharmendra22 December 2018 at 20:59

    I read this post and its a very nice article, could you help me without help of any plugin how my site would appear in maintenance mode

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