Title: Website Open/Closed Toggle Author: RSimpson Published: November 27, 2015 Last modified: December 14, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/website-openclosed-toggle/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1295954) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/website-openclosed-toggle/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1295887) # Website Open/Closed Toggle By [RSimpson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rsimpson/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/website-openclosed-toggle/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/website-openclosed-toggle/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/website-openclosed-toggle/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/website-openclosed-toggle/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/) ## Description This plugin allows you to easily open and close your website and display a custom message or HTML page when closed. * Simple _yes/no_ toggle to open/close your website. * Display your own _closed.php_ within your theme. * Display your own custom HTML markup, pasted directly into the plugin settings. * Display a basic message informing your visitors that your website is closed. * Set paths which bypass the closed page entirely. * Set a bypass GET parameter which will allow anyone you give the URL to to browse the website as normal while the site is closed. * Automatically clears any caches for W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache. ## Screenshots * [[ * The admin interface. * [[ * A basic ‘closed’ message. * [[ ## Installation 1. Download the zip file and decompress it. 2. Upload “website-openclosed-toggle” to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. 3. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress. 4. Click _Open/Closed_ in the admin menu. ## FAQ No questions asked yet. I’ll update this once I’ve had some feedback. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8f362f7adf2dc6ec333e5b003f5af5d9df7d7907244de2545303631c7b37920? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simply effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simply-effective-12/)󠁿 [Florenz Villegas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/flovi/) February 12, 2022 [WP 5.9] Very easy to setup. You can choose between a simple ‘Stay away’ one liner or a complete handmade HTML page with some ‘I am so sorry stickers’ or whatever. No problems with 5.9 so far. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Website Open/Closed Toggle” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ RSimpson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rsimpson/) * [ RS ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rsdotscot/) [Translate “Website Open/Closed Toggle” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/website-openclosed-toggle) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/website-openclosed-toggle/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/website-openclosed-toggle/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/website-openclosed-toggle/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/website-openclosed-toggle/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.3.9.1 * Bug fixing. #### 0.3.9 * Testing with WordPress 6.4.2. #### 0.3.8 * Testing with WordPress 6.0. #### 0.3.7 * Testing with WordPress 5.3. #### 0.3.6 * Testing with WordPress 5.1. #### 0.3.5 * Testing with WordPress 4.7.2. #### 0.3.4 * Added a redirect option. #### 0.3.3 * Adding nonce to settings update. #### 0.3.2 * Various tidying up fixes. #### 0.3.1 * CSS Bug fixes. #### 0.3 * Bug fixes. #### 0.2 * Tidying up. #### 0.1 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **0.3.9.1** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **500+** * WordPress version ** 4.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.4.8** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/website-openclosed-toggle/) * Tags * [close](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/close/)[closed](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/closed/) [Open](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/open/)[website](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/website/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/website-openclosed-toggle/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/website-openclosed-toggle/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ RSimpson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rsimpson/) * [ RS ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rsdotscot/) ## Support Got something to say? 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