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Why Your SeedProd Maintenance Mode Isn't Working (And How to Fix It)

29 threads Sep 10, 2025

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If you've used the Website Builder by SeedProd to put your site into maintenance mode, only to find it's not displaying correctly or your site remains stuck, you're not alone. Based on community reports, this is a common point of confusion. This guide will walk you through the most frequent reasons this happens and the steps you can take to resolve it.

The Most Common Culprit: Caching

Overwhelmingly, the primary reason a SeedProd maintenance or coming soon page does not appear—or fails to disappear when disabled—is due to caching. Caching systems store a static version of your web pages to serve them faster to visitors. When you activate or deactivate maintenance mode, these cached versions can persist, preventing visitors from seeing the correct page.

Caching can exist in several places:

  • WordPress Caching Plugins: Plugins like WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, or LiteSpeed Cache.
  • Hosting Provider Caching: Many web hosts (e.g., Bluehost, SiteGround) implement server-level caching.
  • Browser Cache: Your own web browser may be showing you an old, cached version of the site.
  • Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): Services like Cloudflare also cache content.

How to Fix Caching Issues

  1. Clear Your WordPress Cache: If you use a caching plugin, locate its settings in your WordPress dashboard and use its 'Clear Cache' or 'Purge Cache' function.
  2. Clear Your Hosting Cache: Check your hosting provider's control panel (e.g., cPanel) for a caching module. If you can't find it, contact your host's support and ask them to clear the server-level cache for your site.
  3. Clear Your Browser Cache: Perform a 'hard refresh' (Ctrl + F5 on Windows, Cmd + Shift + R on Mac) or clear your browser's cached images and files.
  4. Bypass Cache for Testing: To instantly check if caching is the problem, add a simple 'cache buster' to your site's URL. Append a random query string like ?123abc to your domain (e.g., http://yoursite.com/?123abc). If the maintenance page loads correctly with this URL, it confirms a caching issue.

Other Potential Causes and Solutions

1. Conflicting Maintenance Modes

WordPress has its own built-in maintenance mode for core updates, and some themes also include their own maintenance mode feature. Ensure you have disabled any other maintenance mode functionality, either in your theme's options or by ensuring no .maintenance file exists in your site's root directory.

2. Incorrect Page Assignment

For the maintenance mode to function, you must have created and assigned a specific maintenance page within the SeedProd plugin settings. Verify that the correct page is selected for the maintenance mode to display.

3. Multisite or Subfolder Installations

If your WordPress installation is in a subfolder (e.g., yoursite.com/blog/) or you are running a WordPress Multisite network, additional configuration may be required for the maintenance page to display correctly on the primary domain.

4. Plugin Conflicts

In rare cases, other plugins can interfere with SeedProd's functionality. As a test, try temporarily disabling all other plugins to see if the maintenance page starts working. If it does, reactivate your plugins one by one to identify the conflict.

What to Do If Your Site Is Stuck in Maintenance Mode

If you have deactivated the SeedProd plugin but your site is still showing a maintenance page, follow these steps:

  1. Re-activate the SeedProd plugin.
  2. Go to its settings and ensure maintenance mode is officially set to 'Disabled'.
  3. Save the changes.
  4. Now, clear ALL caches (plugin, host, browser, CDN) as described above.
  5. Finally, you can deactivate the SeedProd plugin again.

By systematically working through these potential issues—starting always with clearing every possible cache—you can almost always resolve problems with SeedProd's maintenance mode not behaving as expected.

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