Title: Maintenance mode problem
Last modified: May 1, 2022

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# Maintenance mode problem

 *  Resolved [iamchuckles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamchuckles/)
 * (@iamchuckles)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-problem-2/)
 * Hi
    When I invoke maintenance mode, my site shows an Apache test page and as 
   admin I can’t publish changes to the site. Out of maintenance mode all seems 
   normal. I have read that clearing all caches usually solves this problem. I have
   cleared all caches I can find. Don’t know where else to look. The Apache page
   says “to prevent this page from ever being used, follow the instructions in the
   file /etc/hyypd/conf.d/welcome.conf.” I have no idea where this file would be.
   Any help gratefully accepted. Thanks, Chuck

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-problem-2/#post-15606608)
 * > When I invoke maintenance mode, my site shows an Apache test page and as admin
   > I can’t publish changes to the site.
 * How are you “invoking” maintenance mode? Are you using a WordPress plugin, or
   is this a feature of some server control panel you’re using?
 * The author of the tool you’re using can best advice you here.
 * > The Apache page says “to prevent this page from ever being used, follow the
   > instructions in the file /etc/hyypd/conf.d/welcome.conf.” I have no idea where
   > this file would be. Any help gratefully accepted.
 * This is a server-level issue, and not something controlled by WordPress.
 * The location of the file is clearly given in your message (though I the path 
   is `httpd` and not `hyypd`).
 * You’ll likely need to login to your server via SSH to deal with this, unless 
   you have some web-based control panel that allows you to edit server configuration
   files in the browser.
 * You can contact your host for help. Or if you’re using a self-managed cloud server
   or VPS and this falls outside the support you can expect from your host, google
   for instructions for your specific OS.
 *  Thread Starter [iamchuckles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamchuckles/)
 * (@iamchuckles)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-problem-2/#post-15607504)
 * Hi George;
 * Thanks for your reply. I have sent a message to my hosting service requesting
   assistance regarding the ‘Apache’ issue. Yes you are quite correct ‘hyypd’ should
   be httpd’. Please forgive my fat fingers.
 * As for how I invoke Maintenance Mode; I do so by Signing into my Plesk dashboard,
   selecting WordPress and then selecting ON with the slider on the bottom right
   hand corner of the WordPress Toolkit page. I do not use a separate Maintenance
   Mode plugin and had assumed this was part of the basic WordPress package.
 * Thanks again for your help
    Chuck
 *  Thread Starter [iamchuckles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamchuckles/)
 * (@iamchuckles)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-problem-2/#post-15626723)
 * Hi again
    Just a quick followup. Once again you were right. I was in fact using
   a plugin, just didn’t know it. The ‘Maintenance Mode’ plugin comes with the Plesk
   WordPress package. Talked to my hosting service and we agreed that the best move
   was to start fresh. I still don’t know exactly what I did wrong, however I learned
   a lot from the experience.
 * Thanks again
    Chuck

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [iamchuckles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamchuckles/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-problem-2/#post-15626723)
 * Status: resolved

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