Title: Update WordPress
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Update WordPress

 *  Resolved [wanderer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wanderer/)
 * (@wanderer)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-5/)
 * Question, this sounds like a great plugin, however, does it work while WordPress
   itself is being updated?
 * It stands to reason that if WordPress is down, its plugins won’t work?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-pie-maintenance-mode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-pie-maintenance-mode/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Bob Riley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobriley/)
 * (@bobriley)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-5/#post-4928489)
 * Yeah, you are correct – when WordPress itself is updating the plugin does not
   take effect. It’s meant for outages when the webmaster needs to take down the
   site for longer term site maintenance.
 * Bob

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/easy-pie-maintenance-mode_c4b1a6.
   svg)
 * [EZP Maintenance Mode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-pie-maintenance-mode/)
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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bob Riley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobriley/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-wordpress-5/#post-4928489)
 * Status: resolved