Title: Use 503 status code
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Use 503 status code

 *  Resolved [mallorydxw-old](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdxw/)
 * (@tomdxw)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-503-status-code/)
 * Hi,
 * Could this plugin use the 503 Service Unavailable HTTP status code? Or maybe 
   add an option to choose the status code?
 * Thanks,
    Tom Adams dxw
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-coming-soon-page/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-coming-soon-page/)

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 *  Plugin Author [John Turner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnnytee/)
 * (@johnnytee)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-503-status-code/#post-4177271)
 * Hey Tom,
 * Typically you post a 503 when in maintenance mode. I have another plugin that
   does this. [http://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-maintenance-mode/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-maintenance-mode/)
 * Might add an option to this plugin as well 🙂

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