I put a topic in support. I’ll change this I was pretty upset over the issues with this plugin.
yes, I had maintenance mode on, this was on a non-production site I was building. but it started putting maintenance mode screens for me as admin. I was unable to use the site until I manually removed the plugin. and on the production site, I ran it on. it is now only redirecting me when I try to access the admin panel. In both cases, it blocked me as an admin. not a good feeling.