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wp_enable_maintenance_mode

WordPress tool. Put WordPress site into maintenance mode (creates .maintenance file)

This is a write tool: it enables maintenance mode in your WordPress account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Enable maintenance mode in my WordPress account.

It takes 0 required and 0 optional parameters.

Parameters

This tool takes no parameters.

Related WordPress tools

• wp_enable_browser_caching
• wp_enable_gzip_compression
• wp_enable_lazy_loading

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