It’s never enjoyable to see your WordPress website suddenly go completely white on you while you’re trying to make an update. You wonder if your WP site is lost forever? Is it broken? Will it ever come out of this maintenance mode? The good news is, this message is not nearly as ominous as it looks and it can be fixed quite easily.

Why am I experiencing this WordPress problem?

If you are experiencing the Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute problem right now, it’s probably because you just tried to update your WordPress software and plugins. When you start the update process, WordPress creates what should be a temporary .maintenance file in your WordPress root folder which generates this message. But sometimes the WP update process doesn’t go as smoothly as it should so the .maintenance file doesn’t get deleted, and the maintenance mode page doesn’t go away.

How to fix a stuck WordPress Maintenance mode page

• Take a deep breath and don’t panic! This error does not mean your WP site is broken.
• Wait a few minutes. Depending on your server’s speed and the number of plugins you are updating, you may have to wait a few minutes before you see your WordPress website come back to life.
• If after 3-5 minutes you are still seeing this briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance, check back in a minute page, it’s time to take further action.

How to delete the .maintenance file so that your WP site can come back online

1. Open up your FTP program and connect to your website or log into your file manager.
2. Navigate to your WordPress root folder.
3. Look for the .maintenance file and delete it.

4. You should see your website come back online immediately!

5. Make sure you look at your dashboard page to check if all your plugins and software updated correctly.

Don’t forget to backup your website before attempting updates.

While this particular problem is not serious, there are other more critical issues which can occur when updating your WordPress site. It’s very important to backup your website before you attempt an update. Trust me on this, I’ve learned the hard way!

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Since I first published this a few years ago, thousands of people looking for help with a stuck text and visual editor on WordPress have visited this page. I have also assisted many people with this issue on their websites.

While all my instructions below for solving this WordPress visual editor issue remained the same, I have added a step to make sure you have properly updated your WordPress theme.

I also wanted to let you know that I am available to solve this common WordPress issue for a flat $75 price. I do the work first, you pay when you’re satisfied.

I recently experienced this WP error myself

So I just had this issue today on one of my own websites. The editor in my WordPress pages and posts was stuck on visual. I was unable to switch back and forth between the text and visual editors. I also noticed that all of the text in my pages were in the color white which was very strange.

What did I do first? I panicked of course! Just kidding. Having fixed this issue on many WordPress websites, I knew right away what I needed to do.

Here’s how to solve the problem

Let me preface this by telling you that you MUST backup your WordPress installation before you try any of these steps. Using a free plugin like Updraft Plus will give you the peace of mind that you need to fix this issue.

Here are the steps that you should follow to troubleshoot a stuck visual editor in WordPress. After each step, refresh a post or page to see if you can switch between the visual and text editors.

1. Clear your cache – if this doesn’t work, go ahead and disable your cache for the time being while you troubleshoot this problem.
2. Update or reinstall WordPress –  If for some reason, you are unable to reinstall WordPress through the dashboard, you will need to manually install a fresh copy through FTP or your file manager.
3. Update your WordPress plugins and themes
4. Make sure your theme was updated correctly. Many WordPress users are using paid themes which may not update automatically with the rest of the plugins and themes.
5. If you get to this step without success, you will need to take some more drastic steps to diagnose the problem. If you run a busy website, you may want to consider 1). putting the site in maintenance mode or 2). copying your site to another location where you can run some tests.
6. Disable ALL of your plugins and reactivate them one-by-one – yes, this sounds horrible, doesn’t it? But chances are high that you WILL discover that one of your plugins is acting up. When you identify the misbehaving plugin you will probably need to find an alternative and/or contact the plugin’s author to report the issue.

The solution to my stuck WordPress editor today was reinstalling the latest version of WordPress. Now I am able to switch back and forth between the two editors seamlessly. Problem solved!

This post was originally published in 2016. It was updated in September, 2020.

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I was testing a website tonight, trying to figure out why it was loading so slowly even after we had optimized it for speed by using a cache, css/js optimization, and image compression. We were testing at more than three seconds when I was convinced that it should be loading at a second or less. This difference in seconds may not seem like much to you but remember that Google takes speed into account when ranking websites. Optimizing website speed is an absolute must when you are conducting SEO for your site.

After playing around with a few settings and looking at the actual files that were being loaded, I finally discovered the problem. A certain social sharing plugin which shall remain nameless (there are many of them in the WordPress plugin repository) was the culprit. The scripts that were being loaded with this plugin were significantly large. When I disabled the plugin, my site speed went from 3.40 seconds down to 880 ms! That is a significant increase in speed by any standard.

So what should you do if you find yourself using a social sharing plugin that is increasing page load times? Here are a couple of suggestions:

1. Disable the plugin – I’m not convinced that you actually need a social sharing plugin these days. I think that most people can figure out how to share a page without your help.
2. Create your own links – This may be a little too complicated for some, but you can create your own links. Check out a site like this one, to learn how!
3. Find a lightweight plugin – If you must use a plugin, do some testing with different ones first. Find one that doesn’t significantly impact your site load speed.

In case you are wondering what I use to test load times, here they are:

• Google PageSpeed
• Pingdom

Good luck! If you need help with improving your page speeds, feel free to contact me by clicking here.

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