As a WordPress developer agency we often get questions from our customers about generally WordPress , it’s features , issues they faced with those and etc. There is wide category list about questions. Asked questions are usually about problems. Today we will explain you how you can fix one of them : Maintenance Error
Let’s start
This issue mainly comes from updates. When you update or theme if system faced with one of the errors , automatically switches to maintenance mode.
Solutions
- Updating WordPress manually
- Removing .maintenance file which system creted while switching to maintenance mode.
Second method is easier and most people choose fixing by this method. We recommend this method too. Because when you try to re-install your WordPress you can be faced with critical issues for example your database can be hurted.
Where find maintenance file
For deleting your maintenance file , you should visit to your root directory where you have installed WordPress. You will see this file here. Finally , you can fix this issue just deleting .maintenance file.