Front end set for admin but cant see website

I have same problem. I’ve used this plugin many times with the same combo of other plugins and basic theme with no problem. As the developers no longer seem to be replying to people on this forum I thought I’d just let you know that its worth seeing if there is some plugin incompatibility. Or plan B is try another maintenance plugin. Good luck!

same on multisite. superadmin can see frontend, site admin can’t.

Hello,

You’re using the latest version of the plugin? Didn’t know about the problem, but I’ll check and try to release a patch ASAP (hope next week).

Thanks!

Yes, version 2.0.7.

Hey,

we had the same problem. So we’ve fixed it.

The problem is, that you can’t select “administrator” for the backend access in the settings. So admins should have access to the hole page, per default. But in the PHP code this wasn’t checked.

File: \wp-content\plugins\wp-maintenance-mode\includes\classes\wp-maintenance-mode.php
Line: 544

Replace this line:
if (is_super_admin()) {

with this one:
if (is_super_admin() || current_user_can( 'manage_options' )) {

Now it works fine! ??

Cheers
Andreas

Hello all,

Version 2.0.8 was released and the bug was solved.

Thanks!

@georgejipa – we are on version 2.0.9 and I am still unable to view or preview pages as the super admin.

Hello @dawn_moseke,

The super admin has access to all pages. Please describe your setup.

Thanks.

To what set-up are your referring? We have a multisite install running 4.7.2. I activated your plugin on one of the satellite sites and while signed in was unable to view public-facing pages or previews.

Thanks for your answer!

I’ve done some tests on WP 4.7.2 with multisite enabled and everything works as intended. The super admin of the network and the administrator of the newly created blog… can access any page of the blog.

What other plugins do you have installed on that blog?

Later edit: here’s a screencast with a part of the tests https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cbnV0MQSeI

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by George J.

At this point George I have used another plugin. I just wanted to let you know that perhaps this isn’t functioning as you hoped or intended. Sounds like it just isn’t working for us.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by dawn_moseke.