Question:
My site seems to still be up and usable but I can’t access the ‘new post’ page. I get this error: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. It’s been that way since last night sometime. I did not do an update but perhaps WordPress did. I seem to be able to access all other areas of admin. I found several posts saying to delete the .maintenance file but I can’t find it and I’m really a novice – I need the simplest solution. Please help!
Answer:
maintenance file is invoked on the fly doing an auto upgrade. It is a hidden file like .htaccess files. Located in the root of your WP install, you can delete it using FTP program or loging in server and select to view hidden files. Please review this codex for more info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Common_WordPress_Errors#Maintenance_Mode_Following_Upgrade
My site seems to still be up and usable but I can’t access the ‘new post’ page. I get this error: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. It’s been that way since last night sometime. I did not do an update but perhaps WordPress did. I seem to be able to access all other areas of admin. I found several posts saying to delete the .maintenance file but I can’t find it and I’m really a novice – I need the simplest solution. Please help!
Answer:
maintenance file is invoked on the fly doing an auto upgrade. It is a hidden file like .htaccess files. Located in the root of your WP install, you can delete it using FTP program or loging in server and select to view hidden files. Please review this codex for more info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Common_WordPress_Errors#Maintenance_Mode_Following_Upgrade
