How to fix Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance error in WordPress environment?

How to fix Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance error in WordPress environment?

WordPress is a hugely popular content management system in present days. Because of its user-friendly HMI (human machine interface) and manageable back-end tool support almost all the web developers around world prefers to use WordPress. However, problem occurs when your WordPress website or blog stops working and an error stating ‘Briefly unavailable for a scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute’ error flushes on your screen. As soon as this error appears your website shifts into maintenance mode. Most of the times it is observed that it interrupts your current activities and website traffic. This error is very common among UK users.

Reasons that may cause this error: Well though it is considered as an error but it is not an error. It is actually a message to notify you that a necessary update is in process. During this update process WordPress downloads some update files to your server and then those downloaded files get extracted and installed. In due course WordPress creates a hidden file named .maintenance and as a consequence your website slips to maintenance mode. Therefore, you get a display called ‘Briefly unavailable for a scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute’ that lasts for a few seconds. It is observed that some times your server slows down because of this ongoing process, it also pops up some error regarding shortage of memory and finally your update process gets interrupted. And thus, your website stuck permanently to maintenance mode. So, the very basic things that are responsible for this error are listed below.

• Your web server slows down

• Webserver is running out of memory

• Script got interrupted 

How to fix it?

The only way out of this situation is to delete the hidden .maintenance file manually which automatically gets generated in your main directory whenever any update occurs. Well in normal situation WordPress is supposed to delete this file from your server upon the completion of your update process. But when the process gets interrupted you must have to do it manually. There are three separate ways to delete it.




Method1: Use FTP file

Follow the steps written below

• Connect to your host account using any FTP client e;g FileZila

• Find out the .maintenance file in WordPress installation directory

• Select the file and delete it

Method2: Use Hostinger file manager

Here we will use Hostinger file manager to access to files that are located in server. Instead of Hostinger file manager you can also use the file manager that was provided to you by your host. Now execute the instruction that are written below.

• Go to the control panel of Hostinger and then click on file manager

• Find out the .maintenance file there

• Click on that file and select Delete option

 Method3: Use SSH

In this technique you are supposed to follow the commands that are given below

•  First you need to build an SSH connection

• Then go to your WordPress installation folder. You can find it in public_html folder cd public_html

• Now to make sure of the fact that you are in right directory type command 1s -a
  

• Next to delete the .maintenance file type rm .mantenance

And thus, you are done with this process

We hope that this article has helped you to resolve your issue.

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