Maintenance mode & email verification

Maintenance mode

Maintenance mode shows a maintenance page for LMS content while you set things up, without taking your whole WordPress site offline.

Turn it on in CourseGlade → Settings → General → Maintenance Mode: flip the toggle and set a Custom Maintenance Message.

When on, it intercepts course, lesson, quiz, and instructor-profile pages plus the LMS pages (courses, dashboard, checkout, become-instructor, registration), returns an HTTP 503 with a Retry-After header, and shows your message. Administrators bypass it, so you can keep working while visitors see the notice. The admin area, AJAX, and cron are never blocked.

Email verification gate

CourseGlade can require a user to confirm their email before they can sign in.

There is no on/off setting for this in the UI. The gate is active for any user whose account is flagged unverified; users without the flag (existing accounts) are treated as verified. New users receive a confirmation link and, until they verify, a blocked login shows: “Please verify your email address before signing in. Check your inbox for the confirmation link.”

When to use maintenance mode

• Pre-launch, migrations, or major content restructures — anywhere you want students to see a friendly notice instead of half-finished courses.