I’m excited to officially introduce Webhole Homepage Manager, a lightweight WordPress plugin designed for developers, builders, and site owners who want full control over their front page and maintenance workflows — without bloated features or theme lock-in.
Webhole Homepage Manager was built out of a real need during development work on my own WordPress environments. I wanted a way to:
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Show a professional maintenance page when needed
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Create a custom front page without touching the active theme
-Preview front-end output safely as an admin
- Keep everything reversible, transparent, and WordPress-native
So I built it.
What Webhole Homepage Manager Does
Webhole Homepage Manager provides two clear modes:
Maintenance Mode Displays a controlled front page to visitors while restricting access to the rest of the site. Admins always retain full access.
Custom Front Page Mode Allows you to create and display a custom front page while keeping the rest of your site fully accessible — perfect for development, soft launches, or experimentation.
The plugin uses proper WordPress APIs, sanitizes all settings, and does not track users, inject ads, or upsell features.
Why This Plugin Is Different
Many existing “maintenance” or “coming soon” plugins are bloated, intrusive, or theme-dependent. Webhole Homepage Manager is intentionally minimal:
✅️ No analytics
✅️ No external calls
✅️ No lock-in
✅️ No surprises
Activate it, use it, deactivate it — your site goes right back to normal.
Open Source & WordPress-Compliant
Webhole Frontpage Manager is fully open source and has been submitted to the WordPress Plugin Directory following official guidelines. The GitHub repository represents the WordPress-compliant source.
If you’re a developer, site builder, or WordPress power user, I hope this tool earns a place in your workflow.
More updates to come.