Bash scripts to start and stop maintainance mode for wordpress.

wp-end-maintainance.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

WP_WEB_ROOT=/var/www/html;

cd $WP_WEB_ROOT;

# Disable maintainance mode by removing the .maintainance file
rm -f $WP_WEB_ROOT/.maintainance;

# Flush caches
wp cache flush;
wp transient delete --all;
wp rewrite flush;

wp-start-maintainance.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

WP_WEB_ROOT=/var/www/html;

# Maintenance mode file
MAINTENANCE='
<?php
$upgrade=time();
';

cd $WP_WEB_ROOT;

# creates a .maintainance file. 
# Wordpress sees this and sets the site to maintainance mode.
echo $MAINTENANCE | tee $WP_WEB_ROOT/.maintainance;

# do maintainance stuff here