Fix the ‘Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.’ error

Definitions

The ‘Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.’ occurs when an update process runs, and WordPress doesn’t automatically remove the .maintenance file afterwards.

Here is a visual example of the: ‘Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance.’ page:

Before you start

✅ The scheduled maintenance error can be fixed quickly, all you have to do is remove a file called .maintenance from your file manager.

🚨 The scheduled maintenance error is always generated by WordPress, and is not related to your hosting service or the hosting network.

Step by step

1. Log in to your hosting control panel

2. Click on the File Manager

3. Double click on the domains folder

4. Find your website folder and double click on it

5. Double click the public_html folder

6. Look for a file called .maintenance

7. Right click on the .maintenance file and select Remove

8. On the Remove File popup, toggle OFF To Trash

9. Click the Remove button

10. Refresh your web browser to reload your website