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# Update site maintenance

PATCH https://api/public/v1/sites/{site}/maintenance
Content-Type: application/json

Turns the site's WordPress maintenance mode on or off and updates its customization. All fields are optional (`sometimes`): `status` (`on` / `off`), `noindex` (boolean), `background` (hex color), `title` (max 70) and `description` (max 250).

The four customization fields are plan-gated: an organization without the maintenance permission in its plan may still toggle `status`, but sending any customization field answers 422.

Answers 200 with the same extended `sites` document as `Show site maintenance`, reflecting the stored settings. The change is propagated to WordPress asynchronously through the connector — the response confirms the request was stored and queued, not that the site already switched. Disabling maintenance also re-verifies the site connection in the background.

Read-only tokens answer 403; sites of other organizations answer 404. The MCP twin of this endpoint is the `sites-maintenance-update` tool.

Reference: https://api.docs.modulards.com/modular-ds-public-api/sites/update-site-maintenance

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `site` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (string, required)
- `noindex` (boolean, required)
- `background` (string, required)
- `description` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful response

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "title": "We will be right back",
  "status": "on",
  "noindex": true,
  "background": "#1a1a2e",
  "description": "Scheduled maintenance in progress."
}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Sites_Update site maintenance_example
import requests

url = "https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance"

payload = {
    "title": "We will be right back",
    "status": "on",
    "noindex": True,
    "background": "#1a1a2e",
    "description": "Scheduled maintenance in progress."
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Sites_Update site maintenance_example
const url = 'https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"title":"We will be right back","status":"on","noindex":true,"background":"#1a1a2e","description":"Scheduled maintenance in progress."}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Sites_Update site maintenance_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"title\": \"We will be right back\",\n  \"status\": \"on\",\n  \"noindex\": true,\n  \"background\": \"#1a1a2e\",\n  \"description\": \"Scheduled maintenance in progress.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Sites_Update site maintenance_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"title\": \"We will be right back\",\n  \"status\": \"on\",\n  \"noindex\": true,\n  \"background\": \"#1a1a2e\",\n  \"description\": \"Scheduled maintenance in progress.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Sites_Update site maintenance_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"title\": \"We will be right back\",\n  \"status\": \"on\",\n  \"noindex\": true,\n  \"background\": \"#1a1a2e\",\n  \"description\": \"Scheduled maintenance in progress.\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Sites_Update site maintenance_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance', [
  'body' => '{
  "title": "We will be right back",
  "status": "on",
  "noindex": true,
  "background": "#1a1a2e",
  "description": "Scheduled maintenance in progress."
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Sites_Update site maintenance_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"title\": \"We will be right back\",\n  \"status\": \"on\",\n  \"noindex\": true,\n  \"background\": \"#1a1a2e\",\n  \"description\": \"Scheduled maintenance in progress.\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Sites_Update site maintenance_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "title": "We will be right back",
  "status": "on",
  "noindex": true,
  "background": "#1a1a2e",
  "description": "Scheduled maintenance in progress."
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://https/api/public/v1/sites/site/maintenance")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```