---
title: "OpenCart 3 Maintenance Mode"
description: "You don't want customers making orders while you're doing major upgrades and data restorations as data corruption is possible. In such cases, it may be best to temporarily convert your store to a one..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/opencart/opencart-3-maintenance-mode/
date: 2019-05-29
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["OpenCart", "OpenCart 3"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# OpenCart 3 Maintenance Mode

You don’t want customers making orders while you’re doing major upgrades and data restorations as data corruption is possible. In such cases, it may be best to temporarily convert your store to a **one page website** with an estimated time before its running again. Below we cover **how to enable maintenance mode in OpenCart 3**.

## Enable Maintenance Mode

1. Log into OpenCart.
2. Select Settings under System.
3. Select the *Edit* icon to the right of the domain. [![select OpenCart domain](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/opencart-3/opencart-settings-domain.png)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/images/stories/opencart-3/opencart-settings-domain.png)
4. Select the **Server** tab at the top.
5. Select **Yes** beside *Maintenance Mode*.
6. Press the **Save** icon at the top-right.

Improve security by [forcing HTTPS](/support/edu/prestashop/enable-ssl/) in the OpenCart admin dashboard.