更改WordPress网站的启动页面

Question

I have an installed WordPress website.

I'm working on the site, therefore, I want to show a constructor page for the internet user. I have created a page which called first.html and I change the .htaccess file like below

#Alternate default index page
DirectoryIndex first.html

Now when I enter my domain name on the browser I can see the first.html. This is working properly.

I'd like to see my changes by entering the domain and page name on the browser like

www.mydomain/index.php

or

www.mydomain/wp-content/themes/XXXTHEME/index.php

However, my theme pages don't work.

How can I achieve to do this?

Answer 1

Instead of making changes in .htaccess, I'd suggest you to use this plugin : https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/