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title: "How do status pages work?"
url: "https://ploi.io/documentation/status-pages/how-do-status-pages-work"
published: "2019-12-15"
last_updated: "2026-06-15"
---

# How do status pages work?

Status pages let you publish a clean public page showing the health of your servers and sites — ideal for keeping your users informed during incidents and maintenance.

You'll find **Status pages** in the sidebar. If you don't see it, your current subscription doesn't include the feature — status pages are available on the **Unlimited** plan.

Creating a status page
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From the Status pages section, create a new page with a name, slug and description. You can then:

- Attach the servers and sites you want to display, and set their order and labels.
- Show live statistics for attached resources — CPU, RAM, disk and load average — plus SSL certificate status for sites.
- Publish incidents (manual or scheduled) to report outages and maintenance.

Appearance and access
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- Customize the theme — colors, logo and branding.
- Set a refresh interval (5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes).
- Restrict access with a password or by allowed IP addresses, and optionally disable search-engine indexing.
- Use a Ploi subdomain or your own custom domain — see [How do I use my own domain?](https://ploi.io/documentation/status-pages/how-do-i-use-my-own-domain)