This plugin adds an additional authentication layer to your WordPress installation to put the site into a demo- or maintainance-mode.
As of April 2026, Demo Mode is a WordPress admin plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 9.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 18 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
When we are working on a new page for a customer, we almost always need to do an online presentation. With this plugin activated, we do not need to expose anything to the rest of the web at that point. Not even that we use WordPress as the CMS.
The authentication form of the plugin accepts login of all your WordPress users. Logged in, these can now see the page just as future visitors will, and as well log in through the WordPress login screen (wp-login.php) to enter the administration backend.
| WordPress | 2.1+ requiredTested up to 2.2.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Changes in 1.2
Changes in 1.1
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