Simple WP Maintenance Mode
This tiny plugin actives the maintenance mode with standard messages from WordPress.
4.4(7 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 5 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple WP Maintenance Mode is a WordPress maintance plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 124K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 11% this week.
4.4/57 reviews
2.0K+active installs
124K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
The Simple WP Maintenance Mode will activate a maintenance page with the standard WP messages.
Just logged-in users with editing template capability will be able to access the website while this plugin is activeted.
There is no need any configuration. Just enable or disable the plugin.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Does exactly what I want it to do
by kozakr·4 years ago
It’s perfect.
Nimble
by hnhn2·4 years ago
Works fine (just use a private browser window to test).
Job done with 10 lines of code, no clutter.
Thanks.
Doesn’t work
by Andre·5 years ago
Plugin is installed and activated, yet I can see the full website as an anonymous user, completely logged out, even on Tor browser, on all devices and different networks.
brilliant
by bsusala·5 years ago
WTF, function precedes form. Way to go!
- This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by bsusala.
Simple and easy
by kenyer79·5 years ago
You know exactly as much as you need to use it for. No unnecessary code
Download Trends
Today: 19Yesterday: 25This week: 136Period total: 9K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.1
- First release of the plugin
Contributors
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