Maintenance Mode vs Maintenance Redirect

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Maintenance Mode

by helderk

Health A87

Maintenance Redirect

by Peter Hardy-vanDoorn

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Maintenance Mode Maintenance Redirect

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Maintenance Mode	Maintenance Redirect
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 87	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	99/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.30★	4.55★ ✓
Reviews	14	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	26d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	5.3K ✓	978
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Maintenance Mode Maintenance Redirect

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.