Maintenance Redirect vs Maintenance Mode

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

Maintenance Redirect

by Peter Hardy-vanDoorn

Health A89

Maintenance Mode

by helderk

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Maintenance Redirect Maintenance Mode

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

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

Release activity

Maintenance Redirect Maintenance Mode

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.