Dead Simple Maintenance Mode
by Alvind · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 5 other plugins · 140+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple and bloat free maintenance mode for your website.
46 health vs 54 average across 3,791 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 969 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-11-30 · 1,371 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
25
now · peak 131
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.7y ago
latest release · v1.0.2
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-11-29 · 1,320 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Super Easy Maintenance Mode – Coming Soon & Under Construction 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Maintenance 1M+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 700K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Under Construction 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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