Minimal Maintenance Mode
by Stach Redeker · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Minimal Maintenance Mode plugin is a simple and lightweight solution to enable a maintenance mode on your WordPress website.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
900+
≈900 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “simple”, “under construction” and “maintenance” for “under maintenance”, “mode” and “secret”. “simple” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “under maintenance” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “under construction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mode” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “maintenance” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “secret” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →19%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 4.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 65 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| minimal your tag | #2 | #22 | 0 |
| maintenance mode your tag | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| maintenance your tag | #14 | #21 | up 2 |
| simple maintenance mode | #5 | #19 | 0 |
| mode | #15 | #24 | up 1 |
| website maintenance | #11 | #22 | up 2 |
| under maintenance | #14 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress maintenance mode | #9 | #22 | down 1 |
| maintenance mode page | #16 | #23 | 0 |
| site maintenance | #18 | #22 | up 1 |
| secret | #19 | #23 | down 2 |
| website under maintenance | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| wordpress maintenance | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| maintenance page | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| under construction mode | #14 | #23 | up 1 |
| wp maintenance | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| simple your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| under construction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “simple”, “under construction” and “maintenance” for “under maintenance”, “mode” and “secret”. “simple” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “under maintenance” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “under construction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mode” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “maintenance” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “secret” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “maintenance”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 11 Oct 2023 · 1,117 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 547 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 22 May 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 14 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 900.
At the current install trend, crossing 1K+ in roughly 35 days.
Install history since 10 Oct 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ victoriousgen9mo ago
It just works, does what you need it to do. Thank you so much for making this, fantastic work and plugin, I’ve been using it on my sites and it helps me share my progress with others without making complicated signup and login here and do this. It just works
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Minimal Maintenance Mode plugin is a simple and lightweight solution to enable a maintenance mode on yo..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,488 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "under construction" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-17 800+ → 900+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-09-17 700+ → 800+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 600+ → 700+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 500+ → 600+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 400+ → 500+ up after 70 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 300+ → 400+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 200+ → 300+ up after 142 days in tier
- 2025-09-28 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
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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Under Construction, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Coming soon and Maintenance mode 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Maintenance mode for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Maintenance 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C -
Really Simple Under Construction Page – Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
WCS Web Maintenance 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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