YITH Maintenance Mode

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 60% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ bistromatic

   4.4y ago

   This plugin locked me completely out of my wordpress site. Neither /wp-admin nor /admin let me log in again. All I got was “Page not found”. Removed the plugin via FTP and I’m back in business. Unacceptable!

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2. ★★★★★ becaneweb

   10.5y ago

   Very practical, thank a lot !

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3. ★★★★★ christomwebdesign

   10.7y ago

   Simple and easy, great plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ grinani

   11.2y ago

   I love the plugin!

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5. ★★★★★ Murilo Pinto Pereira

   11.3y ago

   it blocks all pages of the site for users, but for administrators they are normally accessible

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6. ★★★★★ NovemberMan

   11.4y ago

   A great free plugin. Will add it to my favorites.

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7. ★★★★★ Cass

   11.6y ago

   I recommend avoiding this plugin. Like another reviewer, I deleted this plugin through cPanel, and my site will not come out of maintenance mode. This is truly awful, and may really screw things up for me, as far as creating more hours of repair and loss and work. Avoid this plugin at all costs!

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8. ★★★★★ madmedic10

   11.6y ago

   Horrible plugin. Once activated, my site wouldnt come out of maintenance mode. I even deleted the plugin on the backend, and my site is still in maintenance mode. screw you.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.10.4 New: support for WordPress 6.8 1.10.4
2. — Version 1.10.3 Fix: Fixed some compatibility issues 1.10.3
3. — Version 1.10.2 New: support for WordPress 6.7.1 1.10.2
4. — Version 1.10.1 Fix: strings wrongly localized 1.10.1
5. — Version 1.10.0 New: support for WordPress 6.6 Fix: strings wrongly localized 1.10.0
6. — Version 1.9.0 New: support for WordPress 6.4 1.9.0

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.9 YITH Maintenance Mode <= 1.3.8 - Multiple Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-09-23 CVE-2021-36845 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.8 Patched in 1.4.0
2. Medium · 6.9 YITH Maintenance Mode <= 1.3.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-09-15 CVE-2021-36841 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.8
3. Medium · 6.1 YITH Maintenance Mode <= 1.1.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2015-08-02 CVE-2015-9429 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.4 Patched in 1.2.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Translated into 71 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Plus 47 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 455 days in tier
2. 2025-01-28 7K+ → 6K+ down

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).

• Maintenance 1M+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Maintenance 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Maintenance Page 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Maintenance Switch 700+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• AWEOS WP Lock 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• Easy Maintenance Mode 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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YITH Maintenance Mode: 5K+ active installs, 4.1★ (27 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/yith-maintenance-mode