YITH Maintenance Mode

by YITHEMES · Admin & Utilities

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YITH Maintenance Mode gives you the ability to have a simple Maintenance Mode page while your website is under construction or closed for maintenance.

Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.

⚠ Stale

Health

C 65/100

Stale

Active installs

5K+

≈5.6K estimated

Momentum

+26%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “construction” for “simple maintenance mode”. “construction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “simple maintenance mode” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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How scoring works →

65 Health · C

Maintenance 40/100

Rating quality 75/100

Support 70/100

Security 94/100

65 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins

5K+

Active installs

≈5.6K estimated

306.8K

Total downloads

since 2013 · 1.6% still active

4.0/5

Rating

4.1 on wp.org · 27 reviews

+26%

773

Downloads · 30d

category median +8%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.6%

of downloads still active

At least 5K of 306.8K 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.

Ratings · 27 reviews

Details

Version: 1.10.4
Last updated: 1.5y ago
Added: 2013-05-30 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP: 6.4
Tested up to: 6.8.12
Requires PHP: 7.4

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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.

81 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 49/100

Updated 555 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 82/100

4.1★ over 27 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 555 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-1.3

Velocity

places per keyword, 25d

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 25d

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
simple maintenance mode	#19	#14	down 1
construction your tag	Not in the top 24
maintenance your tag	Not in the top 24
maintenance page your tag	Not in the top 24
wordpress maintenance mode your tag	Not in the top 24
yith your tag	Not in the top 24

4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

Swap “construction” for “simple maintenance mode”. “construction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “simple maintenance mode” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d

3531 Oct 2026

1.5K7500

3531 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5K · peaks are release surges

76731 Oct 2026

6K3K0

76731 Oct 2026

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

YITH Maintenance Mod · #3082youMaintenance · #59WP Maintenance · #689Maintenance Page · #4037

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.131 Oct 2026

52.50

4.131 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6531 Oct 2026

756045

6531 Oct 2026

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.

15331 Oct 2026

8004000

15331 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year

from wp.org release tags

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

releases in the last 12 months

1.5y ago

latest release · v1.10.4 · 24 Apr 2025

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.10.4 · 24 Apr 20251.10.1 · 27 Aug 20241.10.0 · 31 Jul 20241.8.0 · 2 Aug 20231.7.0 · 3 May 20231.6.0 · 25 Feb 20221.5.0 · 3 Feb 20221.4.0 · 23 Sep 20211.3.8 · 15 Sep 20211.3.7 · 13 Jul 20211.3.6 · 7 Mar 20211.3.5 · 4 Dec 20201.3.4 · 23 Oct 20201.3.3 · 17 Jul 2019

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v1.10 60%

v1.3 18%

v1.9 6.5%

v1.6 6%

v1.1 3.7%

Older / other versions 6.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

5K–6K ≈5.6K

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.

Install history since 19 Mar 2015

5K31 Oct 2026

20K10K0

5K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ bistromatic
4.6y 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!
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ becaneweb
10.7y ago

Very practical, thank a lot !
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★★★★★ christomwebdesign
10.9y ago

Simple and easy, great plugin!
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★★★★★ grinani
11.4y ago

I love the plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Murilo Pinto Pereira
11.5y ago

it blocks all pages of the site for users, but for administrators they are normally accessible
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ NovemberMan
11.6y ago

A great free plugin. Will add it to my favorites.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Cass
11.7y 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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★★★★★ madmedic10
11.8y 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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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.10.4). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched 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 Affects <= 1.3.8 Patched in 1.4.0
Patched 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 Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.8
Patched 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 Affects <= 1.1.4 Patched in 1.2.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

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

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 71 languages, 6 at 90% or more

Italian 100%

Spanish (Chile) 100%

Spanish (Spain) 100%

Russian 98%

Dutch 97%

Japanese 95%

Swedish 58%

German 44%

French (Canada) 34%

Romanian 31%

Ukrainian 31%

English (Canada) 21%

French (France) 19%

Azerbaijani 17%

English (UK) 17%

Finnish 17%

Cebuano 14%

Dutch (Formal) 14%

English (Australia) 14%

English (South Africa) 14%

Hebrew 14%

Punjabi 14%

Esperanto 13%

Croatian 11%

Plus 47 more locales with partial translations.

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

6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML.
✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 1 list.
✓ Enough to quote 1,907 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "maintenance page", "wordpress maintenance mode" do not.

Growth timeline

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

2026-04-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 455 days in tier
2025-01-28 7K+ → 6K+ down after 847 days in tier
2022-10-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 365 days in tier
2021-10-04 9K+ → 8K+ down after 398 days in tier
2020-09-01 10K+ → 9K+ down after 943 days in tier
2018-02-01 20K+ → 10K+ 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).

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