WP Maintenance
Create and customize your maintenance page
Use with caution
WP Maintenance works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 60K+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 4 months ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.
- Proven at scale on 60K+ active sites
- Loved by users — 4.7/5 from 98 reviews
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where WP Maintenance stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| coming soon | #30 |
| construction | #17 |
| launch | #6 |
| maintenance | #3 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 from 98 reviews
About WP Maintenance
From the official readme · v6.1.10.1Description
The WP Maintenance plugin allows you to put your website on the waiting time for you to do maintenance or launch your website. Personalize this page, pictures and countdown with:
Features
- Choice texts colors and fonts
- Upload logo picture
- Upload background picture or pattern
- Countdown
- Custom Code Header for Analytics ready
- Social Networks ready
- Customize CSS
- Insert for shorcode (Newletter or Contact form)
- Enable “503 Service temporarily unavailable”
- Choose access by Roles and Capabilities
- Choose access by ID Pages
- Choose access by IP addresses
wp-maintenance.pot file available
Installation
- Upload the full directory into your ‘/wp-content/plugins’ directory
- Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page
You will find ‘WP Maintenance’ menu in your WordPress admin panel
Frequently asked questions
WP Maintenance Needs Your Support
It is hard to continue development and support for this free plugin without contributions from users like you. If you enjoy using WP Maintenance and find it useful, please consider making a donation. Your donation will help encourage and support the plugin’s continued development and better user support.
I have activated plugin and don’t see any changes, looks like plugin is not working.
This is normal because you are logged in as an administrator. Try a different browser or use the preview link. If you have registered as a wordpress user, you see the site in normal mode.
I have disabled plugin but I don’t see any changes, I have always the maintenance page, looks like plugin is not working.
You have a cache plugin ? Try to purge it and try again.
Where can I find out the login page to get to the site?
You can use your administrator access or create new user in wordpress dashboard https://yousite.com/wp-admin/
Can I change the plugin code?
Yes. Thank you for submitting your changes to update the plugin.
Translations
You can translate WP Maintenance on translate.wordpress.org.
Changelog
6.1.10.1
- Fixed bug iframe : adding fields for values of iframe
6.1.10.0
- Fixed bug pattern
6.1.9.9
- Fixed security problem: integrate import/export option
- Fixed security & vulnerability XSS problems
6.1.9.8
- Fixed security problem: remove import/export option
6.1.9.7
- Fixed bug update socials networks
6.1.9.6
- Fixed bug pattern
- Fixed bug Header Code
- Fixed bug Import Settings
Screenshots
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FAQ
WP Maintenance: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is WP Maintenance free?
Yes. WP Maintenance is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is WP Maintenance safe to use in 2026?
WP Maintenance works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 60K+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 4 months ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.
How many websites use WP Maintenance?
WP Maintenance is active on 60K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,389,117 times since it launched in February 2013. It was downloaded 6,169 times in the last 30 days.
When was WP Maintenance last updated?
The latest version, 6.1.10.1, was released on June 9, 2026 (4 months ago).
Who makes WP Maintenance?
WP Maintenance is developed and maintained by Florent Maillefaud.
What are the best alternatives to WP Maintenance?
The most popular alternatives to WP Maintenance are Maintenance (1M+ installs), LightStart (400K+ installs) and CMP (200K+ installs).
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