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Minimal Maintenance Mode — WordPress Coming Soon Plugin

by Stach Redeker · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.2 Tested up to WP 7.1

Minimal Maintenance Mode has 700+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,762 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 27, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Minimal Maintenance Mode at a glance

Active installs
700+
Total downloads
3,762
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Minimal Maintenance Mode well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Enable a maintenance mode to restrict access to your website
  • Customize the maintenance mode message and heading
  • Automatic bypass for logged-in users and administrators
  • Option to set a secret word to bypass maintenance mode via URL parameter

Minimal Maintenance Mode reviews and ratings

1 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

1 reviews

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  • So simple, so good

    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

    victoriousgen

Where Minimal Maintenance Mode ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Minimal Maintenance Mode appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Coming Soon Plugins #43 by tag, not in search #72 –

Details

The Minimal Maintenance Mode plugin is a simple and lightweight solution to enable a maintenance mode on your WordPress website.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Minimal Maintenance Mode competes in

Tags

  • maintenance
  • maintenance mode
  • minimal
  • simple
  • under construction

More from Stach Redeker

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
Aug 27, 2026
First published
Oct 9, 2023
Requires WordPress
5.3
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Minimal Maintenance Mode FAQ

What does Minimal Maintenance Mode do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Minimal Maintenance Mode offers Enable a maintenance mode to restrict access to your website, Customize the maintenance mode message and heading, Automatic bypass for logged-in users and administrators and Option to set a secret word to bypass maintenance mode via URL parameter.

How many active installs does Minimal Maintenance Mode have?

WordPress.org reports 700+ active installs for Minimal Maintenance Mode as of September 7, 2026.

Is Minimal Maintenance Mode still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 27, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Minimal Maintenance Mode free?

Minimal Maintenance Mode is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Minimal Maintenance Mode rank among Coming Soon Plugins?

Minimal Maintenance Mode is #72 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking.