Build Mode – Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Page
by Harish Chouhan 5 (4 reviews)

Build Mode – Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Page

Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Made Easy – Display any page as your maintenance or coming-soon screen, no coding required.

Build Mode ranks #13,108 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #352 of 1,518 in the Performance category, a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Apr 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)
v1.1.0 Current Version v1.1.0
Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 12 Apr, 2026
Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#352 of 1,518 in Performance Top 25% by installs Downloads -16.1% this week
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Rank
#13,108
+28 this week
Active Installs
100+
-21.9%
KW Avg Position
34
0.2 worse
Downloads
355
+4 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (4 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 98%
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Rank Changes

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Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

Downloads Growth

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0
4 reviews
Overall 100%
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4 (100%)
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Build Mode. Checked 1 month ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who need a maintenance or coming-soon screen while building, updating, or redesigning their site. It solves the problem by letting them display any existing page as that screen with one click, without generic placeholder messages or coding.

  • Enable/disable Build Mode from Admin Bar
  • Choose any page as maintenance screen
  • One-click Create Maintenance Page setup
  • Admins bypass maintenance mode automatically
  • Choose 503 or 200 HTTP status
  • Compatible with classic and block themes
  • Translation-ready

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Build Mode – Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon Page

Yes — use any page built with the Block Editor, Classic Editor or a page builder.
Yes. Logged‑in users with the required capability (default: manage_options) bypass Build Mode.
By default, Build Mode sends HTTP 503 + Retry-After headers to signal temporary downtime. If you're running a coming‑soon or teaser page and want search engines to index it normally, uncheck "Send 503 status code" in the settings to serve a 200 OK response instead.
Yes. By selecting a specific page in the plugin settings, you can show a custom coming‑soon or under‑construction screen while you build or redesign your site.
By default, only Administrators can toggle it. Developers can change this using the build_mode_capability filter.
Yes, Build Mode provides two filters. build_mode_capability — Change the capability required to manage Build Mode. Example (allow Editors): add_filter( 'build_mode_capability', function () { return 'edit_pages'; } ); build_mode_retry_after — Control the Retry‑After header value (in seconds). Default is 24 hours (DAY_IN_SECONDS). Example (set to 1 hour): add_filter( 'build_mode_retry_after', function () { return HOUR_IN_SECONDS; } );
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