Maintenance Mode
This plugin is intended primarily for developers who need to allow clients to preview sites before public launch, or temporarily hide a WordPress site …
Maintenance Mode ranks #2,546 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, is #114 of 1,518 in the Performance category, a 4.6/5 rating from 14 reviews, and was last updated Aug 3, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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Source: WPVulnerability2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago
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Maintenance Mode [hkdev-maintenance-mode] < 3.0.2
CVE-2024-32708 · Fixed in v3.0.2
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Maintenance Mode [hkdev-maintenance-mode] < 3.0.2
CVE-2024-1478 · Fixed in v3.0.2
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- Version
- 3.2.1
- Last Updated
- Aug 03, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.2+
- Tested Up To
- 7
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- helderk
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
- Reviews
- 14
- Support Threads
- 1
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for developers who need to hide a site from the public before launch or during updates while still letting select users access it. It lets admins display a maintenance message or page to visitors, bypass access for specific users or IPs, and blocks the WordPress REST API while maintenance mode is active.
- Custom maintenance mode message
- Custom HTML maintenance page
- Disables WordPress REST API
- Excludes pages from maintenance mode
- IP address bypass list
- Access key system with email links
- wp_die() message display
- Redirect to static page or URL
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