Maintenance vs Simple Maintenance
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| Feature | Maintenance v4.32 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Simple Maintenance v1.0.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 16, 2026 | November 12, 2024 |
| Editions | Maintenance · Maintenance PRO ($) | Simple Maintenance |
| Pros | Returns 503 to visitors while logged-in users keep access; Visual builder for logo, background, colours and text; Optional Google Analytics tracking on the maintenance page; Simple on and off switch in the settings | Works on activation with no setup; Sends a 503 status so crawlers treat the outage as temporary; Logged-in users keep seeing the live site |
| Cons | Many themes and modules are PRO only; Admin shows upgrade links and PRO dialogs; Pro themes and modules are sold on the vendor site | Page design is fixed and cannot be edited in the admin; Has no scheduling or per-page exceptions |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Maintenance mode with 503 response, Visual page builder for the maintenance page, Google Analytics on the maintenance page, PRO-only modules ($) | Maintenance page on front end while active, 503 Service Unavailable status for visitors, Logged-in users bypass the maintenance page, Login and register pages stay reachable |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Google Analytics | — |
| Other | Google Fonts | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com, www.google-analytics.com | — |