Simple Maintenance vs WP Maintenance
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| Feature | Simple Maintenance v1.0.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | WP Maintenance v6.1.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | November 12, 2024 | June 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Simple Maintenance | WP Maintenance |
| Pros | 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 | Free, with no paid edition in the code; Countdown, colours, fonts, logo and background picture settings; Social links shortcode for the holding page; Settings import and export |
| Cons | Page design is fixed and cannot be edited in the admin; Has no scheduling or per-page exceptions | Only the bundled default theme ships in this package; The default theme loads Google Fonts from Google; Design changes beyond the settings need custom CSS |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | Maintenance page on the front end, Optional 503 status while in maintenance, Countdown on the holding page, Settings pages for colours, picture, countdown, CSS, SEO and social, Social links shortcode, Settings import and export, REST API access blocked during maintenance |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | — | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |