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Maintenance Redirect
Hide your site from the world while letting your clients peek inside.
HealthyGrowing
91/100
Users love the simple setup and client access despite a minor need for updates.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
24 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+97%
Growing fast
19 → 37 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +97% in the last year
19/day a year ago→37/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMaintenance Redirect is widely praised for its ease of use, reliable site-wide redirection and flexible access controls, but at least one user notes deprecated warnings and a need for updates.
What people like
- +Easy to use and simple setup×3
- +Reliable functionality; works as expected×5
- +Lightweight and free×4
- +Active development with recent version adds IP shortcut×3
- +Allows client preview and testing while site is in maintenance×2
- +Supports IP-based access control for testers
- +Customizable maintenance messages
- +Responsive support and quick bug fixes×2
- +Redirects entire site while preserving admin login
- +Preserves URL parameters in redirects
- +Access-key sharing for clients
Common complaints
- −Shows deprecated debug notice and needs an update
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.84★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-02-092025-10-072026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 24 total
Latest reviews · 25 analyzed
- 2025-12-04★★★★★Excellent pluginMauro
- 2025-01-31★★★★★Works perfectlycrdunst
- 2023-01-09★★★★★Amazing jobveetihsu
- 2023-01-03★★★★★A lifesaver! Lightweight, no cruft plugin. Where can I donate?Anne-Mieke Bovelett
- 2022-11-18★★★★★Very useful, no nonsense pluginBence Fodor
- 2022-10-23★★★★★This is perfectpinkeyegraphics
- 2022-07-12★★★★★Fantastic plugin and great support!Manni02
- 2021-09-30★★★★★Havent found a better solution!THAWK
- 2021-01-08★★★★★Great Pluginrmzwr
- 2020-07-16★★★★★Perfect for MainWP installCharlie
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
42
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
30
Prior 7-day baseline
30
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
82
Mean release-day peak (30d)
47
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+40.0%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.84 → 4.84★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered