Grade D

Slim Maintenance Mode

Name: Slim Maintenance Mode
Rating: 5.0 (63 reviews)
Author: Johannes

⤓ Download v1.4.5 on WordPress.org ↗

by Johannesupdated 2026-05-03⚠️The Handle-With-Care

Minimalist magic for when you just need to flip a switch.

Declining

70/100

The plugin delivers exactly what it promises without any bloat. The perfect rating is likely slightly inflated by short reviews.

Loved35/40

Trustworthy9/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum2/12

Composite 79, adjusted to 70 (×0.88) for a low verified rating or signs of review manipulation.

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_action( 'template_redirect', function () {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    status_header( 503 );
    wp_die( '<h1>Under Maintenance</h1><p>The site is temporarily unavailable. Please check back soon.</p>', 'Maintenance', [ 'response' => 503 ] );
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet does not flush cache plugins automatically or show the admin-bar alert banner.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

5.0★

63 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-29%

Declining fast

164 → 117 installs/day

What to watch out for

MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
MINORdownloads down 29% vs a year ago

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -29% in the last year

164/day a year ago→117/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Slim Maintenance Mode is widely praised for its straightforward, no-frills functionality that works instantly without ads, though reviewers note no drawbacks.

What people like

+Simple, no frills or bloat×15
+Works immediately after activation (plug-and-play)×15
+No ads or upsell prompts×2
+Reliable / performs as expected×2

Common complaints

Review trustReviews look organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 63 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 63 analyzed

2026-06-02★★★★★Great little plugin – thanks colinfroggatt
2026-04-23★★★★★Simple as it says ambergart
2026-04-12★★★★★Brilliant simplicity 🤩torbengb
2026-01-30★★★★★Just perfect simple without all the unnecessary.Grafiksmeden1-shot
2026-01-11★★★★★Simple, gets the job done for us, efficient vgstudios
2026-01-02★★★★★It's slim, very slim, and awesome Denny Müller
2025-12-31★★★★★Great, very great!w7ef2r6qjym5t968qxjp83drnpd68zfb28okr4azpv63p
2025-12-24★★★★★Perfect johnny_n
2025-11-18★★★★★NIcely done!webdesguy
2025-10-23★★★★★I love it!ymasood

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-03v1.4.5
2025-04-12v1.4.4
2022-03-05v1.4.1
2022-03-05v1.4.2
2022-03-05v1.4.3
2021-06-04v1.4
2021-05-28v1.3.7
2021-03-01v1.3.6

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

243

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

130

Prior 7-day baseline

164

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

580

Mean release-day peak (30d)

217

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+86.9%

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.

13%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.22

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

100%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

+60%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

5.00 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered