WordPress plugin comparison
Development Mode vs Maintenance Mode
At a glance
- Maintenance Mode has more active installs: 8K+, against fewer than 10 for Development Mode.
- On a typical day, Maintenance Mode is downloaded about 66 times, Development Mode about 1.
- Development Mode has no reviews yet.
- Maintenance Mode was updated more recently: Aug 3, 2026, against May 9, 2017 for Development Mode.
- Maintenance Mode is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.7.39 for Development Mode.
- Development Mode has been around longer: since 2017, against 2020 for Maintenance Mode.
Line by line
Maintenance Mode leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Development Mode |  Maintenance Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #63,705 | #2,446 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 8K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 26 | 1.6K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.6(14) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 4.7.39 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.82 |
| Last release | 9 years ago | 3 months ago |
| Requires PHP | – | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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