WordPress plugin comparison

Planned Outage for Block Themes vs Simple Maintenance

Planned Outage for Block Themes

by Troy Chaplin

10+ installs5.0

Simple Maintenance

by Noor Alam

1K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Simple Maintenance has more active installs: 1K+, against 10+ for Planned Outage for Block Themes.
On a typical day, Simple Maintenance is downloaded about 22 times, Planned Outage for Block Themes about 2.
Planned Outage for Block Themes is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.6 from 11 reviews.
Planned Outage for Block Themes was updated more recently: Jul 14, 2026, against Nov 12, 2024 for Simple Maintenance.
Planned Outage for Block Themes is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.7.11 for Simple Maintenance.
Simple Maintenance has been around longer: since 2014, against 2026 for Planned Outage for Block Themes.

Planned Outage for Block Themes leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Planned Outage for Block Themes	Simple Maintenance
Popular rank	#30,557	#5,697
Active installs	10+	1K+
Downloads, last 30 days	74	475
Rating	5.0(2)	4.6(11)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	7.0.8	6.7.11
Search multiplier	×0.19	×0.14
Last release	3 months ago	2 years ago
Requires PHP	7.3	–

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