Best 503 plugins for WordPress
The most popular 503 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Labinator Minimal Maintenance Mode leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of BEAPI (100+) and ACW Maintenance Mode by Page (40+). All 14 plugins tagged “503” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 503 plugins
- 1.
Labinator Minimal Maintenance ModeThe most installed 503 plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
BEAPI100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
ACW Maintenance Mode by Page40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
DevLab Maintenance Mode10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 5.
Offair10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 6.
WP-Shabbat10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 7.
Maintenance mode by Juraj Hamara10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 8.
Titanium Service Zones10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
HushpageFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
ABSD Under MaintenanceFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 14 plugins tagged “503”
Labinator Minimal Maintenance Mode
Down in the last 7 days:58#13,170by Labinator11 days ago
Coming-soon and maintenance mode in one switch, with your own page as the notice and a private link for reviewers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BEAPI
Down in the last 7 days:34#16,331by BE API7 years ago
Puts your WordPress site into maintenance mode by sending a 'Error 503: Access Denied/Forbidden' status to all unauthenticated clients.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ACW Maintenance Mode by Page
Up in the last 7 days:2,144#21,527by Lorenzo Fracassi9 days ago
Put your site in maintenance mode using one of your existing pages. No templates, no page builder: pick a page and you are done.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
DevLab Maintenance Mode
Down in the last 7 days:1,294#29,038by CodersGround3 days ago
Display a beautiful maintenance page with 10 templates, role-based bypass, IP whitelist, secret access links, and SEO-friendly 503 handling.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Offair
Up in the last 7 days:549#29,504by nolidev9 days ago
Branded pages for the screens WordPress shows when it breaks: database connection errors, fatal PHP errors and the update notice.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP-Shabbat
Down in the last 7 days:382#30,565by DrMosko9 years ago
Close site or display popup message on Shabbat and Holidays by identifying the address of the user IP and close to 40 km
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Maintenance mode by Juraj Hamara
Up in the last 7 days:90#31,305by Juraj Hamara3 months ago
A lightweight maintenance mode plugin. Activate it to put your whole site under maintenance with a proper 503 response. No settings needed.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Titanium Service Zones
Down in the last 7 days:4,143#45,965by Admin Plugins1 month ago
Selective maintenance and service-status control for WordPress. Keep unaffected parts online with up to three independent Service Zones.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Hushpage
#54,185by cornerstonelabs7 days ago
Maintenance for the whole site or just the pages you're working on, with scheduled windows, cache clearing you can see, and no upsells.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 55/day
ABSD Under Maintenance
#56,588by absdhiten13 days ago
A simple, lightweight and professional maintenance / coming-soon mode plugin with 6 ready-made templates. No page builder required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
XUmbrella Page Maintenance Controller
Up in the last 7 days:13,564#59,721by Genki Miyagawa1 month ago
Put individual pages, not just the whole site, into maintenance mode with REST API, sitemap, feed and search leak protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pavel Silinskii Maintenance Mode
#63,980by pavelsilinskii3 days ago
Maintenance mode for deploy scripts: toggle it from WP-CLI with a safety timeout. Branded 503 page, admins keep working.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 80/day
1001Web Maintenance & Launch Pages
Down in the last 7 days:5,935#73,168by 1001Web™16 days ago
Maintenance and coming soon pages for safe updates: suspends cache plugins, checks the 503 visitors get, flags pages that broke.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flex Maintenance
Down in the last 7 days:13,646#74,031by Flex Plugins1 month ago
Coming soon, under construction, and maintenance splash pages. Login and wp-admin stay available.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day