Best freeze plugins for WordPress
The most popular freeze plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of Axle Read-Only Mode (fewer than 10) and Stillgate (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “freeze” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 freeze plugins
- 1.
Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost DataThe most installed freeze plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Axle Read-Only ModeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
StillgateFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “freeze”
Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data
Down in the last 7 days:13,317#62,253by whatsmyzone4 months ago
Protect freeze-sensitive WooCommerce shipments with climate lookups, forecast checks, and checkout protection options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Axle Read-Only Mode
#72,651by Aryan Jasala9 days ago
Read-only mode for migrations and deploys. Visitors still see the site; nothing can be saved, so no edits, orders or comments get lost.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Stillgate
#72,951by twelvell20 days ago
Freezes editing during deployments and migrations, optionally pauses comments and forms, ends on a timer, and reports what changed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day