Best website maintenance plugins for WordPress
The most popular website maintenance plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Website Update Viewer leads with 80+ active installs, ahead of Simple Under Construction (20+) and Yeshourun Digital Support (10+). All 9 plugins tagged “website maintenance” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 website maintenance plugins
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Website Update ViewerThe most installed website maintenance plugin, with 80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Simple Under Construction20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 3.
Yeshourun Digital Support10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 4.
Elephant Maintenance10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
SitewardFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 days ago.
- 6.
Judaval Form Roster for Contact Form 7Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
WadeBush Enquiry GuardFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
Versys Site Audit & Technical HandoverFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
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CrawlCueFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “website maintenance”
Website Update Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:275#17,766by Jekit Parekh1 year ago
Easily monitor and copy update details for WordPress core, plugins, and themes — streamline your website maintenance workflow.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Under Construction
#26,082by Shrinivas11 years ago
Simple under construction adds a mobile friendly, animated under construction page to your website with social media icons.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Yeshourun Digital Support
Down in the last 7 days:1,894#39,422by Yeshourun Digital5 years ago
Yeshourun Digital Support provides access to support engineers, allowing them to perform website maintenance & design.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Elephant Maintenance
Down in the last 7 days:2,343#42,283by umapathieitb1 year ago
The plugin will support to enable the maintenance mode
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Siteward
#60,219by OmnisWP3 days ago
Manage multiple WordPress sites from one self-hosted dashboard: uptime monitoring, bulk updates, backups & alerts. Unlimited sites, no fees.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Judaval Form Roster for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:6,082#62,082by Judaval3 months ago
Find Contact Form 7 forms, see where each appears, track review dates, and export a site audit.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WadeBush Enquiry Guard
Down in the last 7 days:6,943#66,956by wadebush12 days ago
Compare public-page call, email, WhatsApp and required booking links with your approved business destinations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Versys Site Audit & Technical Handover
Down in the last 7 days:6,191#70,181by Versys Media2 months ago
Audit an inherited WordPress site, inventory plugins and integrations, document technical setup, and generate a client handover report.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CrawlCue
#73,054by Eliyahna2 months ago
Crawl your WordPress site for broken links and images, see where they appear, recheck fixes, and resume interrupted scans without WP-Cron.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day