Minimal Maintenance Mode Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/minimal-maintenance-mode

The Minimal Maintenance Mode plugin is a simple and lightweight solution to enable a maintenance mode on your WordPress website.

300 active installs v1.0.2 PHP + WP 5.3+ Updated Dec 27, 2025
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100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Minimal Maintenance Mode Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Minimal Maintenance Mode has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 3mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "minimal-maintenance-mode" plugin v1.0.2 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The complete absence of AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, and cron events significantly limits its attack surface. Furthermore, the code demonstrates good practices by utilizing prepared statements for all SQL queries and properly escaping all output. The lack of dangerous functions, file operations, and external HTTP requests further reinforces its security. The single capability check, while present, is not indicative of a weakness given the limited attack surface.

Vulnerabilities
None known

Minimal Maintenance Mode Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Minimal Maintenance Mode Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
0
0 prepared
Unescaped Output
0
20 escaped
Nonce Checks
0
Capability Checks
1
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

Output Escaping

100% escaped20 total outputs
Data Flows
All sanitized

Data Flow Analysis

2 flows
maintenance_mode_settings (maintenanceMode.php:105)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Minimal Maintenance Mode Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 3
actionwpmaintenanceMode.php:96
actionadmin_menumaintenanceMode.php:102
actionadmin_menumaintenanceMode.php:217
Maintenance & Trust

Minimal Maintenance Mode Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 27, 2025
PHP min version
Downloads2K

Community Trust

Rating100/100
Number of ratings1
Active installs300
Developer Profile

Minimal Maintenance Mode Developer Profile

Stach Redeker

2 plugins · 900 total installs

94
trust score
Avg Security Score
100/100
Avg Patch Time
30 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Minimal Maintenance Mode

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
maintenance-container
Data Attributes
id="maintenance_mode_heading"name="maintenance_mode_heading"id="maintenance_mode_message"name="maintenance_mode_message"id="advanced-options-link"id="advanced-options-fields"+4 more
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Minimal Maintenance Mode