Best WordPress Coming Soon Plugins in 2026
Data from WordPress.org Updated First published 5 min read
Holding pages and maintenance mode while a site is being built or repaired.
These plugins put a holding page in front of visitors while the real site is unfinished or under repair. The useful ones do two things beyond the page itself: they let logged-in users through, and they tell search engines the state is temporary.
Together these 10 plugins run on more than 3,035,000 active WordPress sites. Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "coming-soon", its tag listing and its search results.
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Best Coming Soon Plugin for each measure
One plugin per measure, taken from the same WordPress.org figures as the ranking. A measure with nothing behind it is left out rather than guessed.
- Most installed
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Maintenance
1 million+, active installs reported by WordPress.org
- Highest rated
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Website Builder by SeedProd
4.9 out of 5, from 4,699 reviews, counting only plugins with at least 50
- Most reviewed
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Website Builder by SeedProd
4,699 reviews, the largest body of feedback behind a score
- Most recently updated
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Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page & Under Construction
August 25, 2026, the latest release in this list
- Longest established
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LightStart
February 26, 2010, first published on WordPress.org
- Best support record
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Maintenance
5 of 5 resolved, recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
Coming Soon Plugins compared: rating, reviews, installs
| # | Plugin | Rating | Reviews | Active installs |
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| 1 | Website Builder by SeedProd | 4.9 | 4,699 | 700,000+ |
| 2 | Maintenance | 4.4 | 864 | 1 million+ |
| 3 | LightStart | 4.3 | 873 | 400,000+ |
| 4 | Minimal Coming Soon | 4.4 | 281 | 100,000+ |
| 5 | CMP | 4.7 | 326 | 200,000+ |
| 6 | Under Construction | 4.8 | 1,285 | 600,000+ |
| 7 | Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page & Under Construction | 4.8 | 316 | 10,000+ |
| 8 | Coming soon and Maintenance mode | 4.2 | 83 | 9,000+ |
| 9 | Coming Soon Maintenance Mode | 4.7 | 3 | 7,000+ |
| 10 | Ultimate Coming Soon | 4.5 | 6 | 9,000+ |
The 10 best Coming Soon Plugins, ranked by WordPress.org
Ranked from both WordPress.org orderings for "coming-soon", its tag listing and its search results. Arrows show movement against the previous snapshot.
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Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode
4.9 (4,699) 700,000+ active installs Updated Aug 24, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Easy Drag & Drop Page Builder. A complete solution to create a WordPress Website, Custom Themes, Landing Pages, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Pages.
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2.Maintenance
▲14.4 (864) 1 million+ active installs Updated Aug 16, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Great looking maintenance, coming soon & under construction pages. Put your site under maintenance in minutes.
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3.LightStart
▼1LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
4.3 (873) 400,000+ active installs Updated Aug 20, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Easy Drag & Drop Page Builder that adds a splash page to your site that it's perfect for a coming soon page, maintenance or landing page.
Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page
4.4 (281) 100,000+ active installs Updated Aug 16, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode page! Create awesome Coming Soon Pages in seconds.
5.CMP
CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes
4.7 (326) 200,000+ active installs Updated Aug 22, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Beautiful Coming soon, Maintenance or Landing page on your website, packed with premium features for free.
4.8 (1,285) 600,000+ active installs Updated Aug 16, 2026 Tested up to 7.1Easy to use Under Construction Page & Coming Soon Page. Enable Under Construction Mode in seconds & show you're Under Construction!
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4.8 (316) 10,000+ active installs Updated Aug 25, 2026 Tested up to 7.1
Nifty Coming Soon & Maintenance Page creates awesome Coming Soon & Maintenance Pages.
4.2 (83) 9,000+ active installs Updated Feb 2, 2026 Tested up to 6.9.7Coming soon and Maintenance mode plugin is an awesome tool to show your website visitors that you are working on your website for making it better.
4.7 (3) 7,000+ active installs Updated Aug 10, 2026 Tested up to 7.0.4A Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode plugin to manage your site's availability with responsive templates and SEO-friendly features.
Ultimate Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode & Under Construction – Gutenberg Block Builder & Landing Page
4.5 (6) 9,000+ active installs Updated Jul 21, 2026 Tested up to 7.0.4The Ultimate Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode & Under Construction plugin — powered by the Gutenberg Block Builder. Create stunning Landing Page …
What changed in the Coming Soon Plugins ranking
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Maintenance
#2
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LightStart
#3
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How to choose a Coming Soon Plugin for WordPress
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Send the right status code
Maintenance should return 503 with a retry hint so search engines come back rather than deindex. A coming soon page for a new site returns 200.
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Check who gets through
You need administrators, and often clients and a preview link, to see the real site while everyone else sees the holding page.
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Collect something while you wait
An email field on a coming soon page turns a dead period into a list. Confirm it connects to your mailing tool.
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Plan the way out
The most common accident in this category is a site left in maintenance mode after launch. Pick a plugin that makes the state obvious in the admin bar.
Coming Soon Plugin comparisons: side by side
The top four against each other on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Website Builder by SeedProd vs Maintenance#1 vs #2 · 700,000+ vs 1 million+ installs
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Website Builder by SeedProd vs LightStart#1 vs #3 · 700,000+ vs 400,000+ installs
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Website Builder by SeedProd vs Minimal Coming Soon#1 vs #4 · 700,000+ vs 100,000+ installs
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Maintenance vs LightStart#2 vs #3 · 1 million+ vs 400,000+ installs
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Maintenance vs Minimal Coming Soon#2 vs #4 · 1 million+ vs 100,000+ installs
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LightStart vs Minimal Coming Soon#3 vs #4 · 400,000+ vs 100,000+ installs
How we rank Coming Soon Plugins
WordPress.org publishes two orderings for "coming-soon" and neither is reliable alone. The tag listing covers every tag the directory files these plugins under, "coming-soon", "coming-soon-page", "maintenance-mode" and "under-construction", and is sorted by active installs, which lets a large plugin carrying one of them loosely sit above the ones the category is about. Its search results are sorted by relevance and carry their own noise. So a plugin is placed here by where it sits across both lists: high in each one lifts it, high in only one does not. We fetch both every day at 03:00 UTC, keep every day's snapshot, and add nothing of our own. No plugin is inserted, removed or sponsored, and each entry shows its position in both lists on its own page. Full methodology.
Coming Soon Plugins FAQ
What is the best Coming Soon Plugin for WordPress?
On WordPress.org's own ranking for "coming-soon", Website Builder by SeedProd is #1 as of September 7, 2026, with 700,000+ active installs and a 4.9 out of 5 rating. By active installs, Maintenance leads with 1 million+.
Which Coming Soon Plugin has the most active installs?
Maintenance, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org as of September 7, 2026. It ranks #2 in this list.
Which Coming Soon Plugin has the highest rating?
Website Builder by SeedProd, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,699 reviewers on WordPress.org. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted, so a single 5-star review does not win.
Which Coming Soon Plugin was updated most recently?
Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page & Under Construction shipped its latest release on August 25, 2026. 9 of the 10 plugins in this list were updated in the last 90 days, which is the usual sign of active maintenance.
How many Coming Soon Plugins are there on WordPress.org?
WordPress.org lists 224 plugins tagged "coming-soon", "coming-soon-page", "maintenance-mode" and "under-construction" as of September 7, 2026. This page shows the top 10 in the directory's own order.
Will a coming soon page hurt my SEO?
Short-term maintenance does not, provided the page returns a 503 status with a retry hint, which tells search engines to come back later. A holding page that returns 200 for months is different: the crawler indexes the holding page as your content. New sites with nothing to index have nothing to lose either way.
What is the difference between coming soon and maintenance mode?
Intent and status code. Coming soon is for a site that has never launched, returns a normal 200 and often collects email addresses. Maintenance mode is for a live site taken down briefly and should return 503 so the pages already indexed are not dropped. Most plugins offer both and default to the wrong one.
Coming Soon Plugins: the bottom line
As of September 7, 2026, Website Builder by SeedProd holds the #1 spot for "coming-soon" on WordPress.org, followed by Maintenance and LightStart. If install base matters most, Maintenance leads with 1 million+ active installs. If ratings matter most, Website Builder by SeedProd scores 4.9 out of 5 across 4,699 reviews.
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