10 Best Colorlib Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Colorlib has 5,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Colorlib
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LightStart
Closest matchLightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
4.3 (873) 400,000+ active installsEasy 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.
Shares the coming soon, landing page, maintenance mode tags on WordPress.org. About 80 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Under Construction, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode
Paid version available4.6 (46) 10,000+ active installsUnder Construction is a simple plugin for setting up Under Construction, Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode using WordPress Customizer.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance mode, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
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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 installsEasy Drag & Drop Page Builder. A complete solution to create a WordPress Website, Custom Themes, Landing Pages, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Pages.
Shares the landing page, maintenance mode tags on WordPress.org. About 140 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes
4.7 (326) 200,000+ active installsBeautiful Coming soon, Maintenance or Landing page on your website, packed with premium features for free.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance mode, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.8 (316) 10,000+ active installsNifty Coming Soon & Maintenance Page creates awesome Coming Soon & Maintenance Pages.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance mode tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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Landing Page Builder – Coming Soon page, Maintenance Mode, Lead Page, WordPress Landing Pages
4.6 (201) 8,000+ active installsEasily create high-converting, responsive landing pages with 120+ templates using the free PluginOps Page Builder for WordPress.
About 1.6 times the installs, last updated July 11, 2026.
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4.2 (83) 9,000+ active installsComing 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.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance mode, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About 1.8 times the installs, last updated February 2, 2026.
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4.8 (129) 2,000+ active installsComing Soon Plugin and Maintenance Mode plugin with Launch page & site offline plugin for your Website while it's under construction.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance mode, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since December 27, 2024.
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Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
4.7 (183) 10,000+ active installsCountdown builder - Customizable Countdown Timer
Shares the countdown timer tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 8, 2026.
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4.4 (864) 1 million+ active installsGreat looking maintenance, coming soon & under construction pages. Put your site under maintenance in minutes.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance mode tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
Switching from Colorlib: common questions
What is the best alternative to Colorlib?
LightStart is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 400,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Colorlib alternative has the most users?
Maintenance, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Colorlib alternative is rated highest?
Website Builder by SeedProd, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,699 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Colorlib alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Colorlib score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Colorlib on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
LightStart is the closest match to Colorlib by the data we track, and Maintenance has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page & Under Construction shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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