10 Best Maintenance Mode Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Maintenance Mode has 7,000+ 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 Maintenance Mode
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Maintenance Redirect
Closest match4.9 (24) 10,000+ active installsDisplay a maintenance mode page and allow invited visitors to bypass the functionality to preview the site.
Shares the coming soon, developer, maintenance tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 21, 2026.
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5.0 (33) 3,000+ active installsEnable maintenance mode in one click with stunning animations and customizable access for specific users.
Shares the coming soon, maintenance, redirect tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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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, under construction tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 2, 2026.
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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, under construction tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 16, 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, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since December 27, 2024.
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Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib
4.7 (42) 5,000+ active installsCreate a coming soon page or maintenance mode screen with 15 responsive templates, countdown timer, MailChimp subscribe form, and social media links.
Shares the coming soon, under construction tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 31, 2026.
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4.7 (98) 60,000+ active installsCreate and customize your maintenance page
Shares the coming soon, maintenance tags on WordPress.org. About 8.6 times the installs, last updated June 9, 2026.
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LightStart – 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, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About 57 times the installs, last updated 18 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, under construction tags on WordPress.org. About 29 times the installs, last updated 16 days ago.
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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 tags on WordPress.org. About 143 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
Switching from Maintenance Mode: common questions
What is the best alternative to Maintenance Mode?
Maintenance Redirect is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Maintenance Mode alternative has the most users?
Maintenance, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Maintenance Mode alternative is rated highest?
Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 129 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Maintenance Mode 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 Maintenance Mode 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 Maintenance Mode 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
Maintenance Redirect is the closest match to Maintenance Mode by the data we track, and Maintenance has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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