10 Best Under Construction Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Under Construction sits at #6 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. 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 Under Construction
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LightStart
Closest matchLightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
4.3 (874) 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.
#4 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.8, last updated 23 days ago.
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CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes
4.7 (327) 200,000+ active installsBeautiful Coming soon, Maintenance or Landing page on your website, packed with premium features for free.
#3 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
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Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode
4.9 (4,699) 600,000+ active installsEasy Drag & Drop Page Builder. A complete solution to create a WordPress Website, Custom Themes, Landing Pages, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Pages.
#1 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.7 (3) 6,000+ active installsA Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode plugin to manage your site's availability with responsive templates and SEO-friendly features.
#8 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. 6,000+ installs against 600,000+, last updated September 17, 2026.
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Ultimate Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode & Under Construction – Gutenberg Block Builder & Landing Page
4.5 (6) 9,000+ active installsThe Ultimate Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode & Under Construction plugin — powered by the Gutenberg Block Builder. Create stunning Landing Page …
#10 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. 9,000+ installs against 600,000+, last updated July 21, 2026.
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4.8 (317) 10,000+ active installsNifty Coming Soon & Maintenance Page creates awesome Coming Soon & Maintenance Pages.
#7 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 600,000+, last updated August 25, 2026.
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4.2 (83) 8,000+ 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.
#9 in the WordPress.org Coming Soon Plugins ranking. 8,000+ installs against 600,000+, rated 4.2 against 4.8, last updated February 2, 2026.
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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.
Shares the coming soon page tag on WordPress.org. 8,000+ installs against 600,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 7 days ago.
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection
4.8 (3,219) 200,000+ active installsAdvanced antispam for comments, registrations, contact forms, WooCommerce, plus email validation and protection. We catch spam others miss!
About a third of the installs, last updated today.
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Elementor
Paid version availableElementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
4.5 (7,319) 10 million+ active installsThe Elementor Website Builder has it all: drag and drop page builder, Atomic Editor, pixel perfect design, global and reusable style systems, mobile r …
About 17 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 9 days ago.
Under Construction against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Under Construction vs LightStart600,000+ vs 400,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.3
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Under Construction vs CMP600,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Under Construction vs Website Builder by SeedProd600,000+ vs 600,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.9
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Under Construction vs Coming Soon Maintenance Mode600,000+ vs 6,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Under Construction vs Ultimate Coming Soon600,000+ vs 9,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.5
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Under Construction vs Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Page & Under Construction600,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
Switching from Under Construction: common questions
What is the best alternative to Under Construction?
LightStart is the closest match: it shares the Coming Soon Plugins top 10 with Under Construction and has 400,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Under Construction alternative has the most users?
Elementor, with 10 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Under Construction 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 Under Construction 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 Under Construction 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 Under Construction 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 Under Construction by the data we track, and Elementor has the widest reach with 10 million+ active installs. CleanTalk Anti-Spam shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 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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