10 Best underConstruction Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
underConstruction has 40,000+ 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 underConstruction
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WP Maintenance
Closest match4.7 (98) 60,000+ active installsCreate and customize your maintenance page
Shares the construction tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, 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 under construction tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.5, last updated 17 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 under construction tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.5, 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 under construction tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
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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 under construction tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 15 days ago.
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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 under construction tag on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 40,000+, last updated July 31, 2026.
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4.6 (202) 300,000+ active installsLimit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.5, no update since April 4, 2023.
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4.6 (312) 300,000+ active installsLets you edit the WordPress admin menu. You can re-order, hide or rename menus, add custom menus and more.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.5, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.4 (177) 200,000+ active installsInstall this plugin on unlimited sites and manage them all from a central dashboard. This plugin communicates with your InfiniteWP Admin Panel.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.5, last updated 19 days ago.
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Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes
4.3 (74) 200,000+ active installsMonitor every change on your WordPress site — who did what, when, and where it came from — for a complete audit trail and stronger security.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.5, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from underConstruction: common questions
What is the best alternative to underConstruction?
WP Maintenance is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 60,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which underConstruction alternative has the most users?
LightStart, with 400,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which underConstruction alternative is rated highest?
CMP, rated 4.7 out of 5 by 326 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these underConstruction 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 underConstruction 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 underConstruction 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
WP Maintenance is the closest match to underConstruction by the data we track, and LightStart has the widest reach with 400,000+ active installs. Activity Log shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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