GW Under Construction Mode
by Green Website · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 340+ installs across the portfolio →
Show an under construction page to visitors while logged-in users continue working. Includes IP whitelisting, custom text/image, scheduling and more.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 65/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈210 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “coming soon” for “construction”. “coming soon” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “construction” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
65 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 1.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 440 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 440 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
43%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| under construction mode | #10 | #20 | up 3 |
| under construction your tag | #13 | #18 | up 2 |
| under | #15 | #20 | down 1 |
| construction | #18 | #21 | up 2 |
| under construction page | #17 | #21 | up 2 |
| offline mode | #14 | #22 | — |
| coming soon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| maintenance mode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| site offline your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| temporary page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “coming soon” for “construction”. “coming soon” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “construction” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “under construction”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 8 May 2025 · 542 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 182 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.2.3 · 18 Aug 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 203 days.
Install history since 9 May 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Green Website1.3y ago
First lightweight plugin. Works like a charm.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hssloskarshamn1.5y ago
Amazing lightweight and free (for real) plugin without any annoying ads or popups to buy licenses. Works like it should! This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by hssloskarshamn.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Show an under construction page to visitors while logged-in users continue working. Includes IP whitelistin..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 487 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("coming soon", "site offline", "temporary page" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 100+ → 200+ up after 238 days in tier
- 2026-02-15 90+ → 100+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-26 70+ → 80+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 60+ → 70+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 50+ → 60+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 50+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Coming Soon Page & Maintenance Mode 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags C -
Almost Ready Temporary Page 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Under Construction, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Ultimate Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode & Under Construction – Gutenberg Block Builder & Landing Page 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
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