Really Simple Under Construction Page – Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode
by Jonas Hjalmarsson · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 8 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Put your site behind an Under Construction page. Coming soon and maintenance mode, with a secret-word URL or IP whitelist so you can keep working.
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
A 88/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1K estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “hide site”, “maintenance” and “maintenance mode” for “construction”, “under maintenance” and “secret”. “hide site” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “construction” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “maintenance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “under maintenance” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “maintenance mode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “secret” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.2%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 13.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 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.
This plugin shipped 8 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 7 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 page | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| construction | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| under construction your tag | #5 | #9 | up 1 |
| under | #6 | #14 | 0 |
| under construction mode | #6 | #8 | 0 |
| ip whitelist | #15 | #16 | down 2 |
| under maintenance | #11 | #13 | 0 |
| coming soon your tag | #23 | #19 | up 1 |
| secret | #20 | #18 | up 1 |
| soon | #24 | #19 | 0 |
| coming | #24 | #19 | down 1 |
| whitelist | #23 | #21 | down 1 |
| simple coming soon | #12 | #16 | 0 |
| uptime | #23 | #20 | down 1 |
| simple maintenance mode | #17 | #16 | 0 |
| coming soon pages | #23 | #17 | — |
| coming soon builder | #24 | #20 | 0 |
| hide site your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| maintenance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| maintenance mode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
33 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “hide site”, “maintenance” and “maintenance mode” for “construction”, “under maintenance” and “secret”. “hide site” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “construction” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “maintenance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “under maintenance” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “maintenance mode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “secret” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
9d ago
latest release · v1.6.4 · 23 Oct 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 48% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 1K.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 449 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ frizzant2.6y ago
Simple as the title suggests, love the minimalistic approach, and especially the URL parameter to bypass it without having to login!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ teraviva2.7y ago
Do what it says. Quick way to close access and in the same time give it easy to ones who needed. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ws242.9y ago
At last a plugin to create just a simple, basic ‘under construction / maintenance page’ without tons of unnecessary options. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Abanys-Concept2.9y ago
A simple plugin that’s perfect for creating a customized construction page.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bjarne Oldrup3.2y ago
Really Simple Under Construction Page does what it says on the box. It’s a basic and developer oriented plugin, without all the weird bells and whistles and annoying ads and upselling found in other bloated plugins. I just want to Block visitors from accidentally accessing a demo website, thinking it’s the real thing. Whitelist my IP-address, so I can continue working on the website. Create a URL with a password that I can send to someone who needs temporary access to the test site. Enable/disable the block with a click This plugin, does that, and that’s it. Plain and simple. And that’s what makes it stand out from the crowds. 👍 Tested August ’23 on WP 6.3 and PHP 8.1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ porates3.3y ago
as well /admin – /wp-admin is “under construction” horrible pugin – – keep your hand away from this This means – I have to reinstall everything — Support was fast 🙂 This topic was modified 3 years ago by porates. This topic was modified 3 years ago by porates. This topic was modified 3 years ago by porates.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wjgoodman3.5y ago
The perfect plugin to construct a WordPress website, while displaying a custom construction page and then having an easy way to have the new site display for client reviews. This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by wjgoodman.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zhayter883.5y ago
Nice and simple. Clean code. No extra fluff. Fast.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.6.4). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 5.5 Really Simple Under Construction Page <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47593 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.6 Patched in 1.5.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "use it").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,623 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "hide site" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-09-24 800+ → 900+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-09-03 700+ → 800+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2026-07-21 600+ → 700+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2026-05-02 500+ → 600+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 600+ → 500+ down after 310 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-17 600+ → 700+ up after 19 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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Under Construction, Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
Coming soon and Maintenance mode 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B -
Simple Maintenance 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags C -
Speedx – Maintenance Mode 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Kul Maintenance 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D -
Simple Coming Soon 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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