Under Construction Light
by Saurav Sharma · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Very light weight plugin to hide website from visitors and show under contruction page.
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 55/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
-5%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “construction”, “under” and “website” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
55 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 25.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 680 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 8.3, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 680 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| maintainance your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| comming your tag | #10 | #16 | 0 |
| construction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| under your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| website your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “construction”, “under” and “website” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 600 · 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
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.
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alex10116mo ago
Nice
Read on wp.org ↗
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Very light weight plugin to hide website from visitors and show under contruction page."
- ✓ 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 Never says who the plugin is for or 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 187 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "comming", "Maintainance" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-04-28 900+ → 1K+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2023-03-20 800+ → 900+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2023-02-12 700+ → 800+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2023-01-09 600+ → 700+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2022-12-02 500+ → 600+ up after 35 days in tier
- 2022-10-28 400+ → 500+ up
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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WP Maintenance 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
underConstruction 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Simple Website Redirect 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
YITH Maintenance Mode 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C - A Add Link to Copied Text 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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Ultimate Under Construction 1K+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag C
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