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Under Construction
Simple maintenance mode that quickly demands your credit card for every feature.
GrowingPoor rating
52/100
The plugin provides basic utility but relies on aggressive paywalls and has significant compatibility issues.
Active installs
~650,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 600k+
Rating
4.8★
1,284 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+25%
Growing fast
2,108 → 2,632 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.16★
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +25% in the last year
2,108/day a year ago→2,632/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayUnder Construction is a lightweight plugin that works for basic use cases but carries a notable reputation for aggressive paywalling, compatibility issues with popular page builders, and poor support quality.
What people like
- +Quick and easy to set up for basic under-construction or maintenance pages×4
- +Lightweight and reliable for staging and pre-production environments over extended use×2
- +Free version is functional enough for simple needs×2
Common complaints
- −Most meaningful features are locked behind a paid upgrade, with the free version considered too limited by many users×5
- −Compatibility issues with Elementor, including an unclosable admin popup when editing pages×3
- −Compatibility issues with other plugins (e.g., GeneratePress Pro, CookieYes) causing design breakage or overlapping UI elements×2
- −Fatal error / White Screen of Death triggered on certain PHP 8 configurations
- −Plugin reported as not actually protecting the homepage in some cases — the site remains publicly visible after enabling it
- −Google Analytics integration uses outdated Universal Analytics, which Google discontinued
- −Settings changes not saving reliably for some users
- −Poor paid support quality, described as unresponsive and dismissive of reported bugs
- −Infrequent updates (reportedly only one or two per year)
- −Settings considered overly complex for a simple single-page use case
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.16★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,284 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-24★★★★★Simple and perfect for the job.sendgo
- 2026-02-02★★★★★NOT working!bambi26
- 2026-01-09★★★★★Parfaitement fonctionnel, fait le taff !ahlaboulette
- 2025-10-21★★★★★Valet Parking Companies templates are beautifulvaletparkingdubai1-shot
- 2025-09-05★★★★★professional pluginmatematikbitmistir1-shot
- 2025-08-29★★★★★Great pluginwhat1
- 2025-06-04★★★★★Too many settingsNicu Danciu
- 2025-05-08★★★★★Use it on all my sitessekirk
- 2025-03-31★★★★★getting this annoying popup as the admin when editing the pagebawa98
- 2025-02-20★★★★★For building your own design need to be pro?locker17
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
2,515
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,706
Prior 7-day baseline
1,999
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
15,883
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,557
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-7.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.05
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
51%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
0%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.21 → 3.16★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered