Plan a move Radar no. 52 · Quiet

underConstruction

What it does: Shows a coming soon page to visitors who are not logged in.

Why it’s listed: It decides who can see your site, and it has had no update since 2024. Five past advisories are on record. It is tested only up to WordPress 6.4. A faulty coming soon page can hide the whole site from visitors, or show it before it is ready.

View on WordPress.org ↗ Checked 2026-10-31 Reviewed by Abhishek Deshpande

Active installs: 40k+
Last updated: 2024-03-08
Tested up to: 6.4.14
Rating: 4.5 / 5 (111)
Version: 1.22
Maintainers: 1

Is underConstruction still maintained?

It has gone over two years without an update.

Quiet: No update for over a year.

Placements are our opinion, based on public evidence. Risk here means a plugin may not get a fix if a problem appears. It doesn’t mean we found a flaw, unless we show an advisory. Going quiet alone never puts a plugin in Replace now.

Updates No release since 2024-03-08. That was 2 yr 8 mo before our check. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31

Compatibility Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14. WordPress 7.1.4 was current on 2026-10-31. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31

Security 5 public advisories on record. Details are below. wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31

Reviews The latest 10 reviews average 4.4 stars, against 4.5 overall. 1 of them gave 1 or 2 stars. Newest activity: 2023-04-18. We see no negative trend. WordPress.org reviews · checked 2026-10-31

Maintainers 1 listed contributor. No recent support threads. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31

Usage 1,917 downloads in the last 30 days, including updates. 62.53% of sites run version 1.22. WordPress.org stats · checked 2026-10-31

What to do next

Back up the site, and use a staging copy for any change.
If you still use it, try one of the alternatives below.

If it works today, no need to panic. Plan the change around your next update.

Recommended alternatives to underConstruction

LightStart ↗

Maintenance and coming soon pages.

400k+ installs · 4.3 stars · Updated 2026-10-29 · Tested 7.1.4

Maintenance ↗

A simple maintenance page.

1M+ installs · 4.4 stars · Updated 2026-08-16 · Tested 7.1.4

Website Builder by SeedProd ↗

Coming soon pages inside a larger site builder.

600k+ installs · 4.9 stars · Updated 2026-09-29 · Tested 7.1.4

Each listed plugin was updated in the last six months, is tested with WordPress 7.0 or newer, and had no open advisory in WPVulnerability when we checked. We have not tried them ourselves. No one pays to appear here.

Security record

Advisory	Severity	Fixed in
CVE-2024-30548 ↗ Cross-site scripting	Medium (5.9)	1.22
CVE-2022-1896 ↗ Cross-site scripting	Medium (4.8)	1.21
CVE-2022-1895 ↗ Cross-site request forgery	Medium (4.3)	1.21
CVE-2013-2699 ↗ Cross-site request forgery	Not scored	1.09
CVE-2021-39320 ↗ Cross-site scripting	Medium (6.1)	1.19

wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31

A listed advisory does not mean the current version is exploitable.

Latest reviews

3/5 Plugin deleted, still showing construction page on homepage 2023-04-18
5/5 My goto under construction, always 2021-01-28
5/5 Just does it! 2020-01-16
5/5 Perfect for my use cases 2018-09-26
5/5 Good plugin 2018-01-18

Dates show last activity. Titles are written by WordPress.org users.

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