Simple Maintenance vs Under Construction
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| Feature | Simple Maintenance v1.0.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | Under Construction v5.83 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 600,000+ |
| Last updated | November 12, 2024 | September 18, 2026 |
| Editions | Simple Maintenance | Under Construction · Under Construction PRO ($) |
| Pros | Works on activation with no setup; Sends a 503 status so crawlers treat the outage as temporary; Logged-in users keep seeing the live site | Many ready-made holding page designs in the free version; Simple setup to show a maintenance or coming soon page; Optional Google Analytics tracking on the holding page |
| Cons | Page design is fixed and cannot be edited in the admin; Has no scheduling or per-page exceptions | Drag-and-drop builder and many templates need the PRO version; Licence key checks go to the vendor licensing servers when saved |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Maintenance page on front end while active, 503 Service Unavailable status for visitors, Logged-in users bypass the maintenance page, Login and register pages stay reachable | Under construction, coming soon and maintenance pages for logged-out visitors, Built-in page designs selectable by URL parameter, Google Analytics tag on the holding page, PRO upgrade dialog and promo links ($), PRO license key validation against the vendor server ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | — | Google Analytics |
| Other | — | Bunny Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 5.2 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | license1.underconstructionpage.com, license2.underconstructionpage.com, fonts.bunny.net, www.googletagmanager.com |