Under Construction vs WP Maintenance
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| Feature | Under Construction v5.83 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP Maintenance v6.1.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 600,000+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | September 18, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Under Construction · Under Construction PRO ($) | WP Maintenance |
| Pros | Many ready-made holding page designs in the free version; Simple setup to show a maintenance or coming soon page; Optional Google Analytics tracking on the holding page | Free, with no paid edition in the code; Countdown, colours, fonts, logo and background picture settings; Social links shortcode for the holding page; Settings import and export |
| Cons | Drag-and-drop builder and many templates need the PRO version; Licence key checks go to the vendor licensing servers when saved | Only the bundled default theme ships in this package; The default theme loads Google Fonts from Google; Design changes beyond the settings need custom CSS |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Under construction, coming soon and maintenance pages for logged-out visitors, Built-in page designs selectable by URL parameter, Google Analytics tag on the holding page, PRO upgrade dialog and promo links ($), PRO license key validation against the vendor server ($) | Maintenance page on the front end, Optional 503 status while in maintenance, Countdown on the holding page, Settings pages for colours, picture, countdown, CSS, SEO and social, Social links shortcode, Settings import and export, REST API access blocked during maintenance |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Google Analytics | — |
| Other | Bunny Fonts | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | license1.underconstructionpage.com, license2.underconstructionpage.com, fonts.bunny.net, www.googletagmanager.com | fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |