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Really Simple Under Construction Page · Version history

Really Simple Under Construction Page changelog and version history

Latest version
1.6.4
Oct 25, 2026 (15 days ago)
Releases
15
since 2022
In the last year
8
about one every 25 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20223 releases
  • 20234 releases
  • 20268 releases

20268 releases

  1. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.6.4Latest

    • Fixed: the under-construction page could be bypassed by adding ?x=/wp-json/ or ?wc-api=1 to an address. Only real REST requests and WooCommerce callbacks are let through now.
    • Fixed: after changing the secret word, a visitor with the old cookie could not get back in with the new word in the address. The new word now works; the old cookie still does not.
    • Fixed: a secret word containing a dot did not work.
    • The plugin’s settings are removed when it is deleted.

  2. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.6.3

    • A small, dismissible review request on this plugin’s own settings page (never a site-wide notice). It appears once the under-construction page has been switched on and the settings page has been in use for 7 days, only to administrators. “Maybe later” hides it for 30 days, “Don’t ask again” for goo…

  3. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.6.2

    • The secret-word bypass link no longer stays in your address bar, browser history or Referer: right after the bypass cookie is set you are redirected to the same page without the secret word.
    • The “Get Pro” links now carry a small ref marker for where they were clicked (settings page vs. Plugins screen), so the project page can tell which one is used. Nothing is sent from your site; it is part of the link only.

  4. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.6.1

    • The Pro upgrade box now offers a direct download of the Pro add-on’s .zip alongside the existing link to its plugin page, so you can install Pro and buy the license from inside it if you prefer. Both are plain links — this plugin still installs, activates and downloads nothing on your behalf, and c…

  5. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.6.0

    • Removed the in-plugin LemonSqueezy purchase, license-activation and auto-install flow entirely. The free plugin no longer contacts any external service. Pro purchases now happen on the project landing page (https://jonashjalmarsson.se/plugins/really-simple-under-construction-pro/) and the Pro plugi…

  6. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.5.8

    • Re-style the Pro upsell card on the settings page so it no longer uses WordPress core notice classes (Guideline 11 hygiene). Same scope as before — only the plugin’s own settings page — but it now renders as a self-styled card with a small “Pro upgrade” label, distinct from a system notice. Drops t…
    • Pro upsell card is now collapsible — click the × in the corner to shrink it down to just the “Pro upgrade” pill; click the pill to expand it back. State persists per browser via localStorage.

  7. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.5.7

    • Fix: when buying PRO from inside the free plugin, the license is now activated against LemonSqueezy during the install flow rather than left in a “pending” state for the user to activate manually afterwards. Errors that previously surfaced two steps later (most commonly “license has reached its act…

  8. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.5.0

    • Recommended security update for all existing users. No settings changes, no migration — install the update, refresh the settings page, and you are done. Headlines below.
    • Security: the Under Construction HTML field now strips <script> tags, on-event handlers (onclick/onload/etc.) and javascript: URIs while preserving structural tags (DOCTYPE, html, head, style, body). A compromised admin account can no longer use this field to inject JavaScript that runs for visitor…
    • Security: the bypass cookie now sets Secure (when the site uses HTTPS), HttpOnly, and SameSite=Lax attributes — was readable from JS and replayable over plain HTTP before.
    • Security: the cookie value is now compared with hash_equals() to avoid timing leaks.
    • Security: the IP whitelist now validates entries with FILTER_VALIDATE_IP (rejects bogus addresses like 999.x.x.x and accepts both IPv4 and IPv6).
    • Bugfix: bail early on WP-CLI and cron requests — previously the plugin tried to render the Under Construction page during wp commands and wp-cron.php calls, which killed those commands silently. Cron jobs and CLI scripts now run normally.
    • Bugfix: REST API requests (any URL containing /wp-json/) are now correctly bypassed. The 1.4.6 check used the wrong server variable, so REST calls were getting the Under Construction page when the plugin was active — silently broken since the bypass was added. Public REST endpoints work again.
    • Bugfix: the “skip plugin if request is to /wp-json/” guard read $GLOBALS['PHP_SELF'] which is never populated, so the bypass never fired. Switched to $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] for actual reliability.
    • Behavior: the Under Construction page now responds with HTTP 503 + Retry-After, so search engines see “temporarily unavailable” (correct semantics, won’t deindex) and proxies/CDNs no longer cache the placeholder over a real launch. Visitors see the same page as before.
    • Hygiene: every translatable string now uses the matching really-simple-under-construction text domain (was rsuc short form), textareas are escaped with esc_textarea, every register_setting call has a sanitize_callback, the “Add my IP” button uses addEventListener + a JSON-encoded value. Bundled lan…
    • Tested up to WordPress 6.9.4.

20234 releases

  1. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4.6

    • Bugfix, not working for startpage since 1.4.5.

  2. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4.5

    • Minor code cleanup

  3. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4.4

    • Improved handling of login page

  4. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4.3

    • Added setting to make WordPress static Homepage to be visible, the plugin still restricts all other pages.

20223 releases

  1. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4.2

    • Ignore if call to webhook wp-json

  2. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4.1

    • Bugfix WordPress login blocked

  3. Really Simple Under Construction Page 1.4

    • Ignore if call to webhook wc-api

Questions about Really Simple Under Construction Page’s releases

What is the latest version of Really Simple Under Construction Page?

1.6.4, released on Oct 25, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Really Simple Under Construction Page updated?

8 releases in the last year, about one every 25 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from March 2022.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Really Simple Under Construction Page’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.