Best under maintenance plugins for WordPress
The most popular under maintenance plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Maintenance Mode White Screen leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of One Click Coming Soon (fewer than 10) and Maintenance Work (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “under maintenance” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 3 under maintenance plugins
- 1.
Simple Maintenance Mode White ScreenThe most installed under maintenance plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
One Click Coming SoonFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 3.
Maintenance WorkFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 3 plugins tagged “under maintenance”

Simple Maintenance Mode White Screen
Up in the last 7 days:653#15,773by Dhan2 months ago
Lightweight maintenance mode plugin. Show a coming soon page, under construction notice, or white screen to visitors while you work on your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

One Click Coming Soon
Down in the last 7 days:13,213#65,201by Zübeyir Muştak6 years ago
License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html An awesome one click under construction plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Maintenance Work
#74,215by neoslab1 year ago
Add a maintenance page to your website that lets visitors know your page is down for maintenance while allowing you to work on the background.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day