Best waiting room plugins for WordPress
The most popular waiting room plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CrowdHandler virtual waiting room leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Queue-Fair FREE Virtual Waiting Room (40+) and GIL Waiting Room (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “waiting room” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 waiting room plugins
- 1.
CrowdHandler virtual waiting roomThe most installed waiting room plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Queue-Fair FREE Virtual Waiting Room40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
GIL Waiting RoomFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “waiting room”
CrowdHandler virtual waiting room
Down in the last 7 days:114#14,293by crowdhandlerqueue2 months ago
During periods of heavy traffic, our queue management solution helps safeguard your website from crashing and protects your sales.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Queue-Fair FREE Virtual Waiting Room
Down in the last 7 days:471#22,577by queuefair1 year ago
Stop Your Website Crashing - for Free! Manage traffic peaks gracefully. Treat your visitors with fairness with the top-rated Virtual Waiting Room.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GIL Waiting Room
Down in the last 7 days:16,342#69,371by Mateus Getulio Vieira2 months ago
A virtual waiting room for WordPress. Caps concurrent visitors at a limit you choose and queues everyone else with live position updates.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day