sandywp / plugins / under-construction-page

Under Construction

4.8 out of 5 stars. 4.8 1,285 reviews

Easy to use Under Construction Page & Coming Soon Page. Enable Under Construction Mode in seconds & show you're Under Construction!

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What you get inside

8 screens
  • Build an under construction page in less than a minute with over 30 themes

  • Under Construction Text theme

  • Mad Designer theme

  • Plain Text theme

  • Under Construction theme

  • Things Went Dark theme

  • Forklift at Work theme

  • Cyber Chick theme

About this plugin

Create an Under Construction Page, Maintenance Mode Page, Coming Soon Page or a Landing Page that takes less than a minute to install & configure. Under Construction won’t waste your time! It’s simple, fast, efficient & user-friendly with 500+ great templates users love. Under Construction uses Bunny Fonts for GDPR compatibility.

PRO version offers more than 50 extra features and options including the drag&drop builder, over a million hi-res searchable images, 500+ templates, affiliate&traffic tracking, advanced access control, MailChimp, Zapier & universal autoresponder integration, white-label license mode and priority support. Find out more on the official plugin site.

A simple, no-nonsense under construction plugin for all those situations when you have to hide the site behind an Under Construction page for a while. Live examples are available on the Under Construction website. Give us a shout on X @WebFactoryLtd or check out the video.

Thanks to our partnership with Weglot, UCP is fully multilanguage ready and you can instantly translate your under construction page to 100+ languages with one click.

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Options

  • Under construction mode – on / off
  • Automatic End date & time – automatically disable under construction mode on a set date
  • Google Analytics Tracking ID – enable tracking via Google Analytics
  • Theme – test all available themes (500+)
  • Custom CSS – adjust any part of the page to fit your needs
  • Title – page title, for SEO
  • Description – page description, for SEO
  • Headline – main headline/title
  • Content – anything you need to display
  • Optin box, optin popup – collect leads and emails and sync with MailChimp and other autoresponders
  • Login Button – show a discrete link to the login form, or WP admin if you’re logged in
  • Social icons/links – new ones are added with every update; let us know if we missed your favorite ones
    • Facebook
    • X (Twitter)
    • LinkedIn
    • YouTube
    • Vimeo
    • Pinterest
    • Dribbble
    • Behance
    • Instagram
    • Email
    • Phone
    • Skype
    • Telegram
    • WhatsApp
    • Tumblr
    • VK
  • Whitelisted User Roles – user roles who see the site, instead of under construction page
  • Whitelisted Users – users who see the site, instead of under construction page

If you’re having problems with SSL or HTTPS try our free WP Force SSL plugin. It’s a great plugin to enable SSL and fix SSL issues.

Under Construction Page is compatible with the following caching plugins: W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, Endurance Page Cache, SiteGround SuperCacher, WP Fastest Cache, Swift Performance Cache, WP Rocket, Cache Enabler, and Hummingbird cache.

What are others saying about the Under Construction Page plugin

  • WHSR wrote an in-depth guide on how to “Grow Your Blog Before It Is Born” featuring Under Construction Page
  • John Fraskos from Codestag says it’s “very friendly and easy to use”
  • WP Pluginsify wrote a review
  • Erik from NoPassiveIncome points out: “plugin is so easy and quick to use”
  • Planet WP gave it 5/5 stars
  • FirstSiteGuide says: “a perfect choice”
  • WPblog wrote a review as well
  • WP TopDog had Daniel explain how to use the Under Construction Page

GDPR Compatibility
We are not lawyers. Please do not take any of the following as legal advice.
Under Construction plugin uses Bunny Fonts on the front end, and in the admin. Usage of the Google Analytics service is optional. No other resources are loaded from or shared with 3rd parties. Opting to use Bunny Fonts and/or Google Analytics will result in data sharing/tracking as described in their terms of service.
If you opt to activate your PRO license in the plugin admin, some data will be shared with WebFactory Ltd; that’s clearly noted below the license activation form.

Questions

Who is this plugin for?

For anyone who wants to display a under construction / maintenance page while they’re doing work on their site.

Will this plugin slow my site down?

Absolutely not.

Will it work on my theme?

Sure! Under construction works 100% with all themes.

Will it work with my plugins?

Sure! It works 100% with all plugins.

What changes will it make to my site?

None. Once you disable the under construction page your site will function as it did before.

It’s not working!!! Arrrrrrrrr

We did our very best to make Under Construction compatible with all plugins and themes, but problems can still happen. No worries, head over to the support forum open a new thread, and we’ll help you ASAP.

How can I work on my site while under construction mode is enabled?

Make sure your user role (probably admin) is selected under Access – Whitelisted User Roles option and open the site while logged in.

How can I log in / access WordPress admin after under construction mode has been enabled?

Enable the Login Button option (found in Content tab), and a login link will be shown in the lower right corner of the under construction page.

4.8

1,285 reviews

  • 5 ★ 1,168
  • 4 ★ 54
  • 3 ★ 9
  • 2 ★ 9
  • 1 ★ 45

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