Still me go-to plugin for prepping new WP sites over 2 years

I just want to say that I switched to Will’s Mojo Under Construction over 2 years ago after the original very by Jeremy was taken over by someone else and generating ads in my dashboards. (And I was using Jeremy’s version for years before that), and that I’ve used it on every version of WP since then, right up to now (4.9.1), and it’s still doing exactly what I need.

I actually LIKE the fact that this plugin does not try to be “everything all in one”. It is simple and does not try to dig itself into every other module of your WordPress. It’s a very easy way to place a temporary construction page on a new WP site that is simple enough for your end-user / client to just log in and turn off once they have their site ready.

Is there a fancy GUI where you can point & click to design things? No.

Are there extra bells & whistles like countdown timers and such? No.

Do I need all that extra junk when prepping a site for a client that just needs to be temporarily hidden from public view? No!

Exactly what it should be – a simple Under Construction plugin, easy to implement, easy to remove.

And if you really need to customize your temporary under construction page, all it takes is a little bit of HTML know-how to completely customize the splash page if necessary.

I’ve almost never experienced any issue with this plugin. I did run into a bit of strange behavior when attempting to use it combination with WooCommerce and Age Verification plugins quite a while back, but that was pretty much an isolated incident and I continue to use this plugin with confidence. I’ve installed it on at least 50 sites by now in a variety of settings / plugin combos / themes (even Divi) and it has done right by me. It’s basically like the pliers in my toolbox – used on almost every job.

Thank you Will, for taking over this plugin way back then, so that users like me who set WP up for other clients have a quick reliable “go-to” simple solution without any extra junk to worry about.

I hope that you’ll somehow find the time to keep this plugin always compatible with the latest WP. I know it’s hard for a dev to find time for something like that, but I really appreciate that you stepped up and created the fork when we needed it, and hope that it’s here to stay!

Thank you!