The song has been covered by a number of Christian music artists worldwide including charting hit versions by Michael W. Smith, Mandisa, Leeland and Passion.
[11] In October 2019, on invitation from Joel Osteen, Sinach visited Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, where she performed the song live.
[15][13] At the end of 2019, Rhythm 93.7 FM reported "Way Maker" as the second most viewed Nigerian music video on YouTube.
[18] In 2020, video recordings of the song went viral on social media of people who gathered in their cars around a hospital in Albany, Georgia, singing and praying for those working in Phoebe Putney Medical system.
Also, dozens of cars were parked outside Poinciana Medical Center in Kissimmee, Florida, where people gathered and sang the song.
[citation needed] In an interview with Billboard, Michael W. Smith said that he was inspired to do the cover after his daughter Anna talked about how it was her go-to song; he first performed it at his concert at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville in August 2018.
He was later asked to do a shorter radio version but it didn't turn out well so he went with the duet with his backing vocalist Vanessa Campagna.
[27] In March, the song marked Smith's first time in 16 years that he has reached a Billboard top 10 chart with a non-holiday single.
Leeland's rendition, "Way Maker (Live)", was originally released on 16 August 2019 as a music video and pre-order single from his upcoming album, Better Word.
[36] On 27 February 2020, worship leader Darlene Zschech recorded a rendition of "Way Maker" with William McDowell and a choir for an upcoming album for Integrity Music.