CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance vs Slim Maintenance Mode
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| Feature | CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance v4.1.22 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Slim Maintenance Mode v1.4.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | August 6, 2026 |
| Editions | CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin · CMP premium themes ($) | Slim Maintenance Mode |
| Pros | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes; Subscribe forms for Mailchimp, MailPoet and Mailster; Free bundled themes with Contact Form 7 and reCAPTCHA support | No settings to configure: activate, work, deactivate; Sends a 503 status for search engines; Clears several common page caches on switch |
| Cons | Premium themes and special effects are paid extras; Some options point to niteothemes.com product pages; Mailchimp subscribers must be checked in Mailchimp itself | No custom message, design or scheduling; Feeds are blocked while active; Cache clearing covers only the plugins the code names |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes, Subscribe form with MailPoet and Mailster options, Subscriber list admin screen, Google reCAPTCHA check on subscribe, Google Analytics script option, Premium themes sold through the vendor store ($), Special effects for premium themes ($) | Administrators and logged-in users bypass the maintenance page, Maintenance page sends HTTP 503, RSS and Atom feeds replaced with the maintenance message, Clears page caches on activation and deactivation, Maintenance notice above the login form and in the admin |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp, MailPoet, Mailster | — | |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | Cachify, LiteSpeed Cache, W3 Total Cache, WP Rocket |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Unsplash | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 4.6 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | niteothemes.com, api.unsplash.com, www.google.com | — |