CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance vs Smart Maintenance Mode
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| Feature | CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance v4.1.22 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Smart Maintenance Mode v1.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.2/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | April 16, 2025 |
| Editions | CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin · CMP premium themes ($) | Smart Maintenance Mode |
| Pros | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes; Subscribe forms for Mailchimp, MailPoet and Mailster; Free bundled themes with Contact Form 7 and reCAPTCHA support | Custom HTML, messages and countdown on the maintenance page; Role and IP range bypass for the live site; No paid tier or external service |
| Cons | Premium themes and special effects are paid extras; Some options point to niteothemes.com product pages; Mailchimp subscribers must be checked in Mailchimp itself | Visitors see a page, not the site, while it is on; Stores IP and role rules in a custom table and serialized options |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes, Subscribe form with MailPoet and Mailster options, Subscriber list admin screen, Google reCAPTCHA check on subscribe, Google Analytics script option, Premium themes sold through the vendor store ($), Special effects for premium themes ($) | IP and IP-range bypass for the live site, User roles that can view the live site, Countdown to launch on the maintenance page, Custom heading and HTML on the maintenance page, Preview of the maintenance page for admins |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp, MailPoet, Mailster | — | |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Unsplash | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | niteothemes.com, api.unsplash.com, www.google.com | — |