CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance vs Under Construction
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| Feature | CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance v4.1.22 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Under Construction v5.83 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 600,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | September 18, 2026 |
| Editions | CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin · CMP premium themes ($) | Under Construction · Under Construction PRO ($) |
| Pros | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes; Subscribe forms for Mailchimp, MailPoet and Mailster; Free bundled themes with Contact Form 7 and reCAPTCHA support | Many ready-made holding page designs in the free version; Simple setup to show a maintenance or coming soon page; Optional Google Analytics tracking on the holding page |
| 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 | Drag-and-drop builder and many templates need the PRO version; Licence key checks go to the vendor licensing servers when saved |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| 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 ($), Special effects for premium themes ($) | Under construction, coming soon and maintenance pages for logged-out visitors, Built-in page designs selectable by URL parameter, Google Analytics tag on the holding page, PRO upgrade dialog and promo links ($), PRO license key validation against the vendor server ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp, MailPoet, Mailster | — | |
| Analytics | — | Google Analytics |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Unsplash | Bunny Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | niteothemes.com, api.unsplash.com, www.google.com | license1.underconstructionpage.com, license2.underconstructionpage.com, fonts.bunny.net, www.googletagmanager.com |