CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance vs WP Maintenance
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| Feature | CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance v4.1.22 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WP Maintenance v6.1.10.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Editions | CMP - Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin · CMP premium themes ($) | WP Maintenance |
| Pros | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes; Subscribe forms for Mailchimp, MailPoet and Mailster; Free bundled themes with Contact Form 7 and reCAPTCHA support | Free, with no paid edition in the code; Countdown, colours, fonts, logo and background picture settings; Social links shortcode for the holding page; Settings import and export |
| Cons | Premium themes and special effects are paid extras; Some options point to niteothemes.com product pages; Mailchimp subscribers must be checked in Mailchimp itself | Only the bundled default theme ships in this package; The default theme loads Google Fonts from Google; Design changes beyond the settings need custom CSS |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Coming soon, maintenance and redirect modes, Subscribe form with MailPoet and Mailster options, Subscriber list admin screen, Google reCAPTCHA check on subscribe, Google Analytics script option, Premium themes sold through the vendor store ($), Special effects for premium themes ($) | Maintenance page on the front end, Optional 503 status while in maintenance, Countdown on the holding page, Settings pages for colours, picture, countdown, CSS, SEO and social, Social links shortcode, Settings import and export, REST API access blocked during maintenance |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp, MailPoet, Mailster | — | |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Unsplash | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | niteothemes.com, api.unsplash.com, www.google.com | fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |