Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib vs WP Maintenance
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| Feature | Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib v1.4.1 · 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 | 5,000+ | 60,000+ |
| Last updated | September 29, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib | WP Maintenance |
| Pros | 15 responsive templates customised in the Customizer; Countdown timer and social links; Bypass link and REST API blocking while the page is on | 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 | Subscribe form needs a Mailchimp form action URL pasted in; Limited to holding pages, not full landing page building; Google Analytics option loads a third-party script when set | 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 | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Fifteen responsive page templates, Countdown timer to a launch date, Page settings in the WordPress Customizer, Bypass token link for logged-out preview, Blocks REST API and XML-RPC while the page is on, Noindex and robots.txt output while the page is on, Google Analytics tag option | 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 | — | |
| Analytics | Google Analytics | — |
| Other | — | Google Fonts |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |