Essential Addons for Elementor vs Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode
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| Feature | Essential Addons for Elementor v6.8.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode v2.45 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | August 16, 2026 |
| Editions | Essential Addons for Elementor · Essential Addons for Elementor - Pro ($) | Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode · Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode PRO ($) |
| Pros | Large set of widgets added to Elementor; Form widgets for Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms and Ninja Forms; WooCommerce product widgets such as product compare | Simple coming soon and maintenance pages; Mailchimp email sign-up is in the free version; Customisable page design and Google Analytics snippet |
| Cons | Premium widgets and extensions need the Pro version; Some widgets call third-party services such as OpenSea and Facebook | Zapier and other autoresponders need PRO; Double opt-in and advanced design options need PRO; Shows promotion for the PRO version in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Filterable gallery widget, Data table widget, Event calendar widget with Google Calendar source, WooCommerce product compare widget, NFT gallery widget, Twitter and Facebook feed widgets, TypeForm embed widget, Essential Addons admin menu page | Coming soon and maintenance page, Mailchimp email sign-up, Google Analytics snippet on the holding page, Zapier and other autoresponders ($), PRO licence activation and feature checks ($), Double opt-in for sign-ups ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| — | Mailchimp | |
| Analytics | WP Insights usage tracker (opt-in) | Google Analytics |
| Social | X (Twitter) API, Facebook Graph API | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Ninja Forms | — |
| Other | Formstack, Google Calendar, TypeForm API, OpenSea | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | api.twitter.com, graph.facebook.com, send.wpinsight.com, www.googleapis.com, opensea.io, magiceden.io, api.typeform.com | comingsoonwp.com, dashboard.comingsoonwp.com, www.googletagmanager.com, api.mailchimp.com |