Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode vs Simple Maintenance
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| Feature | Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode v2.45 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.3/5 Visit Details | Simple Maintenance v1.0.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 16, 2026 | November 12, 2024 |
| Editions | Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode · Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode PRO ($) | Simple Maintenance |
| Pros | Simple coming soon and maintenance pages; Mailchimp email sign-up is in the free version; Customisable page design and Google Analytics snippet | Works on activation with no setup; Sends a 503 status so crawlers treat the outage as temporary; Logged-in users keep seeing the live site |
| Cons | Zapier and other autoresponders need PRO; Double opt-in and advanced design options need PRO; Shows promotion for the PRO version in the admin | Page design is fixed and cannot be edited in the admin; Has no scheduling or per-page exceptions |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Coming soon and maintenance page, Mailchimp email sign-up, Google Analytics snippet on the holding page, Zapier and other autoresponders ($), PRO licence activation and feature checks ($), Double opt-in for sign-ups ($) | Maintenance page on front end while active, 503 Service Unavailable status for visitors, Logged-in users bypass the maintenance page, Login and register pages stay reachable |
| Integrations | ||
| Mailchimp | — | |
| Analytics | Google Analytics | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | comingsoonwp.com, dashboard.comingsoonwp.com, www.googletagmanager.com, api.mailchimp.com | — |