Coming Soon, Under Construction & Maintenance Page vs Simple Maintenance
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| Feature | Coming Soon, Under Construction & Maintenance Page v3.0.18 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 10,000+ | 1,000+ |
| Last updated | August 25, 2026 | November 12, 2024 |
| Editions | Nifty Coming Soon & Maintenance Page · Nifty Coming Soon Pro ($) | Simple Maintenance |
| Pros | Countdown timer and sign-up form on the holding page; Edited in the WordPress customizer with live preview; Free core for basic coming soon and maintenance pages | Works on activation with no setup; Sends a 503 status so crawlers treat the outage as temporary; Logged-in users keep seeing the live site |
| Cons | Premade themes and secret links need Pro; Sign-up emails are not stored in WordPress; Upgrade prompts appear in the admin | Page design is fixed and cannot be edited in the admin; Has no scheduling or per-page exceptions |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Countdown timer section, Sign-up form that does not store emails in WordPress, Premade themes ($), Upgrade link to the Pro checkout | 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 | ||
| Other | Google Fonts | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com | — |