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Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode (Utilities)

By Acty, October 6, 2013

Modern and responsive “Coming Soon” and “Maintenance Mode” page with full-sized background image slideshow, countdown timer, 100+ social icons and AJAX-ed opt-in form (supports MailChimp, iContact, GetResponse and Campaign Monitor).
This is ideal for people who WordPress website is coming soon, or if administrator is updating website with plugins, themes etc.

Features

  • SEO-friendly: send correct HTTP-headers (503 Service Unavailable and Retry-After).
  • Responsive design: looks perfect on desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.
  • Full-sized background image slideshow: slideshow powered by Backstretch.
  • Countdown timer: let your visitors know when you are ready.
  • 100+ social icons: slideshow powered by Mono Social Icon Font.
  • Modern Opt-in form: HTML5+CSS3 AJAX-ed opt-in form.
  • MailChimp supported: e-mails can be submitted to MailChimp through its API.
  • iContact supported: e-mails can be submitted to iContact through its API.
  • GetResponse supported: e-mails can be submitted to GetResponse through its API.
  • Campaign Monitor supported: e-mails can be submitted to Campaign Monitor through its API.
  • Local database: e-mails are also collected in local database.
  • CSV Export: e-mails can be exported as CSV-file to be used with any newsletter systems.
  • White IPs: disable “Coming Soon” and “Maintenance Mode” for users with certain IPs.
  • Handle administrators: “Coming Soon” and “Maintenance Mode” is always disabled for administrators.
  • Easy to install: install and activate the plugin like any other plugins.
  • Translation ready: plugin might be translated to any language.
  • WordPress Best Practices: no any alerts from Plugin Check or WP_DEBUG.

Demo

Please visit demo website and check out how it works.

Installation

  1. Install and activate the plugin like you do with any other plugins. Once activated, it will create a menu “Coming Soon” in left side column in the admin area.
  2. Click left side menu “Coming Soon >>> Settings”, configure plugin and save settings.
  3. Click left side menu “Coming Soon >>> Settings” and enable “Maintenance Mode” by clicking relevant button.

That’s it! Enjoy using the plugin.

Support

If you have problems regarding using the plugin, please contact me and I’ll help you.