Standby – Coming Soon & Maintenance is a modern, lightweight, and highly customizable plugin that allows you to put your website into Coming Soon or Maintenance Mode with professional templates and advanced features.
Key Highlights
- Switch instantly between Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
- 100% responsive, super-fast, and SEO-friendly
- Built using core WordPress standards
- Works with any theme or page builder
- No coding required
Professional Templates
- Clean and minimal template design
- Optimized typography and spacing
- Templates: Classic, Modern, Minimal
Background Customization
- Solid color
- Custom image
- Custom Video
Countdown Timer
- Enable/disable countdown
- Set end date / time
- Auto-disable when countdown ends
Email / Newsletter
- Built-in email subscription form
- Honeypot spam protection
- Admin notification
- API support for:
- Mailchimp
- Brevo
Access Control
- IP Whitelist
- Allow logged-in users to bypass
Advanced Options
- Social icons (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pintrest, Dribble)
- Contact email / help / address
Admin Interface
- Fully polished design
- Tabbed settings panel
- Contextual help links
How to Use
- Go to Standby Settings
- Choose:
- Coming Soon Mode
- Maintenance Mode
- Select your template
- Customize:
- Upload Logo
- Title & Description
- Background
- Countdown
- Social icons
- Contact info
- Email subscription
- Save and activate
Credits
This plugin uses the following open-source libraries, images, html templates:
Google Fonts
- https://fonts.googleapis.com
Licensed under the Google Fonts API terms: https://developers.google.com/fonts/terms
Bootstrap v5.3.7
- https://getbootstrap.com/
- Copyright 2011–2025 The Bootstrap Authors
- Licensed under the MIT License:
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE
Bootstrap Icons v1.13.1
- https://icons.getbootstrap.com/
- Copyright 2019–2024 The Bootstrap Authors
- Licensed under the MIT License:
https://github.com/twbs/icons/blob/main/LICENSE
FREE HTML5 TEMPLATE
- http://freehtml5.co/
Start Bootstrap
- https://startbootstrap.com
Demo Images
https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/
External Services
This plugin connects to third-party email marketing services to allow users to subscribe visitors to mailing lists.
Mailchimp
Used to add subscribers to a Mailchimp mailing list.
Data sent: Email address entered by the user.
When: Only when the subscription form is submitted.
Service provided by Mailchimp:
https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
Brevo (Sendinblue)
Used to add subscribers to a Brevo contact list.
Data sent: Email address entered by the user.
When: Only when the subscription form is submitted.
Service provided by Brevo:
https://www.brevo.com/legal/termsofuse/
https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/
Screenshots
Template Selection
Design Settings
Countdown Settings
Access Control
Email Subscription
Contact or Support Settings
Frontend Coming Soon Page
