Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page

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Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

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92 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 66 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 34% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ focuspulling

   10mo ago

   I’ve gotten the premium/pro version of this but after lots of tries and trust, I give up. It’s a horrible plugin. Most of the time, I get white text on white backgrounds, or black text on black backgrounds, which is sloppy and lazy quality control by the plugin developer, even if I am using their stock themes: that’s their responsibility to correct. Also: every time you leave a page, even after saving, it says “are you sure” – simply bad coding. Time to give up after months and months. This topic was modified 6 months ago by focuspulling.

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2. ★★★★★ Louno

   1.1y ago

   This plugin breaks something in wordpress related to JSON. It interfere with WPML, it took me a while to figure out. If you install this plugin and you have WPML you will get API REST WordPress error. I deactivated all plugins 1 by 1 to find that this plugin was the culprit, everything is fully updated to latest versions.

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3. ★★★★★ max1388

   1.3y ago

   ad throu all the screen

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4. ★★★★★ derrickmg

   1.5y ago

   Very Disappointing PluginTotally unusable unless you pay a fortune, This should be banned from the wp store, its not in the spirit of GPL and WP, its just spammy. There is not even ONE Free theme to use and I say “theme” because the only free option is not themed at all just black text on a white background looking like it is from word.There are way better options out there people!I wouldn’t give them my money when they appear so stingy and spammy with the free version.“You know they say the best form and the worst form of marketing is word of mouth. Its also free, but can cost you the earth if you generate negative vibes.” This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by derrickmg. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by derrickmg. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by derrickmg. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by derrickmg.

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5. ★★★★★ Keith

   1.6y ago

   Garish color schemes and begging every screen to get you to pay for it. Plugin does nothing. Do not install it.

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6. ★★★★★ bbbstoked

   1.8y ago

   Kudos to your seo team as this is the first app that shows when searched “maintenance” but this plugin is not good. It will keep pushing the pro version which is understandable but unnecessary. Better to use a different much simpler free plugin

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7. ★★★★★ slacker937

   2.2y ago

   Garbage plugin. Does nothing and everywhere you look it tells you to upgrade and pay them for any functionality thats worth using.

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8. ★★★★★ HolyMoley

   2.3y ago

   Doesn’t work. I set up everything, turn on maintenance mode, but the pages haven’t changed at all. Everything stays the same. Waste of time.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.45 2026-06-18 added Weglot integration 2.45
2. — Version 2.44 2026-05-01 minor fixes 2.44
3. — Version 2.43 2025-08-03 updated Google Analytics code 2.43
4. — Version 2.42 2025-01-08 minor code fixes 2.42
5. — Version 2.41 2024-12-19 minor code fixes new prices 2.41
6. — Version 2.40 2024-10-13 minor code fixes 2.40

All 7 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.45). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.3 Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page <= 2.38 - Missing Authorization to Limited Settings Change ↗
   2024-06-07 CVE-2024-5087 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.38 Patched in 2.39
2. Patched Low · 3.7 Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page <= 2.37 - Unauthenticated Maintenance Mode Bypass ↗
   2024-02-05 CVE-2024-1075 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 2.37 Patched in 2.38
3. Patched Medium · 5.5 Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page <= 2.33 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-11-21 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.33 Patched in 2.35
4. Patched Medium · 5.5 Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page <= 2.33 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-08-05 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.34 Patched in 2.35
5. Patched Medium · 5.4 Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode <= 2.16 - Missing Authorization to Export Settings/Theme Change ↗
   2020-01-08 CVE-2020-6166 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.17 Patched in 2.17
6. Patched High · 8.8 Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode <= 2.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Setting Changes ↗
   2020-01-08 CVE-2020-6167 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 2.10 Patched in 2.15
7. Patched High · 7.1 Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode <= 2.10 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2019-12-18 CVE-2020-6168 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.15 Patched in 2.15

Translated into 74 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings

Plus 50 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2021-03-01 90K+ → 100K+ up after 150 days in tier
2. 2020-10-02 80K+ → 90K+ up after 362 days in tier
3. 2019-10-06 70K+ → 80K+ up after 242 days in tier
4. 2019-02-06 60K+ → 70K+ up after 189 days in tier
5. 2018-08-01 50K+ → 60K+ up after 133 days in tier
6. 2018-03-21 20K+ → 50K+ up after 292 days in tier
7. 2017-06-02 10K+ → 20K+ up after 658 days in tier
8. 2015-08-14 7K+ → 10K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page: 100K+ active installs, 4.3★ (282 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/minimal-coming-soon-maintenance-mode