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/
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/