About this plugin
Simple Coming Soon is the easiest way to hide your site from visitors while you work on it. Features Pro-level design controls, Auto-Launch Timer, 5 Design Presets, and a handy Admin Bar Status Indicator.
🔥 Key Features:
- 5 Design Presets: Apply a complete visual style in one click — Minimal, SaaS Dark, Product Launch, Agency, or Event.
- Animated Backgrounds: Choose from Solid Color, Gradient, Animated Mesh, Background Image, or Video URL.
- Tabbed Settings UI: Organized interface for easier customization.
- SEO & Visibility: Set custom Meta Titles and Descriptions for Google.
- One-Click Enable/Disable: Instantly turn maintenance mode on or off.
- Pro Action Button: Full CTA design control with live preview — colors, hover, border, radius, padding, and shadow. Default and Hover colors in separate tabs.
- Launch Progress Bar: Show visitors how close you are to launch with an animated fill bar.
- Analytics Integration: Add Google Analytics (GA4), Facebook Pixel, or other tracking scripts.
- Modern Social Icons: Support for TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram.
- Shadow Presets: Apply professional shadow styles (Soft, Medium, Hard, Deep 3D).
- Smart Countdown: Responsive countdown clock with Screen Reader support.
- Auto-Launch Mode: Automatically publish your site when the countdown ends.
- Secret Bypass Link: Share a “Magic Link” (e.g., /?secret=clientview ) to let clients see the site without an account.
- Frosted Glass Effect: Modern Apple-style “Glassmorphism” look with Blur and Opacity controls.
- Admin Status Indicator: Quickly see if your site is “Locked” or “Live” via the WP Admin Bar.
- True Visitor Preview: See exactly what a logged-out visitor sees, in a new tab, while you stay logged in.
- SEO Friendly: Sends a proper 503 HTTP status code to search engines.
Usage
1. How to Enable/Disable:
* Go to Settings > Coming Soon.
* Use the top toggle to turn the page on or off.
* The Admin Bar badge reflects your current status from anywhere in wp-admin.
2. Choosing a Design Preset:
* Go to the Design tab and click any preset button.
* Presets apply colors, font, glassmorphism, and background mode together — no page reload required.
* Customize any individual field after applying a preset, then click Save.
3. Designing the “Glass” Effect:
* Go to the Design tab.
* Upload a Background Image or choose Animated Mesh for a no-image glassmorphism look.
* Adjust Card Opacity and Blur Radius to create the frosted glass effect.
4. Setting up the Countdown & Auto-Launch:
* Go to the Elements tab.
* Enable the timer and pick your launch date/time.
* Check “Auto-Launch” to show your real site automatically when the timer hits zero.
* The countdown and Auto-Launch use the timezone set in Settings > General.
* Auto-Launch does not switch the Coming Soon toggle off. If you later move the target date into the future, the Coming Soon page is shown again.
5. Sharing with Clients (Secret Access):
* Go to the Advanced tab.
, preview ) in the Secret Key field.
* Save and copy the Magic Link. Anyone with this link can see the real site.
6. Adding Tracking (GA4/Pixel):
* Go to the Advanced tab.
* Paste your code into the Header Scripts box. It only loads on the Coming Soon page (it does not run in the True Visitor Preview).
7. Previewing what visitors see:
* Click Preview Coming Soon Page at the top of Settings > Coming Soon, or in the “Coming Soon” admin bar menu.
* The preview opens in a new tab and shows the page exactly as a logged-out visitor sees it, using your saved settings. It works whether Coming Soon is on or off and does not change anything on your site.