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StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce

Granular public allowlist for WooCommerce Coming Soon — open homepage and blog while the shop stays closed.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.0.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 7.0 · PHP 8.1
Directory statusactive
Last directory update29 Oct 20264d ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce version 1.0.0 as active, updated 4d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

This is not a Coming Soon or maintenance-mode page builder. StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce adds a granular public allowlist on top of WooCommerce’s built-in Site Visibility / Coming Soon. You keep designing the Page: Coming soon template in the Site Editor; this plugin only decides which front-end requests stay public while Coming Soon remains on.

WooCommerce alone offers entire site or store pages only. This plugin fills the gap: open selected pages, posts, and sections (for example homepage + blog) while the shop, products, cart, and checkout stay gated.

Why you may want this plugin

Many launches need that middle option: keep building or refining the storefront, but still publish content the public can read.

Common situations:

  • You are still finishing products, pricing, or checkout, but want the blog open so visitors can follow build updates, launch news, or SEO content.
  • You want a public homepage (brand story, waitlist, press) while the shop, products, cart, and checkout stay gated.
  • You need a few specific pages public (About, Contact, Lookbook) without opening the whole non-store site.
  • Agencies staging a content-led launch want Woo-native Coming Soon — not a separate maintenance-mode plugin that replaces Woo’s template.

Without this plugin, “store pages only” opens all non-store URLs. StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager lets you open selected sections and URLs instead — still using Woo’s Coming Soon template, not a separate landing-page plugin.

Recommended launch setup

Documentation: StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce Documentation

  • Go to WooCommerce → Settings → Site visibility
  • Set Coming soon and leave Apply to store pages only off (entire site)
  • Open WooCommerce → Settings → Site Visibility Manager
  • Enable Homepage, Blog index, and Blog posts (and any extra pages)
  • Customise Templates → Page: Coming soon in the Site Editor

Features

  • Public section presets (homepage, blog, shop, products, cart, checkout, account, and more)
  • Searchable page and post pickers
  • Public post types and taxonomies (products stay behind dedicated commerce presets)
  • Status panel with links to Site Visibility and the Coming Soon template
  • Developer filters: scsvm_is_request_public, scsvm_allowlist_settings
  • WordPress Abilities API — read Coming Soon / allowlist status and update the allowlist with the same manage_woocommerce capability as the settings UI
  • Works with block and classic themes WooCommerce Coming Soon already supports

Abilities API and MCP Adapter

This plugin registers WordPress Abilities so agents and automation can inspect and update the public allowlist (same sanitisation and capability checks as the settings screen).

org. MCP Adapter bridges the Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol; it is optional and is not bundled or required to use Site Visibility Manager’s settings UI.

Permission checks still apply: only users with manage_woocommerce can run these abilities.

What this plugin does not do

  • It does not replace WooCommerce Coming Soon with a custom landing-page builder
  • It does not block the REST API or Store API (template path only)
  • It is not a general WordPress maintenance-mode plugin for sites without WooCommerce
  • It does not require MCP Adapter — install MCP Adapter only if you want MCP clients to use the abilities

Requirements

  • WordPress 7.0+
  • PHP 8.1+
  • WooCommerce 11.0+

Author: StoreCrafted

Full Plugin Source: Github

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • abilities api
  • coming soon
  • site visibility
  • mcp
  • woocommerce
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 7.0 · PHP 8.1
Update activity29 Oct 20264d ago

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