Beschreibung
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.
- SEO Friendly: Sends a proper 503 HTTP status code to search engines.
- WCAG 2.1 AA Compliant: All design presets pass color contrast requirements for buttons, text, and timer elements.
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 have the plugin disable itself automatically when the timer hits zero.
5. Sharing with Clients (Secret Access):
* Go to the Advanced tab.
* Enter a secret keyword (e.g., preview) in the Bypass Keyword 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.
Screenshots
Frontend View: The Coming Soon page with animated mesh background, frosted glass card, and staggered entrance animations. 
Content Tab: Set your logo (with width slider), headline, and body text shown on the coming soon page. 
Design Presets & Background: Five one-click visual presets (Minimal, SaaS Dark, Product Launch, Agency, Event) with the active preset highlighted, plus Background settings showing Animated Mesh mode with FROM/TO gradient color pickers. 
Countdown Timer: Configure your launch date/time, enable Auto-Launch to go live automatically when the timer hits zero, and set custom digit and label colors. 
Launch Progress Bar: Enable the animated fill bar, set a custom label, and drag the live admin slider to reflect your current launch percentage. 
Pro Action Button: Live „Join The Waitlist“ button preview, tabbed Default/Hover color panels, and slider-based radius, vertical/horizontal padding, shadow, and border controls. 
Advanced Tab — SEO, Analytics & Secret Access: Set a custom Page Title and Meta Description for search engines, paste GA4/Facebook Pixel scripts into the Header Scripts box, and configure a Secret Key to generate a private Magic Link for client previews.
Installation
- Upload the
simple-coming-soonfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress.
- Navigate to Settings > Coming Soon to configure your page.
- Flip the toggle to enable maintenance mode and click „Save Changes“.
FAQ
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Q: Why can I still see my website after enabling the plugin?
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A: The plugin allows Administrators to see the real site so you can keep working on it. To see what visitors see, open your site in an Incognito/Private browser window.
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Q: How do I let my client see the site without giving them a login?
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A: Use the Secret Client Access feature in the Advanced tab. Set a keyword, save, and send them the generated Magic Link. They will be whitelisted via a browser cookie.
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Q: My background or colors aren’t changing when I save.
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A: This is usually caused by a caching plugin (like WP Rocket or W3 Total Cache). Clear your site cache after saving settings.
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Q: Does the Countdown Timer work in all timezones?
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A: Yes, the timer uses your WordPress Site Time (set in Settings > General) to calculate the remaining time.
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Q: Will this hurt my Google ranking?
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A: No. This plugin sends a 503 Service Unavailable header with a Retry-After value. This tells Google the site is temporarily down for maintenance, preserving your SEO.
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Q: How do I change the font?
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A: Go to the Design tab and use the Font dropdown. Choose from Inter, Poppins, Merriweather, Playfair Display, or Space Mono.
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Q: Can I apply a preset and then customize it?
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A: Absolutely. Presets populate the form fields — nothing is locked. Change any field after applying a preset before saving.
Rezensionen
Für dieses Plugin gibt es keine Rezensionen.
Mitwirkende und Entwickler
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Änderungsprotokoll
1.4.8
- Note: Versions 1.4.6 and 1.4.7 were withdrawn due to a deployment issue that caused the admin UI to appear unstyled for users updating via the WordPress dashboard. This release supersedes both and is the stable version to update to.
- New: 5 one-click Design Presets (Minimal, SaaS Dark, Product Launch, Agency, Event) — apply colors, font, glassmorphism, and background mode together.
- New: Background Mode selector — Solid Color, Gradient, Animated Mesh, Background Image, and Video URL.
- New: Launch Progress Bar with customizable label, animated fill, and live admin slider preview.
- Redesigned: CTA Action Button card — live preview, tabbed Default/Hover color panels, slider-based radius and padding controls.
- Redesigned: Full admin dashboard rewrite — card-based layout, animated toggles, sticky save bar, staggered animations.
- Redesigned: Frontend visual layer — ambient background orbs, spring-easing card entrance, staggered element animations, upgraded countdown boxes and social icons.
- Accessibility: All presets now pass WCAG 2.1 AA color contrast. Fixed SaaS Dark button contrast from 4.3:1 to 6.2:1. Timer colors corrected for dark-background presets.
- Fix: Progress label and percentage now inherit the user-set text color.
- Improvement: All admin strings use the
simple-coming-soontext domain — fully translation-ready.
1.4.5
- Fix: Added
nocache_headersto prevent Cloudflare/Edge Caching from displaying the „Live“ site instead of the „Coming Soon“ page. - Fix: Improved HTTP headers to ensure stronger cache-busting for maintenance mode.
1.4.4
- New: „Tabbed Interface“ for organized settings (Content, Design, Elements, Advanced).
- Feature: Added „Scripts & Analytics“ field for GA4/Facebook Pixel integration.
- Feature: Added „One-Click Enable/Disable“ toggle in settings.
- Feature: Added „Admin Bar Status Indicator“ (WCAG Compliant labels).
- New Icons: Added TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn support.
- Fix: Improved padding logic with smart fallbacks (12px/25px) for the Pro Action Button.
- Fix: Resolved compliance issues for Google Fonts enqueuing.
- Fix: Resolved color resetting bug when switching between setting tabs.
- Fix: Improved mobile responsiveness and scrolling using modern 100dvh units.
- Improved: Updated documentation and UI layout with Dashicons.
1.4.3
- Improved: Replaced heavy Dashicons with lightweight inline SVGs for better performance.
- Update: Updated Twitter logo to the new „X“ branding.
- Fix: Removed Dashicons dependency from frontend to improve page load speed.
1.4.2
- Massive Update: The „Pro“ Release
- New: Advanced Action Button with Hover, Border, Padding, and Shadow controls.
- New: Smart Countdown Timer with Auto-Launch mode.
- New: „Frosted Glass“ design engine (Blur & Opacity).
- New: Secret Client Bypass link to share site access.
- Improved: WCAG Accessibility compliance for social icons and focus states.
1.3.1
- Feature: Added a Settings Page (Settings > Coming Soon).
- Feature: Added Logo Upload capability.
- Feature: Added Customizable Headline and Message fields.
- Feature: Added Social Media icons (Facebook, X, Instagram).
- Style: Complete visual overhaul with modern gradient background and animations.
- Compatibility: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.
1.0.2
- Fixed: Removed global
<body>styling that caused the plugin to cover site headers and sections. - Fixed: Ensured the coming soon page displays correctly without breaking the site layout.
- Improved: Wrapped content in a dedicated
.scs-wrapperfor safer styling. - Improved: Added responsive design with mobile-friendly font sizes.
1.0.0
- Initial release.