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Coming Soon & Maintenance

Coming Soon & Maintenance shows visitors a polished launch or “be right back” screen while your team still signs in as usual.

What it does

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  • Dedicated page with tabs: General, Appearance & Design, Advanced, Subscribers.
  • Enable Coming Soon / Maintenance mode plus Mode: Coming Soon (HTTP 200, noindex) or Maintenance (HTTP 503 + Retry-After).
  • Optional Use existing page + Page URL to serve another site page as the gate design.
  • Ready-made Templates, logo sources, heading/description, Launch Date, Auto-disable when countdown ends, email Notify Me signup.
  • Design controls (alignment, colors, countdown/subscribe styling, social icons, backgrounds).
  • Bypass Access: Allowed Roles, Bypass URL; Excluded URLs and Exclude WooCommerce cart, checkout, and account pages.
  • Blocks public AJAX/REST/XML-RPC/feeds when active; admin bar notice when the gate is on.
  • Conflicts with Password Protection; requires license.

When to use it

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Enable it if:

  • The site is pre-launch and you want a branded countdown + signup.
  • You need a short maintenance window with proper 503 semantics.
  • Clients should preview via bypass link without opening the whole site.

When not to use it

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How to enable it

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  1. Activate your WP PowerSuite license.
  2. Enable the module under WP PowerSuite -> Modules.
  3. Open WP PowerSuite -> Coming Soon & Maintenance.
  4. Choose Mode, pick a template or design, set bypass roles/URL exclusions.
  5. Enable Enable Coming Soon / Maintenance mode, save, then use Preview.

How to test it

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  • Enable Coming Soon; visit the site in a private window while logged out.
  • ✅ Pass: landing page loads with HTTP 200 and noindex robots behavior.
  • Switch to Maintenance; retest logged out.
  • ✅ Pass: HTTP 503 response.
  • Log in as an allowed role or open the Bypass URL.
  • ✅ Pass: full site is reachable.
  • ❌ Fail: confirm Enable is on, license is active, and cache plugins were purged (module attempts common cache flushes on save).

Troubleshooting

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  • Still seeing the old homepage. Purge CDN/page cache; confirm you are not using a bypass cookie/role.
  • Woo checkout blocked. Enable Exclude WooCommerce cart, checkout, and account pages or add paths under Excluded URLs.
  • Password Protection conflict. Disable one of the two modules.

FAQ

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What does Coming Soon & Maintenance do?

It gates the public site behind a Coming Soon or Maintenance page while logged-in staff and Allowed Roles can still browse.

Is Coming Soon & Maintenance free?

No. It is a Premium module and needs an active WP PowerSuite license.

What is the difference between Coming Soon and Maintenance?

Coming Soon returns HTTP 200 with noindex. Maintenance returns HTTP 503 with Retry-After for short downtime.

How can visitors bypass the gate?

Use Allowed Roles, a Bypass URL token, excluded URLs, or the built-in Preview while logged in as an admin.

How do I turn Coming Soon & Maintenance off?

Open the module page and turn off Enable Coming Soon / Maintenance mode, or disable the module under WP PowerSuite -> Modules.

Developer notes (hooks & filters)

Source: modules/coming-soon-maintenance/module.php. Boot: critical · context: frontend, admin, ajax.

Hooks: template_redirect, REST/XML-RPC/feed guards, subscribe AJAX. Filters include wpps_csm_should_show_page. Cache purge on settings save.

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