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<p>The <em>Sooon.page – Site Under Construction</em> plugin allows you to quickly activate or deactivate a custom “Under Construction” or “Maintenance Mode” page for your WordPress site.</p>
<p>Upload your own custom page created in <a href="https://sooon.page" rel="nofollow ugc">Sooon.page</a>, a drag-and-drop online page builder designed specifically for creating stunning maintenance mode pages.</p>
<h3>How does it work?</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install the plugin</li>
<li>Access the website <a href="https://sooon.page" rel="nofollow ugc">sooon.page</a> to create your page under construction. You don’t need (and can’t) register.</li>
<li>Create your page: Enter a title, a short text and a logo or image, choose a template and adjust it according to your needs.</li>
<li>Choose your template. Some are free and others have paid features.</li>
<li>Adjust the page according to your needs.</li>
<li>Then download the ZIP file and upload into this plugin page.</li>
</ol>
<p>You don’t need to connect to the sooon.page service again or have an account created, the downloaded ZIP file works independently.</p>
<h3>About sooon.page</h3>
<p>The app offers dozens of templates that allow you to instantly create stunning pages.</p>
<ul>
<li>You can add subscription forms for your newsletter service without writing a single line of code.</li>
<li>Create countdown timers in seconds, selecting the final date and multiple shapes ans animations.</li>
<li>Achieve impressive backgrounds thanks to the combination of sliders, gradients or videos. </li>
<li><a href="https://sooon.page/web/en/coming-soon-templates" rel="nofollow ugc">You can check out our template demos</a> before getting started.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Easily and quickly create a professional-looking “Under Construction” or “Maintenance Mode” page that will keep your visitors informed and engaged while you work on your site.</li>
<li>Restrict access to your site during maintenance mode by selecting which user roles are allowed to bypass the “Under Construction” page and view the full site. </li>
<li>Activate or deactivate the maintenance mode in one click.</li>
<li>Download the current maintenance page ZIP and upload again to sooon.page to edit.</li>
</ul>


Sooon.page – Site Under Construction

Quickly activate or deactivate your website's 'Under Construction' mode. Simply upload your custom page created with sooon.page.

Themeisle

<p>Add a maintenance page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance, add a coming soon page for a new website or create a landing page for an existing site. User with admin rights gets full access to the blog including the front end.</p>
<p>Activate the plugin and your blog is in maintenance-mode, works and only registered users with enough rights can see the front end. You can use a date with a countdown timer for visitor information or set a value and unit for information.</p>
<p>Also works with WordPress Multisite installs (each blog from the network has its own maintenance settings).</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fully customizable (change colors, texts and backgrounds).</li>
<li>Subscription form (export emails to .csv file).</li>
<li>Countdown timer (remaining time).</li>
<li>Contact form (receive emails from visitors).</li>
<li>Coming soon page;</li>
<li>Landing page templates;</li>
<li>WordPress multisite;</li>
<li>Responsive design;</li>
<li>Social media icons;</li>
<li>Works with any WordPress theme;</li>
<li>SEO options;</li>
<li>Exclude URLs from maintenance;</li>
<li>Bot functionality to collect the emails in a friendly and efficient way;</li>
<li>GDPR Ready;</li>
</ul>
<h4>Bugs, technical hints or contribute</h4>
<p>Please give us feedback, contribute and file technical bugs on <a href="https://github.com/andrianvaleanu/WP-Maintenance-Mode" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repo</a>.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Developed by <a href="https://themeisle.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Themeisle</a></p>
<h4>What’s Next</h4>
<p>If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://optimole.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Optimole</a> – Optimole is your all-in-one image optimization solution for WordPress & beyond.</li>
<li><a href="https://wpshout.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPShout</a> – In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers</li>
<li><a href="https://revive.social/" rel="nofollow ugc">Revive Social</a> – Revive Old Posts helps you keep your content alive and in front the audiences that matter.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.codeinwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">CodeinWP</a> – CodeinWP stands for all-things-WordPress. From web design to freelancing and from development to business, your questions are covered.</li>
<li><a href="https://domainwheel.com" rel="nofollow ugc">DomainWheel</a> – Free Short Website name generator, with the help of AI, for instant ideas.</li>
</ul>
<p>Check-out <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/" title="Themeisle blog" rel="nofollow ugc">our blog</a> to learn from our <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/category/wordpress/reviews/" title="WordPress Reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Reviews</a> and see other <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/category/wordpress-plugins/" title="WordPress Plugins Comparisons" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress plugins</a>.</p>


LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder

I discovered some times ago that there is an add for Otter Blocks in Custom CSS setting in Gutenberg. I did not investigate and the last update of Lighstart force to install Otter Blocks when you go to Gutenberg management for Maintenance Page. Deactivating Lightstart resolves the problem. So don’t install this plugin, there is a bunch of alternative.

Add Ad for Otter in Custom CSS setting in Gutenberg


Initially I installed the plugin and there was an "optimize images" checkbox (enabled by default), that I did not look carefully into. After the plugin was installed, I noticed that some kind of optimization plugin had been installed. That was fine as I felt it was my mistake for not looking into that more carefully,



Today I find another plugin on our site, a plugin called "Otter Blocks".



This is quite a shady practice - probably done to boost the installs and visibility of the other plugins.


Installs other plugins without notice


After installing a plugin that initially appears uncomplicated and straightforward, you are immediately greeted with aggressive promotions for Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg. In a short span, a new message emerges: "Elevate your content's visibility with ease! Discover Revive Old Posts, a state-of-the-art plugin from the creators of Otter – Page Builder Blocks & Extensions for Gutenberg. Effortlessly reshare both old and new content on social media platforms, attracting unprecedented traffic."



Given that "unprecedented traffic" seems to be just a catchy phrase coined by marketers to lure in users, the entire promotional tactic can be overbearing for those seeking a clutter-free experience. Such aggressive marketing feels intrusive, disregards user preferences, and does not align with a community-oriented ethos.


Bombarded with excessive promotions


This plugin installs other crap ware on your site. Stay away.


Installs crapware


Theoretical this is a great plugin allowing users to design and change their "Maintenance" page in Gutenberg. But in reality it hung my WP admin upon activation. And the site is not available. Too many re-directs.Also the so called templates do install an extra plugin "Otter" which might be handy. But a little confusing. 


Looks great, but has issues

Easy Drag & Drop Page Builder that adds a splash page to your site that it's perfect for a coming soon page, maintenance or landing page.

Sooon.page – Site Under Construction vs LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder