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CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes
A generous freebie with a tiny GDPR catch.
Healthy
78/100
Users love the generous free features despite concerns about GDPR and bypass URLs.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.7★
324 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
0%
Holding steady
1,349 → 1,345 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · 0% in the last year
1,349/day a year ago→1,345/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCMP is a well-regarded free coming-soon and maintenance plugin praised for its balance of features and simplicity, but it carries real caveats around GDPR compliance with externally loaded Google Fonts, inconsistent bypass URL behavior, and concerns about support responsiveness.
What people like
- +Good balance of features without being bloated or overly minimal×3
- +Bypass URL feature allows site preview while the coming soon/maintenance page is active×2
- +Free version is genuinely useful without being crippled by a paywall×2
- +Easy setup and flexible customization, including custom HTML/CSS and background images×2
Common complaints
- −Google Fonts are loaded externally from googleapis.com with no option to disable the connection, raising GDPR compliance concerns
- −Bypass URL feature is unreliable — reported working on one site but broken on another
- −Support appears unresponsive to forum requests
- −Plugin reported as failing to activate entirely for at least one user
- −No IP-based bypass option, noted as a missing feature by a user who otherwise rates it highly
- −Conflict with WPS Hide Login plugin causes CMP to stop working
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.49★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 324 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-08★★★★★Not GDPR Ready – Google Fonts are external loadedSascha
- 2025-12-31★★★★★Works great, no fussmuirgen
- 2025-12-09★★★★★No funcionaluisromerolabrador1-shot
- 2025-12-01★★★★★Full-featured and efficient, a must-have !mathieuld1-shot
- 2025-11-10★★★★★Great Free Features and Easy to Use!chook
- 2025-07-29★★★★★Excellent Plugin!Ryan @InfluenceWP.com
- 2025-07-06★★★★★Excellent plugin pour mettre un site WordPress en Maintenance.amyl961-shot
- 2025-06-02★★★★★Simple, Stylish, and Works PerfectlyNeil Batchelor
- 2025-05-12★★★★★Best Maintenance pluginpyxa.ch
- 2025-04-24★★★★★Perfectsimeon78
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,158
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,302
Prior 7-day baseline
931
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
7,087
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,234
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-11.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.23
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-25%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.51 → 4.49★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered