52
Minimal Coming Soon – Coming Soon Page
The free version is basically just a very loud advertisement.
Poor rating
52/100
Users find the free version nearly useless due to heavy paywalls and constant upgrade prompts.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.4★
280 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+3%
Holding steady
463 → 475 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.23★
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 · +3% in the last year
463/day a year ago→475/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMinimal Coming Soon has a poor reputation among recent users, widely criticized for locking nearly all useful features behind a paywall and aggressively upselling, with only isolated praise for responsive support.
What people like
- +At least one support interaction was described as prompt, patient, and effective at resolving an issue
- +Plugin ranks highly in search results for relevant terms like 'maintenance'
Common complaints
- −Nearly all meaningful features are locked behind a paid upgrade, leaving the free version with little to no practical functionality×9
- −Constant in-plugin upsell prompts and upgrade nags that interfere with using the free features×6
- −Free version themes/design options are extremely limited — only a plain black-text-on-white default is available for free×3
- −Pro/premium version has visual quality issues, including white text on white backgrounds and black text on black backgrounds
- −Inline CSS and JavaScript stopped working in custom HTML/CSS fields after a specific update (since 2.38)
- −Conflicts with WPML, causing WordPress REST API JSON errors
- −Maintenance mode does not reliably activate — pages remain unchanged after setup and saving×2
- −Plugin is described as outdated, no longer actively maintained, and overly complicated for its purpose×2
- −Persistent 'are you sure' confirmation dialogs appear even after saving, indicating poor UX coding
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.23★Verified rating — drops from 4.40★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 280 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-01-15★★★★★Invisible text, nagging after saves: I give upfocuspulling
- 2025-09-18★★★★★Conflict with WPML and maybe more.Louno
- 2025-07-16★★★★★very bad onemax1388
- 2025-05-07★★★★★Try something elsederrickmg
- 2025-04-14★★★★★Garbage plugin that makes your eyes bleedKeith
- 2025-01-21★★★★★Can't do anything with the free versionbbbstoked
- 2024-08-15★★★★★Literally just a landing page to pay themslacker937
- 2024-07-31★★★★★Worthless. Doesn't even work when turning on Maintenance ModeHolyMoley
- 2024-06-22★★★★★VERY ImpressiveNuT^CrAcKeR
- 2024-06-08★★★★★Free version doesn't work with analyticsdelaner
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.
757
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
971
Prior 7-day baseline
615
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,907
Mean release-day peak (30d)
754
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-22.0%
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.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.26
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
54%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.42 → 3.23★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered