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Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation

By ilyasine

Site Administration & Utilities / Maintenance Mode

Reviewed by Omar Dabbas

Trusted WordPress expert with 20+ years of experience evaluating plugins for the WP ecosystem.

Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation Review - In-Depth Analysis

Easily enable maintenance mode with stunning animations. Customize access for specific users and allow previews for clients.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.76/10

User Rating

5/5 (based on 34+ reviews)

Active Installations

3,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

5 / 10 (Medium Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This super lightweight plugin is intended primarily for developers, designers, and site administrators that need to allow clients to preview the site before being available to the public or to temporarily hide it while undergoing major updates.

Any logged-in user with WordPress administrator privileges will be allowed to view the site regardless of the settings in the plugin. The exact privilege can be set using a filter hook.

The behavior of this can be enabled or disabled at any time without losing any of the settings configured in its settings pane. However, deactivating the plugin is recommended versus having it activated while disabled.

When redirect is enabled, it can send different header types. A list of IP addresses can be set up to completely bypass maintenance mode, useful for allowing a client’s entire office to access the site while in maintenance mode without needing to maintain individual access keys.

Access keys work by creating a key on the user’s computer that will be checked against when maintenance mode is active. When a new key is created, a link to create the access key cookie will be emailed to the provided address. Access can then be revoked by disabling or deleting the key.

Animations on the web are engaging and can convert site visitors into customers even before the site is available to the public. You can choose your animation from the library or upload your own; this animation will be shown in front of your site when it is undergoing maintenance.

This plugin will override any other maintenance plugin you use. All settings are auto-updated, so you don't need to save anything.

WP-CLI commands are available for installation, activation, deactivation, and uninstallation of the plugin.

Comparing to Alternatives

Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation stands out in the maintenance plugin category with its unique animation features and developer-friendly tools, though it faces competition from several well-established alternatives.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Lightweight and minimal performance overhead.
Supports IP whitelisting and access keys for controlled access.
Developer-friendly with WP-CLI compatibility and clean code.
Includes smooth, customizable animations enhancing user experience.
Efficient redirect logic without bloating the database.

Weaknesses

Known medium-level security vulnerabilities with some unresolved issues.
No pro version available, limiting advanced feature access.
Less established compared to some long-standing alternatives.
Potential risk for sites requiring highest security standards.

User Sentiment Analysis

With a perfect 5-star rating from all 33 reviewers, user feedback is overwhelmingly positive, highlighting ease of use, performance, and animation quality.

Positive highlights

'Efficient Maintenance Tool & perfect downtime handling' - soufyanesfr
'Lightweight and powerful' - hanifmahdi
'A Must-Have for Any WordPress Site!' - idrisstyebi
'Effortless Maintenance Mode with Engaging Animations' - lukabains
'Outstanding Plugin – Simple, Elegant, and Reliable!' - omhidan

Common complaints

Weaknesses

Security vulnerabilities reported with medium severity.
No available fixes for some security issues as of last scan.
Lack of a paid version may limit advanced support and features.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Developers and site administrators seeking a lightweight, animation-enhanced maintenance plugin with IP whitelisting and access control features for professional downtime management.

Not ideal for

Users requiring a plugin with a flawless security record or advanced premium features, as current vulnerabilities and lack of a pro version may pose concerns.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version offers a comprehensive maintenance and coming soon solution with animation support, IP whitelisting, access keys, and WP-CLI compatibility, providing excellent value for most users.

Final Verdict

Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation is a highly rated, lightweight plugin that excels in providing a polished maintenance mode experience with smooth animations and developer-friendly features. Its free offering is robust, making it a strong choice for many WordPress users.

However, the presence of unresolved medium-level security vulnerabilities and the absence of a pro version may deter users with strict security requirements or those seeking advanced premium features. Alternatives with longer security track records might be preferable in such cases.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation plugin.

Maintenance mode

Coming soon

Redirect animation

Screenshots

FAQ

There is a filter which allows you to programatically bypass the redirection block:

wploti_matches

This allows you to run pretty much any test you like, although be aware that the whole redirection thing runs before the $post global is set up, so WordPress conditionals such as is_post() and is_tax() are not available.

This example looks in the $_SERVER global to see if any part of the URL contains “hello-world” ( default wordpress post for example )

function my_wploti_matches( $wploti_matches ) {     if ( stristr( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'hello-world' ) )          $wploti_matches[] = "<!-- hello-world -->";     return $wploti_matches; } add_filter( "wploti_matches", "my_wploti_matches" );

You can follow the same process for pages, posts, categories, taxonomies, custom post types ,etc.

By default, Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation uses the manage_options capability, but that is normally only applied to administrators. As it stands, a user with a lesser permissions level, such as editor, is able to view the admin side of the site, but not the front end. You can change this using this filter :

wploti_user_can

This filter is used to pass a different WordPress capability to check if the logged-in user has permission to view the site and thus bypass the redirection, such as edit_posts. Note that this is run before $post is set up, so WordPress conditionals such as is_post() and is_tax() are not available. However, it’s not really meant for programatically determining whether a user should have access, but rather just changing the default capability to be tested, so you don’t really need to do anything other than the example below.

function my_wploti_user_can( $capability ) {     return "edit_posts"; } add_filter( "wploti_user_can", "my_wploti_user_can" );

Contributors and developers

“Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

ilyasine

Yassine Idrissi

Free Version

WPS

6.76

Average

Ratings

5 out of 5 | 34

Version

2.4.1

Last updated

1 month ago

Active installations

3,000+

WordPress version

7.2 or higher

PHP version

7.4 or higher

Languages

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Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation Review - In-Depth Analysis

Performance Overview

What It Does

Comparing to Alternatives

User Sentiment Analysis

Who Should Use This?

Pricing & Value

Final Verdict

Other Notable Features

Screenshots

FAQ

Contributors and developers

Ratings

Reviews (34)

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Contributors & Developers

Interested in development?

Changelog

Security Status

Secure

No Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Known Vulnerabilities (2)

Previous Versions

WPS

6.76

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