PRO is finally out.
The free version of Really Simple Under Construction has been around forever and does one thing — hide a site behind a placeholder. Three settings, that’s the whole plugin. It’s lasted as long as it has because nothing more is needed for the maintenance-mode case.
Often enough. But when you’re launching something — a product, a podcast, a rebrand — that placeholder needs to do a bit more than just sit there. That’s what Pro adds.
What’s in it:
- WYSIWYG design editor with six starting templates and a built-in countdown component. So you don’t need a separate countdown plugin or a page builder for this one page.
- Scheduled launch. Set a date and the plugin auto-disables itself. Stops me staying up to flip a switch at midnight.
- Email signup on the placeholder, stored locally in your WP database, exports to CSV. No Mailchimp pixel, no third-party processor agreement.
- Multiple bypass URLs instead of one. Hand a different URL to the agency, the client, the QA freelancer — and revoke them independently when each is done.
- IPv4 + IPv6 CIDR ranges, whitelist a whole office network in one rule.
Plus an admin preview route, an activity log, and a license screen that’s just a license screen.
Yearly subscription, three tiers — solo / agency / unlimited. Prices and the buy button live on the Pro page so they’re always current. Cancel any time.
The free plugin keeps working regardless.
You’ve liked it because it’s simple, small and clean — and it will stay that way!
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