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Simple HTML Coming Soon self-updates

WordPress plugin that displays a custom HTML coming soon page to non-admin visitors with a single toggle.

by andrei BARBURAS · github.com/andreibarburas/simple-html-coming-soon · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/andreibarburas/simple-html-coming-soon/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Ships its own WordPress updater (Plugin Update Checker), so new versions show up under Dashboard → Updates.

Readme github.com/andreibarburas/simple-html-coming-soon ↗

A WordPress plugin that displays a fully custom HTML coming soon page to non-admin visitors with a single toggle — no page builders, no themes, no bloat.

Features

  • Paste any HTML directly into the settings page, including full '<!doctype html>' documents
  • Toggle on/off instantly from the WordPress admin
  • Admins bypass the coming soon page while logged in
  • Serves a proper '503 Service Unavailable' with 'Retry-After' so search engines know it is temporary
  • Falls back to a clean built-in page if no HTML is provided
  • Does not interfere with wp-admin, wp-login, REST API, AJAX, or WP cron
  • Automatic updates via GitHub Releases

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0 or later
  • PHP 8.0 or later

Installation

  1. Go to the Releases page and download the latest '.zip' file.
  2. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
  3. Upload the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.
  4. Go to Settings → Coming Soon (HTML) to configure the plugin.

After the first install, updates will appear automatically in your WordPress dashboard.

Usage

  1. Go to Settings → Coming Soon (HTML).
  2. Paste your custom HTML into the textarea.
  3. Check Enable Coming Soon and save.

To disable, uncheck the toggle and save.

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release

About Author

Hi, I'm Andrei Barburas. By day, I work at the intersection of information management, intelligence gathering, and human cyber risk; designing systems that make sense of complexity and surface what usually stays unseen, drawing on a background in counter-terrorism research and the behavioral patterns behind radicalization and digital vulnerability. I also lecture in Ethics, Communication Management, and Cross-Cultural Management, and write and teach courses on psychology, culture, and critical thinking.

This corner of GitHub is the other side of that same instinct. I build a small collection of free, open-source tools for people who self-host: a suite of Android Apps designed around Nextcloud and selfhosters, along with Home Assistant Apps and a handful of Wordpress Plugins.

I started making these because I wanted something the existing options didn't offer; small, focused tools that fit my own self-hosted setup instead of forcing me to compromise. No ads, no tracking, GPLv3 licensed where applicable, and built to work with the tools people already run at home.

AI Usage

I'm open about the fact that I use AI throughout development. It genuinely helps me move faster and build things I wouldn't otherwise have time for as one person. But AI doesn't replace the actual work; I still spend the evenings figuring out what something should actually do, testing it against real setups and edge cases, and tracking down the inevitable weird bugs. AI is a tool I use, not a shortcut around the thinking.

Support

If my work saves you time, a small tip means a lot:

Other work on Github

License

All my work is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

You are free to use, study, modify, and redistribute this software, provided that any distributed modifications are also licensed under GPL v3 and the source code remains available.

by andrei BARBURAS