LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder vs DarkAdmin – Dark Mode for Adminpanel

DarkAdmin transforms the WordPress admin dashboard into a clean, eye-friendly dark interface. The plugin is purely CSS-based, keeping it fast and non-intrusive. All colors are driven by CSS custom properties, making the theme fully customizable through a dedicated settings page — no code editing required. An optional Auto Dark Mode feature uses JavaScript to dynamically handle third-party plugin areas not covered by the built-in stylesheet. Features: * One-click enable/disable * Lightweight CSS-based admin theme * Works across all admin pages * Individual color customization via WordPress Color Picker * Custom CSS support using built-in CSS variables * Token-based design system for backgrounds, text, borders, buttons and states * Auto Dark Mode: automatically darkens bright plugin backgrounds not covered by the stylesheet * Preset Themes: Modern (WP 7.0, default) and Classic (WP 6.x) color palettes * Plugins: optional dark styles for Yoast SEO, Wordfence, UpdraftPlus, WP-Optimize, Contact Form 7, and WordPress AI & Connectors * Per-user Dark Mode access control (Include / Exclude) with empty-state UI when no non-admin users exist * Excluded Pages: specify admin pages where dark mode should not be applied

Add a maintenance page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance, add a coming soon page for a new website or create a landing page for an existing site. User with admin rights gets full access to the blog including the front end. Activate the plugin and your blog is in maintenance-mode, works and only registered users with enough rights can see the front end. You can use a date with a countdown timer for visitor information or set a value and unit for information. Also works with WordPress Multisite installs (each blog from the network has its own maintenance settings). Features Fully customizable (change colors, texts and backgrounds). Subscription form (export emails to .csv file). Countdown timer (remaining time). Contact form (receive emails from visitors). Coming soon page; Landing page templates; WordPress multisite; Responsive design; Social media icons; Works with any WordPress theme; SEO options; Exclude URLs from maintenance; Bot functionality to collect the emails in a friendly and efficient way; GDPR Ready; Bugs, technical hints or contribute Please give us feedback, contribute and file technical bugs on GitHub Repo. Credits Developed by Themeisle What’s Next If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects: Optimole – Optimole is your all-in-one image optimization solution for WordPress & beyond. WPShout – In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers Revive Social – Revive Old Posts helps you keep your content alive and in front the audiences that matter. CodeinWP – CodeinWP stands for all-things-WordPress. From web design to freelancing and from development to business, your questions are covered. DomainWheel – Free Short Website name generator, with the help of AI, for instant ideas. Check-out our blog to learn from our WordPress Reviews and see other WordPress plugins.