This is not a Coming Soon or maintenance-mode page builder. StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce adds a granular public allowlist on top of WooCommerce’s built-in Site Visibility / Coming Soon. You keep designing the Page: Coming soon template in the Site Editor; this plugin only decides which front-end requests stay public while Coming Soon remains on.

WooCommerce alone offers entire site or store pages only. This plugin fills the gap: open selected pages, posts, and sections (for example homepage + blog) while the shop, products, cart, and checkout stay gated.

Why you may want this plugin

Many launches need that middle option: keep building or refining the storefront, but still publish content the public can read.

Common situations:

You are still finishing products, pricing, or checkout, but want the blog open so visitors can follow build updates, launch news, or SEO content.
You want a public homepage (brand story, waitlist, press) while the shop, products, cart, and checkout stay gated.
You need a few specific pages public (About, Contact, Lookbook) without opening the whole non-store site.
Agencies staging a content-led launch want Woo-native Coming Soon — not a separate maintenance-mode plugin that replaces Woo’s template.

Without this plugin, “store pages only” opens all non-store URLs. StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager lets you open selected sections and URLs instead — still using Woo’s Coming Soon template, not a separate landing-page plugin.

Recommended launch setup

Documentation: StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce Documentation

Go to WooCommerce Settings Site visibility
Set Coming soon and leave Apply to store pages only off (entire site)
Open WooCommerce Settings Site Visibility Manager
Enable Homepage, Blog index, and Blog posts (and any extra pages)
Customise Templates Page: Coming soon in the Site Editor

Features

Public section presets (homepage, blog, shop, products, cart, checkout, account, and more)
Searchable page and post pickers
Public post types and taxonomies (products stay behind dedicated commerce presets)
Status panel with links to Site Visibility and the Coming Soon template
Developer filters: scsvm_is_request_public, scsvm_allowlist_settings
WordPress Abilities API — read Coming Soon / allowlist status and update the allowlist with the same manage_woocommerce capability as the settings UI
Works with block and classic themes WooCommerce Coming Soon already supports

Abilities API and MCP Adapter

This plugin registers WordPress Abilities so agents and automation can inspect and update the public allowlist (same sanitisation and capability checks as the settings screen).

To connect MCP-compatible AI clients to those abilities, install the free MCP Adapter plugin from WordPress.org. MCP Adapter bridges the Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol; it is optional and is not bundled or required to use Site Visibility Manager’s settings UI.

Permission checks still apply: only users with manage_woocommerce can run these abilities.

What this plugin does not do

It does not replace WooCommerce Coming Soon with a custom landing-page builder
It does not block the REST API or Store API (template path only)
It is not a general WordPress maintenance-mode plugin for sites without WooCommerce
It does not require MCP Adapter — install MCP Adapter only if you want MCP clients to use the abilities

Requirements

WordPress 7.0+
PHP 8.1+
WooCommerce 11.0+

Author: StoreCrafted

Full Plugin Source: Github

StoreCrafted Site Visibility Manager for WooCommerce

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