Business Hours Indicator

Description

• Highly customizable shortcodes to display your opening times in any format
• Shortcodes to indicate if you are currently open or closed
• Alternate message when you’re almost opening or closing
• Shortcodes to display something only when you are open or closed
• Easily style everything
• 4 widgets (does the same as the shortcodes)
• Supports Vacations
• Supports ‘special dates’ with different opening times (e.g: holidays)
• Supports countdown until your next opening/closing time
• Supports multiple locations
• Developer API (more info below)
• Frontend translated in: Dutch, German, English, Greek, Spanish, Italian, French, Bulgarian, Swedish, Danish,
  Slovakian, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Russian, Czech, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic
• beautiful & user-friendly settings screens for you, or your client, to work in

Check out a complete list of features below.

Quick links

• » Examples
• » Documentation
• » Pro Version

Requirements

• PHP 7.0 or higher
• WordPress 3.7 or higher

General features

• Shortcode to display business hours
• Widget to display business hours
• Shortcode to display if you’re currently open/closed
• Widget to display if you’re currently open/closed
• Shortcode to display content only when you’re open
• Shortcode to display content only when you’re closed
• Choose your prefered time zone
• Display times in 12 or 24 hour format
• Enter multiple locations for more businesses (up to 3 in the free version)
• Include special hours such as holidays
• Include vacation hours
• Highlight the current day
• Frontend translated in: Dutch, German, English, Greek, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French, Bulgarian, Swedish, Danish,
  Slovakian, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Russian, Czech, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, Latvian, Hungarian.

Displaying opening times

• Show the opening hours in a table
• Show the opening hours inline
• Consolidate the output: group days with the same opening hours
• Show/hide holiday hours
• Show/hide vacation hours
• Highlight the current day

Currently open/closed Indication

• Edit the “we’re currently open” message
• Edit the “we’re currently closed” message
• Include the current time in the output
• Include the current day in the output
• Add an opening/closing soon warning like “hurry, we’re closing in 35 minutes”

Limitations

The free version has some limitations you should be aware of. Our pro version (features below) fixes those.

• The free version does not work with caching mechanisms.
• It’s not possible to add a break in opening hours.
• You can add up to 3 locations in the free version.

Developer API

Use the plugin anywhere in WordPress by using the following calls:

• MBHILITE()->is_open('location name') returns true if the location is currently open. False otherwise.
• MBHILITE()->is_closed('location name') returns true if the location is currently closed. False otherwise.
• MBHILITE()->get_opening_hours('location name') returns an array of objects containing the location’s opening hours.
• MBHILITE()->get_specials('location name') returns an array of objects containing the location’s special opening hours.
• MBHILITE()->get_vacations('location name') returns an array of objects containing the location’s vacations.

More documentation coming soon.

PRO FEATURES

• Supports caching
• SEO features
• Enter unlimited multiple locations for more businesses
• Multiple time slots/day for when you close at noon
• Woocommerce support: disable orders + hide “add to cart” buttons when you are closed.
• ‘Message builder’ allows you to add dynamic codes to build any message you like. A few examples:
  • Today is March 8, we’re open from 9AM to 5PM.
  • It’s 7:12PM, we’re closed. We open again on Thursday, in 7 hours and 45 minutes.
  • Hurry, we’re closing in 13 minutes!
  • ..And much more!
• Only show today’s opening times
• Seasonal hours
• Set how many minutes or hours in advance to show “opening/closing soon” message.
• Customize output with line breaks & separators
• Premium support
• Receive updates & bugfixes
• Show abbreviated days in outputs
• More flexibility
• Priority feauture requests
• And more..!

Find out more about the pro version here

Screenshots

Installation

Installing the Business Hours Indicator plugin is very easy:

1. Install from the WordPress Dashboard > Plugin page
2. Or manually download the plugin and extract to wp-content/plugins/
3. Activate the plugin
4. Go to WordPress Dashboard > Settings > Business Hours Indicator
5. Enter your location, daily opening hours, and fiddle with more settings if you want
6. Use the shortcode [mbhi location="my location"] to display the output on pages or posts
7. Or use the PHP code do_shortcode('[mbhi location="my location"]') to display the output anywhere in your theme

FAQ

Does these shortcodes need extra options?

Yes, at least 1. You should give it a ‘location’ attribute. If you don’t, the first location is used.

How can I style the business hours overview?

The code exposes enough CSS classes to give you many styling options. You can
find all classes here.

Reviews

Use this one, it’ll save you time in the long run

Aleks Siroki July 8, 2024 1 reply

Easy to use and most importantly it really works! I’ve tried all of them. The rest either freeze because of caching plugin incompatibility, either they force me to use Gutenberg for god knows what reasons, or the UI is so generic and ugly – it just displays hours in <ul><li> I mean come’n guys – horrible. But this one is different – it’s dynamic, stylish, intuitive – just add your time, vacation, company days, specify the style – you’re done. Great UX, easy, fast, reliable. Great job. Love it!

Outstanding support

oliversiebert August 3, 2023

Outstanding support

Great Plugin and Great Support

philippknoth0202 March 9, 2023

I’m really happy with the Plugin from WombatStudios. As I started to create a new Website for our Costumer, we decide to build up a page where you can see all Opening Times from Stores inside the building. Why I choose Business Hour Indicator? The best feature is that you can set unlimited Opening Times for each Store and not only one. You can Design it with CSS and when you don’t know how? The Support replies fast and helps.

Great support

jammysmears November 17, 2022

Nice plugin that does the job well with great support.

Great support

sillus June 15, 2022

Great support, thanks!

非常に使い勝手良いプラグインです

kunipan May 8, 2022

コードの理解が薄くても、しっかり使えるプラグインなので良いです

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

version 2.4.2

• Fix: fixed 2 possible PHP 8.2 warning messages.

version 2.4.1

• Fix: fixed “edit hours” modal height on some sites.
• Other: verify latest WP version.

version 2.4

• Fix: fixed PHP warnings in PHP 8.2.
• Other: modernized code.
• Warning: going to require a minimum version of PHP 7.0 in the future, to align with WordPress.

version 2.3.9

• Other: verify compatibility with WordPress 6.1.
• Other: update internal links.
• Other: readme changes.

version 2.3.8

• Other: verify compatibility with WordPress 6.0.

version 2.3.7

• Fix: fixed a few minor styling issues on the admin settings page.
• Other: verify new WordPress version.

version 2.3.6

• Other: verify new WordPress version.
• Other: update documentation links.

version 2.3.5

• Update: secured the indicator HTML output.

version 2.3.4

• Update: Added Polish translations.

version 2.3.3

• Update: verify WP compatibility and bump version tags.

version 2.3.2

• Added: Estonian translations.
• Update: bumped minimum PHP version to 5.6.

version 2.3.1

• Fix: fixed a bug with “output” and “display” settings in the shortcode.
• Update: verified WP 5.6 compatibility.

version 2.3.0

• Update: Verified WordPress 5.5 compatibility.
• Fix: minor code cleanup.

version 2.2.9

• Added: Hungarian translations.

version 2.2.8

• Added: Catalan translations.
• Update: verified WP 5.4.1.

version 2.2.7

• Added: Latvian language.
• Update: changes to Lithuanian translation of abbreviated months.
• Update: PHP improvement removed deprecated function create_function.

version 2.2.6

• Update: Opening times are now selectable with 5 minute intervals instead of 15-minute intervals.

version 2.2.5

• Fix: fixed a bug in the admin settings screen when location names are numbers.
• Fix: Italian translation typo.

version 2.2.4

• Added: New translations for Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese.

version 2.2.3

• Added: Icelandic language.

version 2.2.2

• Fix: fixed a bug with wrong “open” indication for holidays going past midnight.

version 2.2.1

• Update: better translation compatibility.
• Added: Swiss High German language.

version 2.2.0

• Added: Finnish translations.

version 2.1.9

• Added: Norwegian translations.

version 2.1.8

• Added: Croation translations.
• Added: Lithuanian translations.

version 2.1.7

• Added: added NL_BE language.
• Update: fixed warning for create_function in PHP 7.2.

version 2.1.6

• Enhancements: added a filter ‘mbhi_capability’ allowing you to change who can edit hours.

version 2.1.5

• Fix: fixed a bug when deleting one or more holidays within the same month.

version 2.1.4

• CSS changes in the backend to support plugins that override WordPress’ default style.

version 2.1.3

• Added: added Slovenian language.

version 2.1.2

• Added: added Canadian French and Belgian French language.

version 2.1.1

• Added: Czech language.
• Fix: bugfix in conversion service.

version 2.1.0

• Fix: fixed a bug with is_open and holidays.

version 2.0.9

• Fix: fixed a bug with is_open.

version 2.0.8

• Update: Lists with vacations and specials are now ordered by ascending date.
• Update: Added Danish translations.

version 2.0.7

• Update: added Russian translations.
• Fix: fixed a bug with the indicator and vacations.

version 2.0.6

• New feature: added widget to display content only when closed.
• New feature: added widget to display content only when open.
• Changes: minor style changes.
• Testing: verified the plugin on WP 4.7.5

version 2.0.5

• New feature: easily accessible API for developers.
• New feature: select quartes of an hour.
• Testing: verified the plugin on WP 4.7.4

version 2.0.4

• Fix: if a vacation was today, it wasn’t denoted as the current day.

version 2.0.3

• Fix notice: wrap loops to check for arrays.

version 2.0.2

• Fix admin screen bug with dependency fields.

version 2.0.1

• Fixed a bug where some translations weren’t working
• Fixed a bug where a vacation was displayed even though the setting was set to false.
• AFTER UPGRADING, PLEASE CHECK IF YOUR WIDGETS ARE STILL INTACT.

version 2.0.0

• Rewritten the core of the plugin to implement features faster.
• Fixed a few edge-case bugs.
• AFTER UPGRADING, PLEASE CHECK IF YOUR WIDGETS ARE STILL INTACT.

Version 1.8.8

• Added Slovak language to translations
• Verified WP 4.7.1 compatibility

Version 1.8.7

• Getting rid of closure in favor of normal function. This disables warnings for some versions of WP.

Version 1.8.6

• Finally added 2 widgets to display (a) your business hours and (b) indication of being currently open/closed.
• UI changes.

Version 1.8.5

• Fixed php warning ‘invalid foreach’.

Version 1.8.4

• Added Bulgarian language (special thanks to D. Stoykow)

Version 1.8.3

• Addition upon 1.8.2

Version 1.8.2

• Fixed an issue with PHP 5.3/5.4 versions.

Version 1.8.1

• Fixed an issue where some WooCommerce websites had a faulty system status.

Version 1.8.0

• Bugfixes
• Rewritten frontend
• Updated languages
• Added Swedish language

Version 1.7.4

• Bugfix: when you aren’t open for a few days, the frontend gave a silent error.

Version 1.7.3

• Small bugfix in admin javascript where users weren’t able to add multiple locations without refreshing the page.

version 1.7.2

• Proper support for the shortcodes in widgets.
• Remove array literals to support php version 5.3.
• Update documentation.
• Fix bug with ifopen/ifclosed shortcodes for multiple locations.

version 1.7.1

• Fixed a bug where do_shortcode() doesn’t show content.

version 1.7

• Added a help tab with shortcodes info.
• shortcodes can now override dashboard settings via attributes.
• Added various new functionality for displaying opening hours.

Version 1.6

• Bugfix where holidays couldn’t be denoted as ‘closed’.

Version 1.5.1

• Bugfix between Woocommerce and this plugin.

Version 1.5

• Added more CSS classes for your styling needs.
• Ability to print a consolidated (= shortened) opening hours table.
• Reorganized and added some settings.

Version 1.4

• Small bugfixes

Version 1.3

• Added [mbhi_ifclosed] shortcode
• Added [mbhi_ifopen] shortcode

Version 1.2

MAJOR CHANGE — You’ll have to re-enter your settings!

• Added locations
• Added vacation/holiday exception
• Changed settings screen
• Added more settings
• Added a new shortcode to display a location’s business hours table

Version 1.1

• Code enhancements
• Approximation: include a different sentence when your business is almost opening/closing.

Version 1.0

• Initial version