Title: Business Hours Indicator Author: Maarten B Published: September 4, 2016 Last modified: October 11, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/business-hours-indicator/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1551528) # Business Hours Indicator By [Maarten B](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maartenbelmans/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/business-hours-indicator.2.4.5.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-hours-indicator/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-hours-indicator/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-hours-indicator/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-hours-indicator/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/business-hours-indicator/) ## Description * Use Blocks or shortcodes to display your opening times in any format anywhere on your website * Shortcodes & block to indicate if you are currently open or closed * Alternate message when you’re almost opening or closing * Shortcodes or block 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](http://demo.studiowombat.com/bhi-demos/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme) * [» Documentation](https://www.studiowombat.com/knowledge-base/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme) * [» Pro Version](https://www.studiowombat.com/plugin/business-hours-indicator/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme) #### 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](https://www.studiowombat.com/plugin/business-hours-indicator/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme) ## Screenshots [⌊Various examples of what this plugin can do.⌉⌊Various examples of what this plugin can do.⌉[ Various examples of what this plugin can do. [⌊Settings screen.⌉⌊Settings screen.⌉[ Settings screen. [⌊Enter opening times for a location.⌉⌊Enter opening times for a location.⌉[ Enter opening times for a location. [⌊Example of how it could look like on the frontend.⌉⌊Example of how it could look like on the frontend.⌉[ Example of how it could look like on the frontend. ## Blocks This plugin provides 4 blocks. * [BHI] opening hours overview * [BHI] Show only when open * [BHI] opening hours indicator * [BHI] Show only when closed ## 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](https://www.studiowombat.com/knowledge-base/styling-the-output/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef83998bab03b69ff9991e94206dd5796109d2033daeaf9de81db264fa823ed4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Use this one, it’ll save you time in the long run](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-this-one-itll-save-you-time-in-the-long-run/)󠁿 [Aleks Siroki](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lateralus578/) 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