Title: ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table
Author: IT Boffins
Published: <strong>July 10, 2026</strong>
Last modified: July 10, 2026

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# ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table

 By [IT Boffins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itboffins/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/itboffins-live-opening-hours.1.1.12.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/itboffins-live-opening-hours/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/itboffins-live-opening-hours/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/itboffins-live-opening-hours/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/itboffins-live-opening-hours/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/itboffins-live-opening-hours/)

## Description

**ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table** helps small businesses show dynamic
opening hours on a page, plus a friendly _We’re open / Sorry, we’re closed_ notice
bar.

The opening-hours table and live banner both work from the same schedule you save
in WordPress. They update in the visitor’s browser, so customers see the right opening
status even when your site is cached for speed.

#### Why you’ll like it

 * **One schedule, two customer views.** Power a dynamic opening-hours table and
   live banner from the same WordPress settings.
 * **Dynamic opening-hours table.** Show your regular week and upcoming changes 
   on any page with a block or shortcode.
 * **Live open/closed banner.** Tell customers if you are open, closed, opening 
   soon, or closing soon.
 * **Flexible banner layout.** Keep the notice sticky or let it scroll away, and
   choose whether a top notice makes room or sits over the page.
 * **Easy weekly hours.** Set your regular week with simple time pickers, lunch 
   breaks, and one-click weekday copying.
 * **Holidays & one-off changes.** Add bank holidays, Christmas closures, early 
   finishes, special Saturdays, or appointment-only dates.
 * **UK bank-holiday helper.** Add the standard England & Wales, Scotland, or Northern
   Ireland bank holidays as closed dates for the year.
 * **Upcoming changes.** Tell customers about future closures or special hours before
   the day arrives.
 * **Separate bank-holiday notices.** Show bank holidays only within 7 days, show
   all future bank holidays, or keep them out of upcoming notices while manual special
   dates stay visible.
 * **Cleaner notice layout.** Multiple upcoming dates wrap as separate date/time
   items, with the date in bold and the hours in normal weight.
 * **Special-dates-only mode.** Turn your regular week off entirely for pop-ups,
   events, or by-appointment businesses.
 * **Works with fast/cached sites.** The page hours and live banner stay fresh even
   when WordPress or your host caches the page.
 * **Uses your WordPress timezone.** Handles daylight saving automatically.
 * **Overnight hours.** Late-night venues are handled, such as 22:00-02:00.
 * **Genuinely free & private.** No external API, no account, no tracking, and nothing
   sent off-site.

### Privacy

ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table stores the schedule and notice-bar settings
in your WordPress database. It does not connect to external services, set tracking
cookies, or send visitor data off-site. If a customer closes the notice bar, that
preference is remembered only in their browser.

### License

This plugin and its bundled assets, including logo.png, are distributed under the
GPLv2 or later.

## Screenshots

[⌊The simple weekly-hours editor with a customer preview.⌉⌊The simple weekly-hours
editor with a customer preview.⌉[

The simple weekly-hours editor with a customer preview.

[⌊The open/closed notice bar on the front end.⌉⌊The open/closed notice bar on the
front end.⌉[

The open/closed notice bar on the front end.

[⌊The dynamic opening-hours table from the block or shortcode.⌉⌊The dynamic opening-
hours table from the block or shortcode.⌉[

The dynamic opening-hours table from the block or shortcode.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Live Opening Hours

## Installation

 1. Upload the `itboffins-live-opening-hours` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or 
    install through the Plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Go to **Live Opening Hours** in the admin menu, set your weekly hours, and save.
 4. Optionally add the _Live Opening Hours_ block or the `[iboh_opening_hours]` shortcode
    to a page.

## FAQ

### What makes it live?

The page table and notice bar use your saved schedule in the visitor’s browser. 
That lets the open/closed message and today’s row stay current without you editing
the page.

### Does it still work if my site is cached or uses WP Rocket?

Yes. If your site uses caching to stay fast, the opening-hours table and open/closed
banner still update from the hours you set.

### Which timezone is used?

Your site’s WordPress timezone (Settings -> General). If you use a named timezone,
such as Europe/London, daylight saving is handled automatically.

### Can I quickly add bank holidays?

Yes. In **Live Opening Hours**, use the bank-holiday helper inside _Holidays & one-
off changes_. Choose England & Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland, pick the year,
and add the standard dates as closed special dates. One-off public holidays can 
still be added manually.

### Can I set a lunch break or split hours?

Yes. Add more than one time range to a day, for example 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:
00.

### Can I open past midnight?

Yes. Set a closing time earlier than the opening time, for example 22:00-02:00.

### How do I show hours on a page?

Use the _Live Opening Hours_ block in the editor, or paste one of these shortcodes
into a page: `[iboh_opening_hours show="table"]`, `[iboh_opening_hours show="status"]`,
or `[iboh_opening_hours show="both"]`.

### Does it send any data anywhere?

No. There is no external API and no tracking. Everything runs on your own site.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ IT Boffins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itboffins/)

[Translate “ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/itboffins-live-opening-hours)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/itboffins-live-opening-hours/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/itboffins-live-opening-hours/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/itboffins-live-opening-hours/)
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## Changelog

#### 1.1.12

 * Review: the no-JavaScript banner fallback styling moved from an inline `<style
   >` tag into the enqueued stylesheet, gated by a small enqueued head script.
 * Review: the shortcode is now `[iboh_opening_hours]` and the bootstrap class is`
   IBOH_Plugin`, so every public name carries the plugin prefix.
 * Removed an unused legacy placeholder file.
 * Fix: front-end bootstrap now runs at `init`, so translated defaults no longer
   trigger the WordPress 6.7+ early-textdomain notice.

#### 1.1.11

 * Branding: submission title and short description now emphasise the linked live
   banner and opening-hours table USP.
 * New: bank-holiday notices can now be controlled separately from manual special
   dates: within seven days, all future, or hidden from upcoming notices.
 * UX: upcoming notice entries now wrap as separate date/time items, with bold dates
   and normal-weight hours.

#### 1.1.10

 * Fix: the notice bar now shows a subtle loading skeleton until the live browser
   status is ready, avoiding stale text flicker on page load.

#### 1.1.9

 * Fix: bank holidays now replace same-date manual special dates, and only appear
   in banner/table upcoming notices when they are within seven days.

#### 1.1.8

 * Fix: front-end banner, status, and opening-hours table now inherit the site’s
   body/content typography instead of using fixed plugin text sizes.

#### 1.1.7

 * New: added a UK bank-holiday helper to insert standard closed dates for England&
   Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

#### 1.1.6

 * New: added notice-bar layout controls for sticky/non-sticky display and top-banner
   spacing/overlay behaviour.

#### 1.1.5

 * Branding: renamed for WordPress.org submission as ITBoffins Live Opening Hours,
   with the `itboffins-live-opening-hours` text domain and package slug.
 * UX: friendlier admin wording and softer IT Boffins styling for small business
   owners.
 * Security: hardened custom wording placeholders so invalid admin-entered formats
   cannot break public rendering.
 * Readiness: refreshed WordPress.org metadata for the current tested release and
   clarified bundled asset licensing/privacy.

#### 1.1.4

 * Fix: admin header now uses the packaged logo.png asset instead of the inline 
   SVG mark.

#### 1.1.3

 * Fix: upcoming banner text now preserves chronological order when closed dates
   and special-hours dates are mixed.

#### 1.1.2

 * Fix: upcoming banner text now includes closed special dates without labels and
   groups multiple closed dates into one ordered phrase.

#### 1.1.1

 * Fix: special-date rows now default to closed, require a date before saving, and
   date-only rows are preserved instead of disappearing.
 * Fix: invalid special-date rows now show an admin error instead of being silently
   discarded.

#### 1.1.0

 * New: optionally show all upcoming special dates in advance – in the banner and
   the hours table – instead of only on the day itself. Past dates are hidden automatically.
 * New: make the weekly schedule optional (“special dates only” mode) for events,
   pop-ups and by-appointment venues. When weekly hours are off and there is nothing
   to show on a given day, the banner hides itself.
 * New: editable wording for the upcoming-dates list, plus an “Open 24 hours” label.
 * The new behaviour keeps the public message fresh on fast or cached sites.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release: weekly schedule editor, split hours, holidays/special dates,
   customer notice bar, hours table block, and shortcode.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.12**
 *  Last updated **22 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [business hours](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/business-hours/)[live status](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-status/)
   [open closed](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/open-closed/)[Opening Hours](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/opening-hours/)
   [store hours](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/store-hours/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/itboffins-live-opening-hours/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ IT Boffins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itboffins/)

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