Plainclause Store Vacation & Holiday Mode for WooCommerce

Going on holiday, moving stock or just need a break? Put your WooCommerce shop in vacation mode without hiding it. Products stay visible (and keep their search rankings), customers see a clear notice with your reopening date, and the shop opens again by itself.

Set the dates once under WooCommerce > Settings > Store hours and forget about it: the shop closes at the start time, shows “Our shop is closed until 9 November, 9:00”, and reopens on time. No coming-back-to-untick-a-box, no lost customers who think the shop is gone.

Why this one

• Scheduled, not just on/off. Set the start and end date and time in advance; it closes and reopens on its own, in your site’s time zone.
• Tell customers before you go. Show “Heads up: we’ll be closed from … until …” a few days ahead, so regulars can order in time.
• Nothing slips through. Add to cart is paused on product pages, and items already in carts cannot be checked out, including with the checkout block.
• Keep some things on sale. Leave chosen categories purchasable, such as gift cards or downloads.
• Lightweight and private. No external services, no tracking, no nag screens.

Features

• Close the shop now with one tick, or schedule a vacation with a start and end date and time.
• Reopens automatically at the end time.
• Products stay visible; “Add to cart” is paused and items already in carts cannot be checked out.
• Notice banner with the reopening date ({reopen}), on every page or only on shop pages, or anywhere with the [pcsh_notice] shortcode.
• Announce a vacation in advance: show “we’ll be closed from … until …” a few days before.
• “Notice only” mode: keep taking orders and just tell customers that orders ship after you return.
• Keep chosen categories purchasable (for example gift cards or downloads).
• Works with the cart and checkout blocks and classic themes.
• No external services, no tracking.

Pro add-on (optional)

Everything above is free and stays free. A separate paid add-on adds:

• Weekly opening hours, for example Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00, including hours past midnight.
• Any number of planned closures (public holidays, stocktake days), each with its own message.

Plainclause Store Hours Pro costs from $19 a year for one site, or $49 once for a lifetime licence, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. It is sold by Freemius, our reseller and merchant of record.

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For developers

Filters: pcsh_status (the open/closed state), pcsh_now, pcsh_settings_fields.