Saturday Site Blocker helps site owners observe Shabbat by displaying a customizable overlay on the front-end of the website during Shabbat hours. The plugin fetches Shabbat times based on the specified location and ensures the site remains inaccessible to visitors during these times, promoting rest and reflection.

Features:

Automatically fetches Shabbat start and end times based on user-defined location.
Displays a customizable overlay with title and message during Shabbat.
Allows administrators to bypass the overlay for site management purposes.
Provides settings to enable or disable the blocker and customize overlay content.
Allows customization of the overlay background color and opacity.
Option to upload an image to be displayed on the overlay. If an image is selected, it will replace the title and content text.

External Services

This plugin connects to the Hebcal API to obtain accurate Shabbat start and end times.

Service Used: Hebcal API
– What data is sent? The plugin sends the user-defined location (city name).
– When is data sent? Data is fetched once per week for caching purposes.
– Where is the data sent? The API request is made to https://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/.
– Privacy Policy: Hebcal Privacy Policy