Business Hours Indicator

68 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

Around 8,000 active installs is a modest but meaningful footprint, well above the 1,000-install baseline but a fraction of what top-tier utility plugins reach.

Update Freshness

17/25

Last updated on 2025-10-11, so the developer is actively shipping fixes and is current with WordPress 6.8.5, which is a strong sign of care.

User Rating

15/15

A 98 out of 100 across 60 reviews is excellent and suggests the plugin reliably does the small job it sets out to do.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened is unusual, and it cuts both ways: there are no visible complaints, but it also means no public track record of how the author handles troubleshooting.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Compatible with WordPress 6.8.5 and PHP 5.6+ means it will run on virtually any hosting environment, though the very low PHP floor signals older code that may not take advantage of newer language features.

Scores higher than 20% of indexed plugins

About

Display opening hours and if you're currently open/closed, with countdown to next opening. Show or hide content only when open/closed & more!

Active Installs 8k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2025-10-11 4:06pm GMT

Requires WordPress 3.7+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: August 2, 2021

View details ▸

What It Does

Business Hours Indicator lets you set your weekly opening schedule and then display it on your site as a block, widget, or shortcode, with a live status badge that flips between 'Open' and 'Closed' based on the current time and day. You can also drop shortcodes around any content to show or hide that content automatically depending on whether your business is currently open, closed, or about to open.

Who It's For

This plugin fits small, local businesses with fixed weekly hours such as cafes, salons, clinics, retail shops, gyms, and professional offices that want a no-frills way to communicate opening times without wiring up a full booking or scheduling system. It also works for site builders who need conditional content, for example a phone number that only appears during trading hours.

Who Should Skip It

If your hours are irregular, vary by season, or require exceptions for holidays and one-off closures, you will likely outgrow this plugin quickly because there is no exception-handling layer. Sites that already use a calendar, booking, or all-in-one local business plugin with hours built in do not need a separate add-on.

The Bottom Line

Business Hours Indicator is a small, well-rated utility that does one thing and does it well, scoring 71.55/100 overall thanks to high user satisfaction and recent maintenance offset by a thin support record. For a typical brick-and-mortar site with simple weekly hours it is a solid pick, but anyone needing holiday overrides, multiple locations, or deep theming should test the alternatives first.

Related Plugins

We're Open! 79/100

Choose We're Open! instead if you want a more polished interface, wider widget support, and a longer install history, which may translate to better-tested edge case handling.