HoursFlow — Business Hours CTA

[hoursflow_cta] [hoursflow_cta hide_status="1"]

Only the exact hide_status="1" value hides the selected state’s status. Other attributes and enclosed content are ignored.

The dynamic hoursflow/cta block uses the same server renderer. It can override the label, action, or status independently for its open and closed states. A block can also hide a state’s status; invalid or missing values fall back to the corresponding global value. Removing all overrides restores the standard block output.

Schedule and timezone

Times use the saved business timezone, not the visitor, browser, server, or WordPress site timezone. UTC and named IANA regions such as America/New_York are valid; raw UTC offsets are not.

A period is half-open: the opening minute is open and the exact closing minute is closed. A closing time earlier than the opening time continues overnight into the next day and belongs to the day on which it starts. Equal opening and closing times are invalid and do not mean 24-hour opening. PHP’s timezone data handles daylight-saving transitions; there is no separate DST setting.

Appearance and accessibility

Global background and text colors apply to the shortcode and provide the block defaults. Blank saved colors use #166534 and #FFFFFF ; nonblank colors must be six-digit hexadecimal values and the pair must meet WCAG 2.2 AA contrast for normal text. Blocks may use WordPress’s built-in color and typography controls for instance-specific styling.

The frontend CTA is a native keyboard-operable link with visible focus styling, readable status text, safe wrapping, and no fake button role or live region. The settings screen includes a keyboard-operable preview that never follows an action.

Caching

HoursFlow checks the schedule when the shortcode or dynamic block renders. Cached page HTML can therefore remain stale until the site’s page-cache TTL. If a site needs a maximum staleness of N minutes, set its cache TTL to no more than N minutes or arrange boundary purges in the site’s own caching system. HoursFlow does not manage cache variation or purges.

Privacy

HoursFlow makes no external requests and loads no remote scripts, fonts, images, or stylesheets. It collects no visitor data, sets no cookies, and performs no tracking or telemetry. A visitor can follow the configured CTA, and an administrator can follow the clearly labeled Gasatrya hire or donation link on Settings > HoursFlow ; those are ordinary user-initiated navigations.

Deactivation and uninstall

Deactivation stops HoursFlow behavior but keeps the saved settings for reactivation. Uninstall deletes the HoursFlow configuration and schema marker. The plugin creates no custom tables, posts, pages, user metadata, or transient business data. Reinstalling after uninstall starts unconfigured.