Widget Visibility Time Scheduler Plugin

Widget Visibility Time Scheduler displays and hides widgets based on desired date, time and weekday automatically.

Try it out on your free demo site https://demo.tastewp.com/widget-visibility-time-scheduler

The plugin is available in English, Spanish (Español), German (Deutsch), Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil), Persian (Farsi), Hungarian (Magyar), Arabic (العربية), Polish (Polski) and Catalan (Català). It does not collect any personal data, so it is ready for EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.

NOTE: Widget Visibility Time Scheduler is currently NOT compatible with WordPress 5.8 introduced block-based widgets editor. If you have already updated to WordPress 5.8, or you want to do this, but you want to still use Widget Visibility Time Scheduler you need to switch back to the classic widget editor. For this we provided a new setting page where you can do this.
If you don’t want to do this, Widget Visibility Time Scheduler is not the right plugin for you.

Compatibility with block based widgets

With WordPress 5.8 the block based widgets were introduced. The technique behind these new widget concept is more complex. One of the changes is, the widgets are now using API call to display.
Extensive programming is required to prepare Widget Visibility Time Scheduler for this new feature. Nothing I could do in the short time I was able to test this feature.
Even so, Widget Visibility Time Scheduler works with WordPress 5.8 and higher. The only adjustment you need to make is to turn off the block-based widgets for a while.
As known from the Gutenberg block editor, there is also a plug-in to deactivate the block-based widgets.

Please download, install and activate Classic Widgets from wordpress.org and switch back to the usual widget area.

I’m working hard to make Widget Visibility Time Scheduler compatible for the block based widgets. It takes some time to provide a stable and error-free code base.
Stay tuned for a brand-new version soon. And thank you for your understanding.

What users said

• “…a handy tool…” in Make WP Widgets Visible Based On Date by WordPress Jedi on March 10th, 2016.
• “The plugin is perfect for seasonal widgets, temporary sales/promotions, events, live chat buttons, and any other time/date-dependent content.” in Control the Visibility of WordPress Widgets Based on Time and Date by Sarah Gooding on January 5, 2015.

Show and hide widgets within a desired period and at given weekdays

The Widget Visibility Time Scheduler enables you to set the period and weekdays of the visibility of each widget easily. You can set to show or to hide the widget during schedule. It is available in english, german, spanish, brazilian portuguese, persian, hungarian and arabic language.

Daytime version available in the Pro version

If you want to schedule the visibility based on the daytime of each weekday go to the Pro version of the plugin.

Automatic cache clearing available in the Pro version

Doesn’t the activated cache react when a widget is hidden or displayed by the scheduler? So if you want the cache to empty/clear/purge/flush automatically, the Pro version is the right tool for you.

Widget Visibility Time Scheduler Pro clears the cache of the following plugins automatically:

• Autoptimize
• Cache Enabler
• Hummingbird
• W3 Total Cache
• WP Fastest Cache
• WP Optimize
• WP Super Cache

Go to the Pro version of the plugin.

Compatibility with Jetpack

This plugin works perfectly with Jetpack’s “Widget Visibility” module. Both plugins enhance each other to give you great control about when and where to display which widget on your website.

Languages

The user interface is available in

• Arabic (العربية), kindly drawn up by Shadi AlZard
• Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil), kindly drawn up by Christiano Albano P.
• Catalan (Català), kindly drawn up by Ibidem Group
• English
• German (Deutsch)
• Greek (Ελληνικά)
• Hungarian (Magyar), kindly drawn up by V.A.Lucky
• Persian (Farsi), kindly drawn up by Sajjad Panahi
• Polish (Polski), kindly drawn up by Marcin Mikolajczyk
• Spanish (Español), kindly drawn up by Eduardo Larequi

Further translations are welcome. If you want to give in your translation please leave a notice in the plugin’s support forum.

Using The WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins’ dashboard
2. Search for ‘Widget Visibility Time Scheduler’
3. Click ‘Install Now’
4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
5. Go to ‘Widgets’, set the visibility period in each widget

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
3. Select widget-visibility-time-scheduler.zip from your computer
4. Click ‘Install Now’
5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
6. Go to ‘Widgets’, set the visibility period in each widget

Using FTP

1. Download widget-visibility-time-scheduler.zip
2. Extract the widget-visibility-time-scheduler directory to your computer
3. Upload the widget-visibility-time-scheduler directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
5. Go to ‘Widgets’, set the visibility period in each widget

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   English interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   German interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   Spanish interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   Brazilian portuguese interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   Persian (farsi) interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   Hungarian (magyar) interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   Arabic (العربية) interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

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   Greek (Ελληνικά) interface of the Widget Visibility Time Scheduler in the Search Widget

5.3.13

• fixed compatibility issue with PHP 5.2
• Tested with WordPress 5.9-6.6

5.3.13

• fixed compatibility issue with PHP 5.2

5.3.12

• fixed enqueue issues with admin css and js
• added minified css and js to improve page speed
• added admin notice regarding block based widgets
• Tested with WordPress 5.8

5.3.11

• code improvements

5.3.10

• show time on thew time scheduler form
• improved function to show or hide widget by time scheduler
• added autoload class
• dropped compatibility for settings before version 4.0.
  NOTE: If you use settings which were saved with a version before 4.0 please save the widget again.

5.3.9

• Tested with WordPress 5.6.2
• Tested with WordPress 5.7
• new branding

5.3.8

• Tested with WordPress 5.6

5.3.7

• Added catalan translation, thanks to Ibidem Group
• Tested with WordPress 5.5.3

5.3.6

• Tested with WordPress 5.5.1

5.3.5

• Tested with WordPress 5.3.1

5.3.4

• Hide the scheduler form fields in SiteOrigin widgets

5.3.3

• Updated translations due to WordPress 5.3
• Tested with WordPress 5.3

5.3.2

• Fixed wrong nesting of functions
• Tested with WordPress 5.2.1

5.3.1

• Added ‘Requires PHP’ info in readme.txt
• Updated translations due to WordPress 4.9
• Tested with WordPress 4.9.1

5.3

• Revised sanitations for texts and URLs on the pages
• Revised translations
• Set activation message as dismissible

5.2

• Fixed typo in language-depented date format
• Tested with WordPress 4.8

5.1

• Added closing and opening of the schedulers in the Customizer

5.0

• Added button for opening and closing the scheduler in the widgets
• Improved: Loads plugin’s CSS and script only if the Widget page is loaded
• Revised translations
• Tested with WordPress 4.7.2

4.3.1

• Tested with WordPress 4.7

4.3

• Added greek translation
• Tested with WordPress 4.6.1

4.2.4

• Tested with WordPress 4.6

4.2.3

• Added Polish translation. Thank you very much, Marcin Mikolajczyk
• Added link to the Pro version
• Revised plugin activation message function
• Improved security when printing translated strings
• Tested with WordPress 4.5

4.2.2

• Tested with WordPress 4.4

4.2.1

• Revised brazilian portuguese translation

4.2

• Added arabic translation. Thank you very much, Shadi AlZard

4.1

• Added hungarian translation. Thank you very much, V.A.Lucky
• Tested with WordPress 4.3.1

4.0.1

• Tested with WordPress 4.3
• Updated persian translation
• Updated persian screenshot

4.0

• Changed: Simplified interface; your former settings will be adopted
• Changed: If not changed formerly, all weekdays are checked by default
• Added styles for right-to-left languages
• Added styles for widget form in WP customizer
• Added in readme.txt: screenshot and information about the premium version for scheduling based on daytime
• Updated screenshots
• Updated *.pot file and translations

3.1

• Added persian translation (Farsi). Thank you very much Sajjad Panahi
• Added screenshot of widget in persian language
• Fixed typo in german translation

3.0

• Added option: hide during schedule, else show the widget
• Updated screenshots
• Updated *.pot file and translations

2.2

• Added brazilian portuguese translation. Thank you very much Christiano Albano P.
• Added screenshot of the widget in brazilian portuguese language

2.1.1

Fixed typo in the spanish translation

2.1

• Added spanish translation. Thank you very much Eduardo Larequi!
• Revised the description of the plugin
• Added screenshots of the widget in german and spanish language
• Updated *.pot file and german translation

2.0

• Important advice: You must readjust each scheduler settings once! The plugin is revised and extended fundamentally to consider user requests
• Changed timezone: The time based on the timezone set on the blog’s General Settings page is used instead of UTC
• Added days of week as options
• Added infinite end as option
• Updated *.pot file and german translation
• Extended FAQ
• Updated screenshot
• Added header image for WP repository
• Added icon image for WP plugin search

1.1

Fixed bug which did not show settings correctly in backend

1.0.1

Successfully tested with WordPress 4.1

1.0.0

• Initial release.