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Changelog

Opening Hours module - v6.1.0 5 6

7 June 2026

  • Addition: Module help button now links to the Joomill documentation page instead of the generic Joomla help
  • Addition: Rebuilt on the modern namespaced module structure with DI service provider, dispatcher and helper
  • Addition: Highlight colour picker (now available in the free version)
  • Addition: Upgrade-to-PRO call to action and PRO feature teasers in the module options
  • Security: Escape admin-provided parameter values in the module output
  • Language: Added upgrade and teaser strings in all 7 languages (de, en, es, fi, fr, it, nl)
  • Language: Added the missing Font and Font Size labels and descriptions in all 7 languages
  • Change: Manifest rebuilt to the Joomill standard and styling loaded through the WebAssetManager
  • Change: Moved the "Show Footer?" option to the Advanced tab (on by default, can be turned off)
  • Fix: Hide the template's external-link icon on the credit link and PRO upgrade badges
  • Fix: Removed the obsolete JInstaller call that crashed on Joomla 5/6
  • Remove: Legacy flat entry point, in-template stylesheet and elements/ field

Opening Hours module PRO - v6.1.0 5 6

6 June 2026

  • Addition: Live opening status showing the next change ("closes in 30 min" / "opens Monday 09:00") using {countdown}, {nextchange}, {reopensat} and {statuslabel} tokens directly in the open/closed messages and the content plugin, with optional "closing soon" and "on a break" texts, a configurable closing-soon threshold, and a timezone-safe JavaScript ticker
  • Addition: Help buttons now link to the Joomill documentation page
  • Security: Escape admin-provided parameter values in the module output
  • Change: Modernise database access with DatabaseInterface, quoteName and parameter binding
  • Change: Reuse the helper getCurrentDateTime() instead of duplicated date logic in the templates
  • Remove: Footer credit and its "Show Footer" option, including the related language strings

Opening Hours module - v6.0.2 PRO 5 6

8 February 2026

  • Language: Added Finnish Language (thanks to Kai Metsävainio)
  • Change: Copyright

Opening Hours module - v6.0.1 PRO 5 6

21 December 2025

  • Fix: Localization for weekday translations

Opening Hours module - v6.0.0 PRO 5 6

5 September 2025

  • Addition: First Stable Release for Joomla 6
  • Fix: Missing strings in language file
  • Language: de-DE Language added
  • Language: es-ES Language added
  • Language: fr-FR Language added
  • Language: it-IT Language added
  • Language: nl-NL Language added

Opening Hours module - v6.0.0 PRO BETA 2 5 6

1 July 2025

  • Addition: Content Plugin v6.0.0 Beta 2
  • Addition: Style options for exceptional opening hours display, including customizable color, bold, italic, and suffix settings
  • Fix: Handle overnight hours (e.g. 17:00 - 03:00)
  • Fix: Added filter to testDate calendar (to fix date shifts)
  • Fix: 2nd openinghours input field layout
  • Fix: Enhance `OpeninghoursHelper` and content plugin to handle overnight hours, improve early morning hour logic.
  • Change: Refactor and enhance `OpeninghoursHelper` and content plugin to support modularized tag processing, improved suffix handling, and dynamic module parameters retrieval.
  • Change: Enhance code documentation with PHPDoc comments

Opening Hours module - v6.0.0 PRO BETA 1 5 6

2 June 2025

  • Addition: Completely Refactored version for Joomla 5 & 6
  • Addition: Unlimited Exceptional Opening Hours
  • Addition: Yearly Recurring Exceptional Opening Hours (Add exceptional openings as yearly recurring. Useful for events like Christmas, national holidays, etc.)
  • Addition: Upcoming Exceptional Openings (Show Upcoming Exceptional Openings for the next ... days)
  • Addition: Display Options - Open & Close Suffix (Text to show after the opening time (e.g. 'hrs', 'uur').)
  • Addition: Notes CSS Class option
  • Addition: Open CSS Class option
  • Addition: Close CSS Class option
  • Addition: Advanced Custom CSS field
  • Addition: Debug Test Mode (Enter a custom date to test the module)
  • Addition: Installation script messages and checks
  • Addition: Separate views for easy overrides
  • Change: Display better debug information
  • Change: Radio buttons to switcher buttons
  • Change: Hide options with showon when not needed
  • Change: Microdata Business Type to text field
  • Change: Microdata Logo to text field
  • Change: Load CSS and Custom CSS with WebAssetManager
  • Fix: Handle cases where the period spans across year boundary
  • Fix: White screen when wrong timeformat is entered
  • Remove: Display Options - Font and Font size options
  • Remove: Exceptional Opening Hours Method 1
  • Remove: Exceptional Opening Hours Method 2
  • Remove: Exceptional Opening Hours Method 3

Opening Hours module - v4.1.1 PRO 4 5

7 January 2024

  • Fix: Fixed: ExcepDate28 field

Opening Hours module - v4.1.0 4 5 6

24 September 2023

  • Fix: Compatible with Joomla 5

Opening Hours module - v4.1.0 PRO 4 5

23 September 2023

  • Fix: Fixes issue with PHP errors/warnings on PHP 8.1
  • Fix: Fixes Changelog and Update URLs

Opening Hours module - v4.0.1 PRO 4

11 April 2023

  • Fix: Fixes issue with PHP errors/warnings on PHP 8.1
  • Fix: Fixes Changelog and Update URLs

Opening Hours module - v4.0.1 4

11 April 2023

  • Fix: Fixes issue with PHP errors/warnings on PHP 8.1
  • Fix: Fixes Changelog and Update URLs

Opening Hours module - v4.0.0 PRO 4

9 August 2021

  • Addition: Release for Joomla 4
  • Addition: Joomla4 Download Key feature
  • Addition: Uninstall installer plugin on update
  • Fix: Configuration fields for Joomla 4
  • Remove: installer plugin

Opening Hours module - v4.0.0 4

9 August 2021

  • Addition: Release for Joomla 4
  • Fix: Configuration fields for Joomla 4

Opening Hours module - v3.6.3 PRO 3 4

18 June 2020

  • Fix: SEO error on Template default (Ticket #289)

Opening Hours module - v3.6.2 PRO 3 4

18 June 2020

  • Change: error-message in installer plugin
  • Fix: styling in Only Today View
  • Fix: Show debug information only to Super Users

Opening Hours module - v3.6.1 PRO 3 4

3 June 2020

  • Fix: Bug in auto-updater (sorry you need to download this release manually again)

Opening Hours module - v3.6.0 3 4

1 June 2020


Opening Hours module - v3.6.0 PRO 3 4

31 May 2020

  • Addition: Compatible with Joomla 4 BETA
  • Addition: Unique CSS-class for each day
  • Addition: JText for openinghours-text
  • Addition: Microdata-fields
  • Fix: Bug for Exceptional Openings when using another dateformat

Opening Hours module - v3.5.2 PRO 3

26 September 2019

  • Fix: Exceptional Opening Hours method 2

Opening Hours module - v3.5.1 PRO 3

2 June 2019

  • Fix: Month Translations

Opening Hours module - v3.5.0 PRO 3

2 February 2019

  • Addition: Show upcoming 7 days view
  • Fix: Datepicker timezone bug
  • Fix: https links in the backend
  • Fix: PHP notices when exceptional openings are empty

Opening Hours module - v1.5.3 PRO 1.5

16 August 2018

  • Fix: Templatecode rewritten

Opening Hours module - v3.4.3 PRO 3

2 January 2017

  • Fix: Open/closed bug in exceptional opening hours
  • Fix: Notes in bottom bug

Opening Hours module - v3.4.2 PRO 3

24 February 2016

  • Fix: Open/closed bug in exceptional opening hours
  • Fix: Undefined variable problems

Opening Hours module - v3.4.1 PRO 3

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.4.0 PRO 3

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.3.1 PRO 3

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.3.0 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.3.0 PRO 3

7 February 2016

  • Addition: Compatible with Joomla 3

Opening Hours module - v3.2.1 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.2.0 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.1.0 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v3.0.0 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v2.5.6.2 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016


Opening Hours module - v2.5.4.1 PRO 2.5

7 February 2016