Documentation: Opening Hours module
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