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Want your WooCommerce store to take orders only

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during your business hours?

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Here's how to set up OpenClose Store, including

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a full-day holiday closure using the free

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plugin. This is a demo store.

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Check your store's time zone under Settings,

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General. Then add a schedule under schedules.

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Give it a name, set your weekly opening

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hours, and enter the message, shoppers should see

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when the store is closed.

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Publish the schedule.

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Use your actual business hours.

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These are just example times.

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Open setup and holidays.

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Choose your published weekly schedule.

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To stop checkout outside those hours, select block

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checkout when the store is scheduled closed,

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then save schedule and protection.

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Check that checkout protection, says on.

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Adding dates by itself does not enable this

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protection. To close for a holiday, choose its

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date, add an optional message, and save the

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holiday closures.

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These are full-day closures in your store's

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time zone. Your weekly hours stay the same.

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Dates apply to the selected year, so enter

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next year's holidays separately.

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Reload the page to confirm the date and

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message saved.

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Now test as a shopper.

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In your staging store, check an open period

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and a closed period using your actual cart

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and checkout. Confirm the closed-store message and

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checkout protection work as intended.

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Remove any temporary test closure and save again.

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Check the next scheduled opening.

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You do not need to place a real

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paid order for this demonstration.

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Weekly hours and holiday closures are included in

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free.

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If you need to accept after-hours pre

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-orders for all or selected products, see the

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Pro comparison.

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A reopening time is not a reserved pickup

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or delivery slot.

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The download, written guide, and comparison are linked

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below.