CalDav Calendar Viewer vs Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce

CalDav Calendar Viewer fetches and displays events from any standard iCal (.ics) feed directly on your site using a simple shortcode. It supports multiple calendar feeds, each with its own URL and optional username/password for authenticated endpoints. Key Features: Multiple Calendar Feeds – Configure as many feeds as you need, each with a unique ID. iCal / RFC 5545 Support – Parses standard .ics calendar feeds including all-day events, times, locations, and descriptions. Recurring Events – Expands RRULE recurrences (DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, YEARLY) including BYDAY, BYMONTHDAY, INTERVAL, COUNT, UNTIL, and EXDATE. DURATION Support – Derives the end time from a DURATION property when DTEND is absent. Basic Authentication – Supply a username and password per feed for protected calendars. Encrypted Credentials – Passwords are stored using AES-256-CBC encryption in the database. Caching – Configurable cache lifetime reduces external HTTP requests (defaults to 1 hour). Cache Management – View the number of currently cached feed entries and clear them with one click from the admin settings page. Async Loading – Calendar events are fetched via AJAX so the containing page renders immediately. Label / Category Filtering – Filter events by iCal CATEGORIES labels using the label shortcode attribute. Accepts a comma-separated list; all plain labels must be present on an event for it to be shown. Prefix a label with ! to exclude events that carry that category. Matching is case-insensitive. Clickable Events – Events that carry a URL property in the iCal feed are rendered as clickable links. 7-Day Rolling Window – Automatically fetches and displays only the next 7 days of events. Responsive Event List – Clean event list layout that adapts to all screen sizes. Event Tooltips – Hover over an event to see its description. Description Prefix Filtering – Remove lines from event descriptions that start with configurable prefixes. Useful for hiding internal metadata added by calendar applications. Configuration Navigate to Settings → CalDav Calendar Viewer in the WordPress admin panel. Adding a Feed Click + Add Feed and fill in: Feed ID – A unique lowercase identifier (letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores) used in the shortcode. iCal Feed URL – The full URL to the .ics calendar feed. Username – Username for Basic Authentication. Leave blank for public feeds. Password – Password for Basic Authentication. Stored encrypted. Leave blank to keep the current value. You can configure multiple feeds — each gets its own ID. General Settings Cache Lifetime (seconds) – How long fetched calendar data is cached. Set to 0 to disable caching. Default: 3600 (1 hour). Description Line Prefixes to Remove – Newline-separated list of prefixes. Any line in an event’s description that starts with one of these prefixes is removed from the tooltip. Useful for hiding internal metadata added by calendar apps (e.g. X-APPLE-, Reminder:). Cache Management The settings page shows how many calendar feeds are currently cached. Use the Clear Cache button to delete all cached responses and force fresh fetches on the next page load. Usage Basic Shortcode [caldcavi_calendar id="my-feed"] Shortcode Attributes id (required) – The feed ID configured in Settings → CalDav Calendar Viewer. label (optional) – A comma-separated list of iCal CATEGORIES values to filter events by. All plain labels must be present on an event for it to be shown. Prefix a label with ! to exclude events that carry that category. Matching is case-insensitive. Omit to show all events. Examples [caldcavi_calendar id="team-calendar"] [caldcavi_calendar id="hr-events"] [caldcavi_calendar id="team-calendar" label="Work"] [caldcavi_calendar id="team-calendar" label="Work,Important"] [caldcavi_calendar id="team-calendar" label="Work,!Cancelled"] [caldcavi_calendar id="team-calendar" label="!Private"]

Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce, formerly known as Woo Store Vacation, helps WooCommerce store owners temporarily pause new orders during vacations, holidays, maintenance periods, fulfilment delays, or short business breaks. Instead of taking your website offline, the plugin keeps your shop visible while giving you control over whether customers can place new orders. You can schedule a vacation period, disable purchases, display a clear notice, and automatically reopen your store when the vacation period ends. This is useful when you want to: Take time off without receiving new orders. Pause checkout while still letting customers browse products. Show a clear vacation or holiday notice on your store. Let customers know when your shop will reopen. Keep selected products available during vacation mode. Avoid confusion, missed expectations, or unnecessary support messages. Pause WooCommerce orders while keeping your store visible When vacation mode is active, your shop can remain online and accessible to visitors. Customers can still browse your products, but purchases can be paused by disabling the cart, checkout, and add-to-cart buttons. This helps maintain your storefront and product visibility while preventing new orders during periods when you are unavailable. Schedule your vacation dates Set a start date and end date for your vacation period based on your site’s local timezone. Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce automatically applies the vacation settings during the scheduled period and restores normal store behavior when the vacation ends. You can also deactivate vacation mode manually at any time if you return earlier than planned. Display a custom vacation notice Create a clear vacation message to explain why the store is temporarily closed and when customers should return. The vacation notice can include: Custom message text. Start and end date smart tags. Custom text and background colors. A call-to-action button. A custom button URL, such as a contact page. The notice appears on WooCommerce shop and product pages. You can also place it on other pages using the Store Vacation Notice block, Elementor widget, or [woo_store_vacation] shortcode. Control product availability during vacation mode Sometimes you may want to pause most of your store while keeping selected products available. Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce includes condition settings that let you keep specific items purchasable while vacation mode is active. You can exclude selected: Products. Product categories. Product tags. Product types. Shipping classes. This gives you more flexibility than fully closing the entire store. Built for WooCommerce store owners Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce is designed for real store management situations, including personal vacations, holidays, fulfilment delays, temporary stock reviews, maintenance windows, or short business breaks. The plugin is also translation-ready and includes support for multilingual stores using WPML and Polylang. Lite features Schedule a temporary vacation period. Pause purchases during vacation mode. Keep your shop and products visible. Display a vacation notice on WooCommerce pages. Add the notice with a block, shortcode, or Elementor widget. Add a CTA button to your notice. Use start and end date smart tags. Customize notice colors. Keep selected products available. Allow shop managers to manage vacation settings. HPOS compatible. Need more control? Upgrade to Store Vacation Pro Store Vacation Pro adds advanced scheduling, notices, conditions, and storefront behavior controls for stores that need more than one basic vacation period. Upgrade to Store Vacation Pro to unlock more powerful store closure workflows. With Store Vacation Pro, you can: Schedule multiple vacations — Plan unlimited vacation periods in advance and manage upcoming, active, disabled, and running schedules. Set recurring weekday closures — Close your shop on specific weekdays and times every week. Configure opening hours — Display business hours and automatically close the shop outside your configured hours. Create advanced vacation notices — Build reusable notices with rich text, smart tags, templates, CTA buttons, custom styles, and announcement bar display options. Show vacation content with a block — Display custom page content only while the store is in vacation mode. Use smart product availability rules — Control availability by products, categories, tags, product types, shipping classes, WooCommerce brands, and user roles. Control storefront behavior — Keep the default closed-store behavior, replace shop pages with custom content, password-protect shop pages, or allow access through a private link. Hide store elements while closed — Hide prices, add-to-cart buttons, mini cart widgets, or mini cart blocks during vacation mode. Send admin reminder emails — Get notified before the store enters vacation mode. Track vacation orders — Mark and filter orders placed while vacation mode is active. Force close the store instantly — Pause purchases immediately without creating a future schedule. Import and export settings — Move Store Vacation settings between sites more easily. Use the REST API — Access vacation schedule data programmatically. If your store needs recurring closures, multiple schedules, advanced notices, opening hours, or more control over what customers see while the shop is closed, Store Vacation Pro is the best upgrade path.