Store Vacation for WooCommerce
Pause Orders Without Closing Your Store
Store Vacation helps you pause checkout during holidays, breaks, or fulfilment delays while keeping your catalog visible, customers informed, carts active, and shipping options under control.
Available on the official WooCommerce Marketplace.
WHAT IT DOES
Vacation Mode Built for Real WooCommerce Stores
Store Vacation is a vacation mode and checkout control plugin for WooCommerce. It helps you pause checkout during holidays, breaks, maintenance, or fulfilment delays while keeping products visible, customers informed, carts active, shipping options under control, and your store ready to reopen automatically.
THE PROBLEM
Taking a Break Should Not Mean Taking Your Store Offline
Whether you are going on holiday, catching up with orders, checking stock, closing for weekends, or pausing fulfillment, your WooCommerce store still needs to feel active and trustworthy. Store Vacation helps customers keep browsing while checkout, product availability, cart, and shipping rules are handled automatically during temporary closures.
Manual Changes Are Risky
Turning off checkout or changing products manually can lead to mistakes and lost sales.
Customers Need Clarity
Shoppers expect clear notices and accurate checkout options during temporary closures.
Keep Products Visible
Your products should remain discoverable even when orders are temporarily paused.
WHY STORE OWNERS USE IT
Control Store Availability Without Losing Customer Trust
Schedule Closures in Advance
Plan vacations or breaks and let the plugin handle the rest.
Pause Checkout Automatically
Pause new orders during closures while your catalog stays visible.
Keep Customers Informed
Show notices, countdowns, and reopening details across your store.
Control What Stays Available
Keep selected products purchasable for limited orders when needed.
Core FEATURES
Everything You Need to Manage Store Closures
Manage Opening Hours
Define daily opening and closing times to control availability even on regular days.
Schedule Vacation Periods
Set start and end dates for your store vacation with an easy calendar interface.
Pause Checkout While Keeping Your Store Open for Browsing
Stop new orders while letting customers browse your products and categories.
Allow Cart Building
Let customers add products to the cart so they’re ready to buy when you return.
Show Custom Notices and Countdowns
Use customer-friendly notices to explain when your store is closed, why checkout is paused, and when ordering will resume.
Control Product Availability
Allow selected products or groups of products to remain purchasable while the rest of the store follows vacation mode.
STORE BEHAVIOR
Decide Exactly How Your Store Behaves During Vacation Mode
Store Vacation does more than pause orders. You can control what customers see, how they access the store, and whether vacation purchase restrictions should apply while vacation mode is active.
Replace Shop with Custom Content
Show custom content instead of normal shop, archive, or product pages during vacation mode.
Password-Protect Access
Keep shop pages closed to the public while allowing selected visitors to enter with a password.
Private Access Links
Share private access links with selected customers, partners, or testers during vacation mode.
Bypass Restrictions
Lift vacation purchase restrictions so customers can browse, cart, and check out normally.
SAVE CART FOR LATER
Keep Carts Ready While Checkout Is Paused
Let customers keep their cart ready while checkout is paused. They can save it for later, copy or bookmark the saved-cart link, and return when checkout becomes available again.
Save for Later
Customers can keep selected items ready while checkout is paused.
Copy or Bookmark
Guests can copy or bookmark their saved-cart link and come back later.
Email My Saved Cart
Logged-in customers can send the saved-cart link to their account email.
Ready to Resume
When checkout reopens, customers can restore their cart and continue.
SHIPPING CONTROL
Control Shipping During Vacation Mode
Show customers the right delivery choices while your store is temporarily closed. Hide shipping methods that do not apply, replace normal options with vacation-specific alternatives, and decide when each option should appear.
Hide Unavailable Methods
Remove Local Pickup, Same-Day, Standard, or Express methods during selected closures.
Add Vacation Alternatives
Create Vacation Standard, Vacation Express, or other temporary options with custom costs.
Control Each Closure
Show each option during all closures or only selected schedules and weekdays.
Keep Shipping Flexible
Use different options for zones, closures, and fulfillment needs without changing normal shipping.
Example: During a scheduled break, hide your normal Standard, Express, and Local Pickup methods, then show Vacation Standard and Vacation Express instead.
CHECKOUT PROTECTION
Automatically Pause Suspicious Checkout Activity
Store Vacation Pro can monitor unusual checkout activity and activate Force Close when configured limits are reached. This helps protect your store from sudden order bursts, repeated failed payments, or suspicious checkout patterns while you review what happened.
Checkout Protection
Enabled
Force Close can activate automatically when suspicious checkout activity reaches your configured limits.
Rapid Order Activity
Detect rapid orders in a short period and respond before checkout abuse continues.
Repeated Same-IP Attempts
Watch for repeated attempts from the same source without storing raw IP addresses.
Payment Failure Spikes
Pause checkout when failed payment attempts exceed your configured limit.
Force Close Response
When a configured limit is reached, Checkout Protection can activate Force Close automatically.
Unusual activity found
Force Close activated
Checkout paused safely
Admin notice delivered
Privacy note: Raw IP addresses are not stored. Same-source detection uses salted IP hashes instead.
Example: If failed payments suddenly spike, Checkout Protection can activate Force Close, pause checkout, and notify admins until the incident is cleared.
VACATION REPORTS
Understand What Happens During Vacation Mode
Vacation Reports help you see how customers interact with your store during closure periods. Track cart activity, saved-cart actions, checkout events, shipping choices, revenue, and Checkout Protection activity from one reporting dashboard.
Opt-in reporting. You stay in control
Cart activity tracked during closures
Saved-cart activity and link restores
Checkout events during store closures
Shipping choices selected at checkout
Revenue tracked during store closures
Checkout Protection event history log
Date range and vacation period filters
CSV export, retention, and clear data
Privacy first: Reports are disabled by default. You can enable reporting, manage retention, or clear report data anytime.
Spot Trends Fast
View charts and summary cards without digging through orders.
Track Customer Actions
Review cart, checkout, saved-cart, and shipping events.
Find Product Demand
See which products customers add, remove, and purchase.
Filter & Export Reports
Filter by date or closure and export activity to CSV.
USE CASES
Useful for More Than Holidays
Store Vacation is useful whenever your WooCommerce checkout needs to pause, slow down, or behave differently without taking your catalog offline.
Holiday Closures
Pause orders while away and show customers a clear reopening message.
Weekend Breaks
Close checkout on selected weekdays while keeping your store visible.
Business Hours
Accept orders only during open hours and pause checkout after hours.
Order Backlog
Stop new orders while you catch up with packing, shipping, or stock.
Store Maintenance
Pause purchases while updating products, prices, inventory, or settings.
Selected Product Sales
Keep specific products available while the rest of the catalog is paused.
Vacation Shipping
Hide unavailable methods and show temporary vacation shipping options.
Saved Cart Recovery
Let shoppers save their cart and return when checkout reopens.
Checkout Protection
Pause checkout when suspicious activity reaches your configured limits.
HOW IT WORKS
Set it Once, Let Store Vacation Handle the Rest
1
Create Your Schedule
Choose dates, times, weekdays, or opening hours, and decide when checkout should pause or reopen.
2
Set the Customer Experience
Add notices, countdowns, shop behavior, and cart-building options so shoppers know what to expect.
3
Control Orders, Carts & Shipping
Choose what stays purchasable, let customers save carts, and adjust shipping options during closures.
4
Monitor and Protect Checkout
Review vacation reports and let Checkout Protection pause suspicious checkout activity when limits are reached.
INSIDE WORDPRESS
A Familiar Setup Experience for WooCommerce Users
WHY USE A PLUGIN
Better than Manually Disabling WooCommerce
Manual workaround
Edit products manually
Disable checkout/payment methods by hand
Change shipping methods for every closure
Customers may not understand what happened
Easy to forget reopening
Cart activity is lost during closures
Requires custom code for conditions
No reports or checkout protection
Store Vacation
Schedule closures automatically
Pause checkout without hiding your catalog
Show clear notices and countdowns
Reopen your store automatically
Control products available to buy
Let shoppers build and save carts
Adjust shipping during selected closures
Track cart, checkout, and shipping activity
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
What Store Vacation Users Say
See how WooCommerce store owners use Store Vacation to schedule closures, pause checkout, display clear vacation notices, and keep their storefront visible during temporary breaks.
My client needs occasional time away from her business. Utilizing this plugin has made it so easy to set up a vacation time and KNOW that the store will be live again when she’s back from a trip. So easy and it makes my life less stressful. 🙂
marketingclarity — WordPress.org
Even better since the update, an absolute must have for this independent online retailer. Thank you!
Alun Hughes — WordPress.org
This is an awesome plugin! My customer requested me to turn off his store since he will be changing the prices (and his store has lots of products).
webqueenhtc — WordPress.org
SIMPLE PRICING
Choose the Right Plan for Your Store
Choose the version that matches how your store handles temporary closures. Start free with essential vacation scheduling and customer notices, or choose Pro for recurring closures, opening hours, saved carts, shipping controls, advanced store behaviour, reporting, and checkout protection.
Store Vacation Lite
Free
Pause purchases and show a clear vacation notice while your store is temporarily closed.
One temporary vacation schedule
Pause purchases during vacation
Custom vacation notice
CTA button and notice colors
Basic availability conditions
Notice block, shortcode, and Elementor widget
A simple starting point for stores that need basic vacation mode.
Recommended
Store Vacation Pro
$39
/ year
2 years — $62.40
Save 20%
Schedule closures, control behavior, manage opening hours, and keep customers informed.
Unlimited vacation schedules
Recurring weekday closures
Opening hours and calendar view
Advanced notices and countdowns
Allow Cart Building
Save carts for later
Vacation Shipping Options
Hide Shipping Methods during closures
Checkout Protection
Vacation reports and CSV export
Behavior settings and private access
Vacation Content Block
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Store Vacation Pro is available exclusively on WooCommerce.com, so your purchase is handled through the official WooCommerce Marketplace and covered by WooCommerce’s 30-day refund policy.
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FREE VS PRO
Start Simple, Upgrade When Your Store Needs More Control
Store Vacation ships in Free and Pro editions. Free handles the essentials, a scheduled closure with a customer notice and basic purchasing control. Pro adds recurring schedules, opening hours, cart building for closed stores, saved carts, granular product exceptions, richer notices, vacation reporting, and a REST API for growing WooCommerce stores.
| Core Vacation Mode | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Temporary vacation schedule (set start and end dates) | | |
| Pause purchases automatically | | |
| Vacation notice on storefront | | |
| Vacation Content block (build custom vacation pages via a Gutenberg block) |  | |
| Force close store instantly (one-click override, no schedule needed) | | |
| Scheduling & Opening Hours | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited vacation schedules (overlap multiple closures without limits) | | |
| Recurring weekday closures (e.g., every Sunday) | | |
| Store opening hours (daily open/close windows) | | |
| Auto-close outside opening hours | | |
| Opening Hours block / shortcode / Elementor widget | | |
| Calendar view (month grid of scheduled closures) | | |
| Notices & Customer Messaging | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Notice block / shortcode / Elementor widget | | |
| Start/end date smart tags (auto-insert your closure dates) | | |
| Call-to-action button in vacation notice | | |
| Advanced smart tags (dynamic tokens for products, hours & custom fields) | | |
| Live countdown timer (counter to closing or reopening) | | |
| Site-wide announcement bar | | |
| Advance notice before closure (warn customers days ahead) | | |
| Conditions & Product Availability | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Keep selected products available (exclude specific items from the closure) | | |
| Product-based conditions | | |
| Category / tag conditions | | |
| Product type conditions (simple, variable, subscription …) | | |
| Shipping class conditions | | |
| Brand conditions | | |
| User role exclusions (let specific roles skip restrictions) | | |
| Copy conditions between schedules (reuse rules across records) | | |
| Checkout & Store Behavior | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Disable cart, checkout & add-to-cart | | |
| WooCommerce Checkout Block support | | |
| Alternative Add-to-Cart button text (swap in your own label) | | |
| Hide prices, add-to-cart & mini cart (strip commerce UI while closed) | | |
| Replace shop pages with custom content | | |
| Password-protected shop access (gate the store behind a shared password) | | |
| Private access links (unique URLs unlock the store) | | |
| Bypass restrictions (lift vacation purchase rules when checkout should stay open) | | |
| Cart Building & Saved Carts | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Allow cart building while checkout is paused (let shoppers add items even when checkout is unavailable) | | |
| Save Cart for Later (customers save a restore link for after your break) | | |
| Copy or bookmark saved-cart link (guests can keep the cart link and return later) | | |
| Email saved-cart link (logged-in customers can send the link to their account email) | | |
| Save Cart block / shortcode (place the save-cart action where needed) | | |
| Shipping Control | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Hide shipping methods during closures (per schedule or recurring weekday closure) | | |
| Vacation Shipping Options (create temporary shipping methods for closures) | | |
| Checkout descriptions for vacation shipping (explain temporary delivery options at checkout) | | |
| Vacation shipping details in orders (save selected vacation shipping notes with the order) | | |
| Shipping activity in reports (track hidden and offered shipping methods) | | |
| Checkout Protection | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Checkout Protection rules (monitor suspicious checkout activity against configured limits) | | |
| Rapid order activity signal (detect too many orders in a short period) | | |
| Same-source attempt detection (use salted IP hashes instead of storing raw IPs) | | |
| Payment failure spike detection (watch repeated failed payment attempts) | | |
| Automatic Force Close activation (pause checkout when configured limits are reached) | | |
| Classic and Checkout Block support (apply protection across WooCommerce checkout flows) | | |
| Admin trigger and clear emails (notify store managers when incidents start or clear) | | |
| Checkout Protection event history (review incident activity inside Vacation Reports) | | |
| Vacation Reports & Tracking | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Opt-in vacation reporting (enable tracking only when needed) | | |
| Summary cards and activity chart (see events, checkouts, revenue, and customers) | | |
| Recent activity log (review cart, checkout, shipping, and saved-cart events) | | |
| Top products report (see products added, removed, and purchased) | | |
| Cart and saved-cart events (track add, update, remove, save, and restore activity) | | |
| Checkout and revenue tracking (review checkout events and revenue during closures) | | |
| Shipping activity events (track hidden and offered shipping methods) | | |
| Checkout Protection events (review incident triggers and cleared incidents) | | |
| CSV export and retention (download activity and manage cleanup rules) | | |
| Admin & Developer Tools | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Upcoming closures dashboard widget (at a glance on your WP dashboard) | | |
| Admin reminder emails (email you before vacation starts) | | |
| Localized dates and times (honor site timezone across the admin) | | |
| Localized calendar & date pickers (translated month and weekday labels) | | |
| Import / export tools (migrate settings between sites) | | |
| REST API (query vacation status and plugin state programmatically) | | |
| Opening Hours REST endpoint (query open/closed status externally) | | |
| WordPress Abilities API (expose store availability to compatible integrations) | | |
| Developer hooks & filters (actions and filters for custom integrations) | | |
Choose Free if:
You need one straightforward closure with a customer-facing notice and basic purchasing control nothing more.
Choose Pro if
You need recurring schedules, opening hours, saved carts, shipping control, reports, Checkout Protection, or advanced store behavior.
THE MYPREVIEW ADVANTAGE
Built for Store Owners Who Need Practical Control
WooCommerce First Features
Designed around real WooCommerce store workflows, not generic maintenance mode.
Clear Documentation
Step-by-step guides for schedules, opening hours, conditions, and checkout behavior.
Kept Current
Maintained for modern WordPress and WooCommerce releases.
Translation Ready
Built for stores serving customers in different languages.
QUESTIONS
Store Vacation for WooCommerce FAQ
What is Store Vacation for WooCommerce?
Store Vacation helps you pause WooCommerce orders during holidays, vacations, fulfillment delays, maintenance, weekends, or temporary business breaks without taking your store offline.
Can customers still browse products while checkout is paused?
Yes. Your store and product pages can remain visible while purchases are paused, so customers can keep browsing your catalog and return when ordering is available again.
Can I show a custom vacation notice?
Yes. You can display a custom message to explain why the store is temporarily closed, when you will return, and what customers should do next.
Can I keep some products available during vacation mode?
Yes. You can keep selected products available while the rest of the store is paused. The free version supports product, category, tag, product type, and shipping class conditions, etc. This is useful for digital products, limited items, private offers, or products that can still be fulfilled during a break.
Can customers build or save carts while checkout is paused?
Yes, with Pro. Allow Cart Building lets shoppers add items while checkout is unavailable, and Save Cart for Later lets them copy, bookmark, or email a saved-cart link so they can return when checkout reopens.
Can I control shipping during vacation mode?
Yes, with Pro. You can hide unavailable shipping methods during closures and create Vacation Shipping Options with custom names, costs, zones, and checkout descriptions.
What is Checkout Protection?
Checkout Protection helps monitor unusual checkout activity, such as rapid order spikes, repeated same-source attempts, or payment failure spikes. When configured limits are reached, Pro can activate Force Close automatically.
Does Store Vacation include reports?
Yes, with Pro. Vacation Reports help you review cart activity, saved-cart actions, checkout events, shipping selections, revenue, top products, and Checkout Protection activity during closure periods.
What is the difference between Free and Pro?
Free is best for simple temporary closures. Pro is built for stores that need multiple schedules, recurring closures, opening hours, cart building, Save Cart for Later, shipping control, behavior settings, vacation reports, Checkout Protection, and more checkout flexibility.
What are Behavior Settings in Pro?
Behavior Settings let you decide what visitors see while vacation mode is active. You can keep products visible, replace shop pages with custom content, password-protect shop pages, or allow access through a private link.
Where can I get Store Vacation Pro?
Store Vacation Pro is available on the official WooCommerce Marketplace.
Ready to Pause Orders Without Losing Shoppers?
Use Store Vacation to keep your WooCommerce catalog visible while checkout is paused. Let shoppers browse, build carts, save carts for later, see clear notices, and return when your store reopens automatically.
LEARN MORE
Guides for Managing WooCommerce Store Closures
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What’s New in Store Vacation Pro 1.7.0
Read guide → : What’s New in Store Vacation Pro 1.7.0Save carts, manage vacation shipping, understand customer activity, and protect checkout while you’re away.
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Disable Checkout Without Losing Future Sales
Read guide → : Disable Checkout Without Losing Future SalesLearn how Store Vacation lets customers add products to cart while checkout is disabled during vacation mode.
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WooCommerce Advance Notice for Store Closures
Read guide → : WooCommerce Advance Notice for Store ClosuresLearn how to add an Advance Notice in WooCommerce before store closure to keep customers happy, build trust, and boost sales.