MUQ Vacation Mode & Notice Bar for WooCommerce is an all-in-one store management and notification suite designed specifically for non-technical store owners. It provides an intuitive dashboard hub with instant navigation boxes to manage top bar announcements, animated moving notification bars, holiday purchasing pauses, and customer waitlists.
Whether you are taking a well-deserved vacation, performing inventory stocktakes, or running a special sale, Vacation Mode keeps your customers informed with modern, eye-catching notification banners.
Key Features
- Dashboard Hub for Non-Tech Users: Clear visual action cards guide you directly into each notification and holiday feature without complicated menus.
- Top Bar Notification: Display a prominent announcement bar at the top or bottom of your site header with live ticking countdown deadline clocks and customizable call-to-action buttons.
- Moving Notification Bar: Smooth infinite scrolling ticker with dynamic “+ Add Message” repeater. Add emojis/icons, mix normal text with bold highlight keywords, set custom links, and place above header, below header, above footer, or below footer.
- Flexible Placement via Default Hooks: Integrates seamlessly using default WordPress actions (
wp_body_open,get_footer,wp_footer). When the plugin is deactivated or uninstalled, it leaves zero broken code or theme modifications. - Scheduled Vacation Windows: Set automated Start and End dates & times. Purchasing resumes automatically once vacation ends.
- Purchasing Lockdown: Disables “Add to Cart” across product catalog, archives, single pages, and protects both Classic and WooCommerce Blocks (Store API) checkout.
- Preserve Cart Contents: Unlike destructive plugins that wipe customer carts, existing cart contents are safely preserved while checking out is disabled.
- Admin Bypass Mode: Store managers and administrators can continue testing checkout and placing orders while vacation mode is active for visitors.
- Product Page Waitlist Capture: Capture customer email leads directly on product pages while purchasing is paused with GDPR consent compliance.
- High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) Ready: 100% compatible with modern WooCommerce HPOS and Cart/Checkout Blocks.
- Accessible & Lightweight: Hardware-accelerated CSS animations, pause-on-hover, pause-on-focus, reduced-motion media query support, RTL support, and zero external JS/CSS library bloat.
External services
This plugin does not connect to any 3rd-party external services or remote APIs. All countdown timers, notification banners, and vacation mode logic run entirely locally on your WordPress server. No personal data, telemetry, or user information is ever transmitted off your server.
Screenshots
Dashboard Hub with intuitive action boxes for non-technical users.
Top Bar Notification settings with live preview and countdown clock.
Moving Notification Bar with + Add Message repeater, icons, bold text, and header/footer placement.
Vacation Mode schedule and storefront notice settings.
Product Waitlist leads capture list.
