The WordPress Posts & WooCommerce Products Limit Access / Scheduler (WPPS) plugin offers comprehensive functionalities to schedule and restrict access to posts, custom posts and WooCommerce products. Here is a summary of its key features and how it works:

Key Features:

1. Scheduling Rules Configurator: Provides an interface within the WordPress dashboard (under a “Scheduler” menu) for setting scheduling rules.
2. Scheduling Options: Allows scheduling rules for automatic publishing/unpublishing of posts, custom posts, and items based on date rules and user roles.
3. User Role Restrictions: Allows administrators to restrict access to certain content based on user roles, redirecting them if needed.
4. Unpurchasable Option for WooCommerce: Provides the ability to mark WooCommerce products as “Unpurchasable,” removing the “add to cart” button for certain user roles.
5. Product Visibility Control: Allows administrators to control the visibility of products, either making them purchasable or unpublished before and after the “Unpurchasable” duration.
6. Custom Messages: Offers the option to display custom messages on product and shop pages during the “Unpurchasable” period.
7. Scheduling/Restrict Access Rules: Administrators can assign multiple scheduling rules to posts/products based on selection, categories, assignment strategy, and dates.
8. Date Scheduling: Enables setting specific scheduling dates for different periods, allowing the allocation of different visibility states (published/unpublished) for each period.

Example Use Case:

Example 1: WooCommerce Products Timing

The shop admin wants to make a product available only between 09:00 to 18:00 and unpublished for the rest of the day and on December 25th every year.

Steps to Set Rules:

1. Create a New Rule:
   • Type: WooCommerce product
   • Select the product(s) or categories
2. Set Scheduling Rule for Available Time:
   • Published https for specific times (09:00 to 18:00) every day:
     • User Roles: Unselected
     • Start Date: Day of the Week, All days, All months, 09:00 to 17:59
     • Invert https item(s) during unmatched time: Yes
   • Unpublished https for the remaining time:
     • Start Date: Day of the month, 25th December, 09:00 to 00:00

These steps define the rules to make a WooCommerce product available from 09:00-18:00 every day and unavailable the rest of the time and on December 25th.

This plugin offers a comprehensive solution for managing content visibility and scheduling, especially useful for controlling WooCommerce product availability based on specific time zones and user roles.