Who is Business Places for?

Business Places is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and theme developers.

Is Business Places free?

Yes — Business Places is free to use.

What platforms does Business Places run on?

Business Places runs on the web and embeddable surfaces. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Business Places still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Business Places?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Easy Business Hours, Better Business Hours, and We’re Open!.

Who makes Business Places?

Business Places is developed by Tarosky Inc.

How long has Business Places been around?

Business Places first shipped in 2017.

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Business Places

Name: Business Places
Author: Tarosky Inc.

wordpress.orgOther business & ops

Business Places is a WordPress plugin for adding business locations and opening hours to websites. It supports widgets, shortcodes, Google Maps, JSON-LD, and custom post types for location directories.

FreeGPL-3.0WebEmbeddableSelf-hosted

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Overview

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Business Places sits in PulseGate's Other business & ops category. It focuses on adding business locations and opening hours to a WordPress website. It is built as a B2B product for wordPress site owners and theme developers. It is available for free. It runs on the web and embeddable surfaces, and it can be self-hosted.

Tarosky Inc. builds and maintains Business Places, and it first shipped in 2017. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 8 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include business locations, opening hours, and Google Maps. The interface is available in English, Spanish, and Japanese. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Business locations
Opening hours
Google Maps
JSON-LD support
Location widgets
Opening-hours widgets
Shortcodes
Custom post types

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserEmbeddableSelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

GPL-3.0

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierGitHub · ★ 1Active maintenanceMulti-language

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed2 Sept · 19:22 UTC
Business Places verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Business Places

What is Business Places?: Business Places focuses on adding business locations and opening hours to a WordPress website. It is catalogued under Other business & ops on PulseGate.
Who is Business Places for?: Business Places is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and theme developers.
Is Business Places free?: Yes — Business Places is free to use.
What platforms does Business Places run on?: Business Places runs on the web and embeddable surfaces. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Business Places still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Business Places?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Easy Business Hours, Better Business Hours, and We’re Open!.Easy Business Hours Better Business Hours We’re Open!
Who makes Business Places?: Business Places is developed by Tarosky Inc.
How long has Business Places been around?: Business Places first shipped in 2017.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese
Open source: Yes · ★ 1
License: GPL-3.0
First seen: 2 Sept 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site owners and theme developers
Model: B2B
Solves: Adding business locations and opening hours to a WordPress website.

Registered as

GitHub: tarosky/taro-open-hour
WordPress.org: taro-open-hour

Developer

Tarosky Inc.

Small team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 1
Forks: 1
Open issues: 37
Last commit: 2 Sept 2026
Commits 90d: 8
Contributors: 4
Authorship: Small team
Default branch: master
Latest release: 2.2.1 · 18 Jun 2021

Index record

Indexed: 2 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 2 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: business-places-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 2 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 2 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/taro-open-hour

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