Cyprus Pharmacies

An easy way to show the all-night today and tomorrow pharmacies of Cyprus per city (Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni, Paphos).

A simple example

[cypharm show_title=false]

More Options

The plugin supports the following optional parameters:

• city: select the Cyprus city between Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paralimni and Paphos (defaults to Paphos)
• title: Choose a custom title to use (defaults to false)

Performance Features

• Caching: API responses are cached for 12 hours to improve performance and reduce API calls
• Cache Management: Admin interface to clear cache when needed
• Smart Loading: Only makes API calls when cached data is expired or doesn’t exist

Developer Features

• Customizable Cache Duration: Use the cypharm_cache_duration filter to modify cache duration
• Cache Management: Programmatic cache clearing with clear_cache() method
• Extensible: Easy to extend with additional caching features

Customizing Cache Duration

You can customize the cache duration by adding the following code to your theme’s functions.php file:

Set cache to 24 hours:
add_filter( 'cypharm_cache_duration', function() {
return 86400; // 24 hours in seconds
});

Set cache to 1 hour:
add_filter( 'cypharm_cache_duration', function() {
return 3600; // 1 hour in seconds
});

Set cache to 30 minutes:
add_filter( 'cypharm_cache_duration', function() {
return 1800; // 30 minutes in seconds
});

Disable caching (not recommended for production):
add_filter( 'cypharm_cache_duration', function() {
return 0; // No caching
});

Using a named function (recommended):
function my_custom_cypharm_cache_duration() {
return 7200; // 2 hours in seconds
}
add_filter( 'cypharm_cache_duration', 'my_custom_cypharm_cache_duration' );

Credits

• National Opendata Portal

1. 

   The all-night pharmacies of Paphos for 4th and 5th of January

1.2.8

• UX: Added “Settings” link to plugin action links for easy access
• UX: Improved admin interface with better code examples

1.2.7

• Performance: Added intelligent caching system to reduce API calls
• Performance: Cache pharmacy data for 12 hours to improve page load times
• Admin: Added cache management interface in Settings
• Developer: Added filter hook to customize cache duration
• Developer: Added cache clearing functionality for plugin activation/deactivation
• Security: Maintained all previous security improvements

1.2.6

• Security: Fixed XSS vulnerabilities by properly escaping all user data from external APIs
• Security: Added input validation for shortcode parameters to prevent invalid city values
• Security: Improved error handling for API responses with proper JSON validation
• Security: Added SSL verification to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks
• Security: Added proper user-agent headers for API requests
• Security: Enhanced error logging for debugging API issues

1.2.5

• Fix: data.gov schema was changed.

1.2.4

• Fix: Link to Google Maps is not working.

1.2.3

• Fix: data.gov schema uses multiple date formats.

1.2.2

• Fix: data.gov schema was changed.

1.2.1

• Tweak: Add a filter hook.
• Tweak: Add extra checks to avoid warnings for missing fields.

1.2.0

• Tweak: Code refactoring
• New: Now the plugin is ready to be translated to your language!

1.1.2

• FIX: Wrong surname was returned

1.1.1

• FIX: Wrong community and telephone numbers

1.1.0

• Link to the Google Maps position of the pharmacy for Paphos Area.

1.0.0

• First Release!