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)

Data source By default the pharmacies are loaded from the National Opendata Portal of Cyprus (data.gov.cy). Under Settings → Cyprus Pharmacies an administrator can switch to a custom API, entering its URL, a Client ID and a Client Secret. If that API fails for any reason, data.gov.cy is used for that request. The "Test connection" button checks the saved data source. 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

1.3.0

• Fix: Today/tomorrow are now calculated in Cyprus time (Asia/Nicosia); between midnight and 02:00/03:00 the previous day used to be shown, and the day headings could disagree with the listed pharmacies.
• Fix: Empty results (e.g. a schedule that is not published yet) are no longer cached for 12 hours.
• Fix: Returning 0 from the cypharm_cache_duration filter now really disables caching (it used to cache forever).
• Fix: The day headings were never closed (<h3> instead of </h3>).
• Fix: No PHP warnings when a record lacks a field; map links behave the same for today and tomorrow.
• Fix: "Clear Cache" now also works with a persistent object cache (Redis, Memcached).
• Fix: The cypharm_coordinates filter can now be used from a theme's functions.php.
• Tweak: data.gov.cy requests time out after 8 seconds (was 15), ask for up to 50 records, and are logged only when WP_DEBUG_LOG is enabled.
• Tweak: Map links use HTTPS; translatable day heading format; escaping hardening; direct file access guards.
• DEV: Removed unused code (CyPharm_Data::cypharms(), the cypharm_pharmacies filter, unused properties).
• DEV: CyPharm_Data::$date is now a Y-m-d date.
• Readme: Added an "External services" section.
• Requirement: PHP 8.2 or newer (was 7.4).
• New: Optional custom API data source with Client ID/Secret, under Settings → Cyprus Pharmacies (Source dropdown; the API fields appear only when "Custom API" is selected). data.gov.cy remains the default and is used as a fallback on any API failure.
• New: "Test connection" button for the saved data source (data.gov.cy or the custom API).
• New: uninstall.php removes the plugin's options and cached data.
• New: When the data source provides latitude/longitude for a pharmacy (e.g. a custom API), the address links to that point on Google Maps, in every city. The bundled Paphos coordinates (and the cypharm_coordinates filter) are used when a record has no coordinates.

1.2.9

• Tested up to WordPress 7.1
• DEV: Codebase brought in line with WordPress Coding Standards; no functional changes

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!