Manage campaigns in Joomla's native plugin settings. Add a simple product's numeric HikaShop ID, enter an optional date in YYYY-MM-DD format and a plain-text message, and set the campaign to Active. A paused campaign blocks new checkout for that product, including a product already in a cart.

This is a free local plugin licensed under GNU GPL version 2 or later. There is no PreOrder Pilot account, hosted service subscription, trial, upgrade checkout or app charge. Orders use the full amount and the store's existing HikaShop checkout and payment methods. The plugin does not change prices, stock, payment methods or order statuses.

Before enabling a campaign, publish a simple product without variants or options and set its HikaShop quantity to Unlimited. Unlimited stock allows sales without a quantity cap. The plugin does not reserve a limited allocation. An expected date is buyer information, not an automatic release, shipping or charging schedule.

To return to ordinary sales, set the intended HikaShop stock and remove the campaign row. Review stock before disabling or uninstalling the plugin: that removes its notices and checkout protection. Existing saved order markers remain in HikaShop.

Version 1.0.0 supports simple products only. Variants, product options, deposits, pay-later, automatic balance collection, quantity caps and availability email signups are not included. Test your template, payment gateway and checkout extensions on staging before accepting orders.

Launch compatibility: Joomla 5.4, PHP 8.1 or newer and HikaShop Starter 6.7.1. Tested release details are published in the setup guide. Other Joomla versions and HikaShop editions are not claimed as tested.