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| 1 | 1 | === Booking Calendar === |
| 2 | 2 | Contributors: wpdevelop, oplugins |
| 3 | 3 | Donate link: https://wpbookingcalendar.com/buy/ |
| 4 | -Tags: booking calendar, appointment booking, booking form, reservations, contact form | |
| 4 | +Tags: booking calendar, appointment booking, online booking, availability calendar, booking form | |
| 5 | 5 | Requires at least: 5.3 |
| 6 | 6 | Requires PHP: 5.6 |
| 7 | 7 | Tested up to: 7.1 |
| 8 | -Stable tag: 11.6 | |
| 8 | +Stable tag: 11.8.3 | |
| 9 | 9 | License: GPLv2 or later |
| 10 | 10 | License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html |
| 11 | 11 | |
| 12 | 12 | WP Booking Calendar plugin for full-day bookings, time-slot appointments, rentals & events. Accept bookings and inquiries with flexible contact forms |
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| 15 | 15 | |
| 16 | 16 | = Booking Calendar - Booking Plugin for Appointments, Reservations, Rentals, Events = |
| 17 | 17 | **WP Booking Calendar** is a flexible **WordPress booking plugin** for **appointments**, **reservations**, **rentals**, and **events**. Add a responsive **availability calendar** and **booking form** to your website, accept **online bookings**, and manage them from a modern admin panel. |
| 18 | 18 | |
| 19 | -Use Booking Calendar for **full-day bookings**, **time-slot appointments**, service scheduling, event registration, **inquiry forms**, **request forms**, or even as a simple multi-steps **contact form** with built-in request listing and email notifications. | |
| 19 | +Use Booking Calendar for **full-day bookings**, **time-slot appointments**, service scheduling, event registration, **inquiry forms**, **request forms**, or even as a simple multi-step **contact form** with built-in request listing and email notifications. | |
| 20 | 20 | |
| 21 | 21 | [Features](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/ "Features Overview of Booking Calendar") | [See Demos](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/demo/ "Live demos of premium versions") | [FAQ](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/ "Booking Calendar FAQ") | [Get Support](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/support/ "Get support for Booking Calendar plugin") |
| 22 | 22 | |
| 23 | 23 | Best for appointments, service scheduling, property rentals, equipment rentals, consultations, classes, events, and availability management. |
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| 22 | 22 | |
| 23 | 23 | Best for appointments, service scheduling, property rentals, equipment rentals, consultations, classes, events, and availability management. |
| 24 | 24 | |
| 25 | 25 | = Key Features = |
| 26 | -- Block unavailable time intervals by resource and date range | |
| 27 | -- Create admin bookings from selected available time slots | |
| 28 | -- Configure global availability rules with live preview | |
| 29 | -- Accept **full-day** and **time-slot** bookings | |
| 30 | -- Show **calendar availability** on your website | |
| 31 | -- Create booking, contact, and inquiry forms | |
| 32 | -- Use the new **Drag & Drop Booking Form Builder** | |
| 33 | -- Build **multi-step forms** with rows and columns | |
| 34 | -- Customize form fields and email notifications | |
| 35 | -- Prevent double bookings | |
| 36 | -- Manage bookings in a clear admin panel | |
| 37 | -- Sync bookings with external services using **.ics feeds** | |
| 38 | -- Import Google Calendar events | |
| 39 | -- Works for properties, services, rentals, and events | |
| 26 | +- Accept full-day, appointment, and time-slot bookings. | |
| 27 | +- Display availability and prevent double bookings. | |
| 28 | +- Create customizable booking and inquiry forms. | |
| 29 | +- Manage, approve, decline, and edit bookings in WordPress. | |
| 30 | +- Send email notifications to administrators and customers. | |
| 31 | +- Build multi-step forms with the Drag & Drop Form Builder. | |
| 32 | +- Block unavailable dates and time intervals. | |
| 33 | +- Synchronize bookings using .ics feeds. | |
| 34 | +- Import Google Calendar events. | |
| 35 | +- Use responsive booking forms on desktop and mobile. | |
| 40 | 36 | |
| 41 | -= New Time Slots Availability & Fast Admin Booking = | |
| 37 | += Booking Calendar for Different Businesses = | |
| 42 | 38 | |
| 43 | -Manage unavailable time intervals visually from **Booking Calendar > Availability** or directly from the bookings workflow using the new **Time Slots Availability** popup. | |
| 39 | +Use Booking Calendar for appointment scheduling, service reservations, property and equipment rentals, consultations, classes, events, and other availability-based bookings. | |
| 44 | 40 | |
| 45 | -Administrators can choose a date range and block or unblock exact time intervals in an interactive timeline. The timeline clearly shows available, booked, unavailable, and full-day unavailable states, and full-day unavailable states, making it much easier to understand real availability at a glance. | |
| 41 | +Booking Calendar Free includes the essential tools for displaying availability, accepting booking requests, preventing double bookings, sending notifications, and managing reservations in WordPress. | |
| 46 | 42 | |
| 47 | -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaLVguJbMP8 | |
| 43 | +Paid editions add multiple booking resources, online payments, seasonal pricing, advanced availability rules, availability search, and MultiUser administration. | |
| 48 | 44 | |
| 49 | -Administrators can also create a new booking directly from an available time interval. Simply select an available time slot in the popup, open the booking form with the selected resource, date, start time, and end time already prefilled, and save it as a new booking. | |
| 45 | += Full-Day Booking Process in Booking Calendar Free = | |
| 46 | +Let visitors complete a full-day property booking through a clear two-step flow. Customers select a property, review available, booked, and pending dates, choose their check-in and check-out dates, enter their contact details, and submit the booking request. The confirmation displays the complete booking summary and provides an option to add the selected dates to Google Calendar. | |
| 50 | 47 | |
| 51 | -This makes Booking Calendar especially useful for appointment scheduling, service bookings, consultations, rentals, and any workflow where administrators need to quickly review availability and create bookings from the WordPress admin panel. | |
| 48 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp3lZ5Dnxns | |
| 52 | 49 | |
| 53 | -= New Drag & Drop Booking Form Builder = | |
| 50 | += Appointment Booking with Services and Providers = | |
| 51 | +Let visitors book appointments through a simple step-by-step flow. Customers choose a Service and an available Provider, select a date and start time, enter their contact details, and submit the booking. The confirmation displays the complete appointment details and provides an option to add the appointment to Google Calendar. | |
| 54 | 52 | |
| 55 | -Create booking forms visually without manually editing complex shortcodes or form code. Simply drag fields from the sidebar, drop them into the canvas, organize them into rows and columns, edit settings in the sidebar, and preview changes instantly. | |
| 53 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwrMgXaHkk | |
| 56 | 54 | |
| 57 | -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LRr15mcECE | |
| 58 | - | |
| 59 | -The new builder also makes it easy to create **contact** and **inquiry forms** where the calendar is optional. | |
| 60 | - | |
| 61 | -With the new interface, you can: | |
| 62 | - | |
| 63 | -- drag and drop fields into the form layout, | |
| 64 | -- organize fields into sections and columns, | |
| 65 | -- create multi-step form pages, | |
| 66 | -- resize columns for better layout control, | |
| 67 | -- edit field settings in the right sidebar, | |
| 68 | -- instantly preview the form while building. | |
| 69 | - | |
| 70 | -This new functionality brings a more modern, user-friendly, and flexible way to create forms in Booking Calendar, making form setup faster, clearer, and much more convenient for website owners. | |
| 71 | - | |
| 72 | -= Perfect solution for any booking logic = | |
| 73 | - | |
| 74 | -As the first booking system for WordPress, we have created a huge number of features to match your specific booking needs. | |
| 75 | - | |
| 76 | -Easily **define available dates** and allow your visitors to **reserve** your property or service for a **full day** or **time-slot**. | |
| 77 | - | |
| 78 | -For those who need more advanced functionality, our premium versions offer an extensive system with **multiple resources**, **seasonal prices**, **conditional dates** selection, **availability search**, and even a **multi-user system** where users can independently manage their own availability, much like an Airbnb portal. | |
| 79 | - | |
| 80 | -= Full Day Bookings - Drag and Drop Booking Form Builder = | |
| 81 | -Easily configure Booking Calendar for full-day bookings with the new Drag and Drop Booking Form Builder. The new Booking Calendar Form Builder makes it much easier to create flexible booking forms without manually editing form code. It is a simple and visual way to build booking forms for different use cases directly inside WordPress. | |
| 82 | - | |
| 83 | -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_svjKULkc0 | |
| 84 | - | |
| 85 | -= Appointment Forms with Time Slots or Start Time + Service Duration Selection = | |
| 86 | -Create a time-slot booking form in just a few minutes with the new Booking Calendar Form Builder. Visually add the calendar, time fields, and contact fields, adjust the layout, and preview changes instantly — without manually editing form code. | |
| 87 | - | |
| 88 | -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hV11Cfc61Q | |
| 89 | - | |
| 90 | -= Changeover Multi-Day Bookings - Setup Wizard (Pro) = | |
| 91 | -Configure multi-day bookings with specific check-in and check-out days, clearly marked with diagonal or vertical lines. Perfect for bookings that require split days. <br>**Available Pro versions**. | |
| 92 | - | |
| 93 | -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCQ9JmHR8w4 | |
| 94 | - | |
| 95 | 55 | == Installation == |
| 96 | 56 | |
| 97 | 57 | Installing the plugin is easy. Just follow one of the following methods: |
| 98 | 58 | |
| 99 | -= Install Booking Calendar from within Wordpress = | |
| 59 | += Install Booking Calendar from within WordPress = | |
| 100 | 60 | |
| 101 | 61 | 1. Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’ |
| 102 | 62 | 2. Search for "Booking Calendar by oplugins" |
| 103 | 63 | 3. Activate Booking Calendar from your Plugins page |
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| 117 | 77 | == Frequently Asked Questions == |
| 118 | 78 | |
| 119 | 79 | Please see [FAQ](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/). |
| 120 | 80 | |
| 121 | -= Booking Calendar is great for = | |
| 122 | 81 | |
| 123 | -Whether you’re renting a property or you’re a sole business owner looking to automate your service bookings, Booking Calendar can help you. | |
| 124 | -- Resource scheduling (bed & breakfast, houses, apartments, etc.) | |
| 125 | -- Client scheduling (photographers, lawyers, beauty salons, spas, etc.) | |
| 126 | -- Meeting scheduling (coaching, phone advice) | |
| 127 | -- Patient scheduling (doctor, dentists, clinic, medical) | |
| 128 | -- Equipment rentals (yachts, boats, cars, bikes, technics, etc.) | |
| 129 | -- Event scheduling (conference, course, fitness center, yoga class, gym) | |
| 130 | -- Or any other service where booking for a specific time is required | |
| 82 | += Premium Features in paid versions = | |
| 131 | 83 | |
| 132 | -= All you need to know about booking process = | |
| 84 | +**Booking Calendar Personal (or higher versions)** | |
| 85 | +- [Multiple booking resources (calendars)](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#booking-resources) - create an unlimited number of booking resources (calendars), which can be your services, properties, or any other items that can be booked by visitors in separate unique calendars. | |
| 86 | +- [Advanced configuration of booking form and emails](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#booking-form) - fully customize the appearance of your booking form and email templates. | |
| 87 | +- [Manage bookings](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#manage-bookings) - perform various actions such as CSV export, adding notes, editing, duplicating, changing resources, and much more... | |
| 133 | 88 | |
| 134 | -**Step 1: Select your desired date(s)** | |
| 135 | -Customers can select the date(s) they would like to book. The **Booking Calendar** plugin provides an easy-to-use calendar system that displays the availability of your property or service for those dates. | |
| 89 | +**Booking Calendar Business Small (or higher versions)** | |
| 90 | +- [Online Payments](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#payments) - accept online payments for your bookings, with support for various payment gateways like **Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.Net, Redsys**, and more. | |
| 91 | +- [Changeover Days](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#change-over-days) - enable **split bookings** marked by vertical or diagonal lines, allowing visitors to check out and check in on the same date. | |
| 92 | +- [Advanced range selection rules](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#range-days-selection) - enable fixed ranges with one click, configure minimum and maximum lengths or specific permitted lengths, and restrict range starts to selected weekdays. | |
| 93 | +- [Auto Approval / Cancellation](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#auto-cancellation) - set up automatic cancellation of unpaid pending bookings after a specific time, or enable auto-approval for incoming bookings. | |
| 94 | +- [Advanced Hourly Bookings](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#times) - increase the flexibility of your Booking Calendar by allowing visitors to book specific start and end times or duration of time, ensuring precise scheduling for your services. | |
| 136 | 95 | |
| 137 | -**Step 2: Select a time-slot (optional)** | |
| 138 | -If you offer appointments or reservations at specific times, you can configure the booking form to allow customers to select an available time-slot. To learn how to set it up, please [watch this video](https://youtu.be/-pOTMiyp6Q8?t=28s "Video guide how to configure time slots in Booking Calendar Free version"). | |
| 96 | +**Booking Calendar Business Medium (or higher versions)** | |
| 97 | +- [Seasonal Prices](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#rates) - customize the daily cost (rates) for different seasons or week days with fixed costs per day or as a percentage from original daily cost. | |
| 98 | +- [Multi-Day Pricing](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#valuation-days) - set different cost of booking based on the number of selected days, and the ability to apply these costs only if the "Check In" day falls within a specific season. | |
| 99 | +- [Last Minute Booking Discount](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#early-late-discounts) - offer a discount for bookings, if the difference between the booking date and the check-in date is less than a specified number of days. | |
| 100 | +- [Early Booking Discounts](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#early-late-discounts) - set a discount for bookings made in advance, if the difference between the booking date and the check-in date is greater than a specified number of days. | |
| 101 | +- [Advanced cost](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#additional-cost) - configure the booking cost based on the options selected in the form, by adding extra charges such as taxes, additional services, or by adjusting the cost based on the number of visitors. | |
| 102 | +- [Deposit payments](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#deposit) - allows visitors to pay a part of the booking cost such as a fixed deposit value or percentage of the original booking cost after creating a booking. | |
| 103 | +- [Multiple Custom Forms](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#custom-forms) - create multiple form configurations, allowing you to use different forms with different form fields for each of your booking resources. | |
| 104 | +- [Advanced days selection](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#advanced-days-selection) - customize the specific number of days that can be selected on specific weekdays or during certain seasons or allow specific start week days on certain season. | |
| 105 | +- [Different time-slots on different days](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#times-week-days) - configure different time slots for different week days or seasons. | |
| 106 | +- [Advanced Season Availability](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#availability) - set unavailable days for specific seasons, such as holidays or weekends during summer, using conditional season filters. | |
| 107 | +- [Availability from Today](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#availability-from-today) - limit or define the number of available/unavailable days starting from today. | |
| 108 | +- [Unavailable time before or after a booking](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#unavailable-time-after-before-booking) - setting the number of minutes, hours, or days needed for cleaning or other services, applicable to bookings with time slots or change-over days feature. | |
| 139 | 109 | |
| 140 | -**Step 3: Fill in Booking Form Fields** | |
| 141 | -The form will ask for information such as your name, contact information, and other details needed to approve the booking. The booking form fields are customizable, allowing you to configure fields required for the booking. | |
| 110 | +**Booking Calendar Business Large (or higher versions)** | |
| 111 | +- [Capacity and Availability](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#capacity) - set the maximum number of bookings that can be made per full day or time slots in calendar, and ensure that dates in the calendar are only available until the capacity is reached. | |
| 112 | +- [Search Availability](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#search) - allows your website visitors to quickly search for available booking resources such as properties or services by entering check-in/out dates and other criteria like the number of guests or specific amenities. | |
| 113 | +- [Coupons for Discounts](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#coupons) - offer discounts to your visitors by creating coupon codes that can be entered in the booking form. | |
| 114 | +- [Auto-Cancel Pending Bookings](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#pending-available) - enable automatic cancellation of pending bookings for specific dates when you approve booking for the same resource. | |
| 142 | 115 | |
| 143 | -**Step 4: Submit your booking and Receive Notification of New Booking** | |
| 144 | -After filling out the booking form, customers can submit the booking. The **Booking Calendar** plugin will notify the administrator about the new booking and send a confirmation email to customers that their booking has been received. | |
| 116 | +**Booking Calendar MultiUser version** | |
| 117 | +- [MultiUser Booking Admin Panels](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#multiuser) - enable each registered WordPress user to have their own individual booking admin panel, where they can see and manage only their own bookings, resources, and settings. This includes the ability to configure their own booking form, receive notifications to own separate emails, and activate payment gateways for their own payment accounts. | |
| 145 | 118 | |
| 146 | -**Step 5: Manage Bookings** | |
| 147 | -Administrators can manage all reservations from the modern and easy-to-use admin booking panel. Easily find the required bookings, check the booking details, and modify the booking if needed, then approve or decline this reservation. Customers will receive an email confirmation about the approval or cancellation of their booking. | |
| 148 | 119 | |
| 149 | -= Simple steps to get started = | |
| 150 | -**1. Add booking form or availability calendar to your page** | |
| 151 | -Easily insert the booking form on any page of your website using WordPress blocks or Booking Calendar widgets for sidebars or configure shortcode block in page builders like Elementor. Read more [here](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/insert-booking-calendar-into-page/ "How to insert the booking form or availability calendar into the page?"). | |
| 120 | += Booking Calendar Free Features: = | |
| 152 | 121 | |
| 153 | -**2. Set initial unavailable days with just few clicks** | |
| 154 | -You can **define days availability** in just a 3 mouse clicks at Booking > Availability page. Simply select a range of days on the calendar, choose 'available' or 'unavailable' status, and apply. It’s that simple! | |
| 122 | +**Time Slots Availability & Fast Admin Booking** | |
| 155 | 123 | |
| 156 | -**3. Configure booking form, email templates and other settings** | |
| 157 | -Easily **customize** your **booking form** fields and add **[time slots](https://youtu.be/-pOTMiyp6Q8?t=28s "Video guide how to configure time slots in Booking Calendar Free version")** if needed. Configure **email** notifications and other settings such as the **calendar** appearance, booking admin panel functionality, and more... | |
| 124 | +Manage unavailable time intervals visually from **Booking Calendar > Availability** or directly from the bookings workflow using the new **Time Slots Availability** popup. | |
| 158 | 125 | |
| 159 | -**4. Receive notifications and manage bookings** | |
| 160 | -Get notified about a **new appointments** and manage them in a modern admin panel. **Approve**, **decline**, or **edit** specific bookings. Plus, you can get a complete picture of your schedule with the **calendar overview** in **day**, **week**, or **month** view mode. | |
| 126 | +Administrators can choose a date range and block or unblock exact time intervals in an interactive timeline. The timeline clearly shows available, booked, unavailable, and full-day unavailable states, making it much easier to understand real availability at a glance. | |
| 161 | 127 | |
| 162 | -**5. Configure syncing of bookings with other services** | |
| 163 | -Import your **Google Calendar** events or make **2 ways sync** of your events by using **.ics feeds** with various services such as Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, FlipKey, and more... Thanks to native integration with [Booking Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking-manager/) plugin. | |
| 128 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaLVguJbMP8 | |
| 164 | 129 | |
| 165 | -= Awesome features: = | |
| 130 | +Administrators can also create a new booking directly from an available time interval. Simply select an available time slot in the popup, open the booking form with the selected resource, date, start time, and end time already prefilled, and save it as a new booking. | |
| 166 | 131 | |
| 132 | +This makes Booking Calendar especially useful for appointment scheduling, service bookings, consultations, rentals, and any workflow where administrators need to quickly review availability and create bookings from the WordPress admin panel. | |
| 133 | + | |
| 167 | 134 | **Setup Wizard!** |
| 168 | 135 | - Easy Time Appointments Configuration for your Bookings |
| 169 | 136 | - Set up **appointment booking system** in less than 2.5 minutes. Designed with a user-friendly flow, the wizard takes you step-by-step through key settings, including booking type selection, calendar appearance, availability preferences, and more. This step-by-step setup helps you get your booking system ready for your business quickly and easily. |
| 170 | 137 | |
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| 175 | 142 | - In Booking Calendar you can define days as available or unavailable in just a few clicks. Simply select a range of days on the calendar, choose 'available' or 'unavailable' status, and apply. It's that simple! |
| 176 | 143 | |
| 177 | 144 | **General** |
| 178 | 145 | - **Modern** and **easy to use** interface. |
| 179 | -- The plugin is designed to be a suitable for a vast array of businesses. | |
| 146 | +- The plugin is designed for a vast array of businesses. | |
| 180 | 147 | - 100% mobile-friendly and looks amazing on any device. |
| 181 | -- All booking data is stored in your DB. You don't need other accounts. | |
| 182 | -- **Multi language** support. Check all available languages at [this page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking/#support%20languages%20%28local%29 "Translations"). | |
| 148 | +- Booking details are stored in your WordPress database. You don't need other accounts. | |
| 149 | +- **Multilingual** support. Check all available languages at [this page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking/#support%20languages%20%28local%29 "Translations"). | |
| 183 | 150 | |
| 184 | 151 | **Easy to start using** |
| 185 | 152 | - Booking Calendar is an easy solution to start receiving bookings. |
| 186 | 153 | - You can quickly [add the booking calendar](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/insert-booking-calendar-into-page/) to your posts or pages using WordPress blocks or shortcodes. Additionally, you can add the booking calendar as a widget to your site's sidebar. |
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| 190 | 157 | - **Prevention of double bookings** - one booking per day or time slot. |
| 191 | 158 | - Alternatively, you can allow **unlimited bookings for the same date** and time within the same calendar. |
| 192 | 159 | - You can enable **pending bookings as available** in the calendar, which lets you receive multiple bookings for the same date until you manually approve one of them. You can receive as many bookings as you need to and stop receiving bookings on specific dates once you have approved a booking. |
| 193 | 160 | |
| 194 | -**Timeslots bookings** | |
| 195 | -- [Time slot bookings](https://youtu.be/-pOTMiyp6Q8?t=28s "Video guide how to configure time slots in Booking Calendar Free version")** are available in the Booking Calendar Free version, which allows you to receive bookings for available time-slots during a selected day. Customers can select time slots either in a time picker or from a dropdown list, depending on your settings at Settings General page in "Time Slots" section. | |
| 161 | +**Time-Slot Bookings** | |
| 162 | +- [Time slot bookings](https://youtu.be/-pOTMiyp6Q8?t=28s "Video guide how to configure time slots in Booking Calendar Free version") are available in the Booking Calendar Free version, which allows you to receive bookings for available time-slots during a selected day. Customers can select time slots either in a time picker or from a dropdown list, depending on your settings at Settings General page in "Time Slots" section. | |
| 196 | 163 | |
| 197 | 164 | **Calendar** |
| 198 | 165 | Select a **calendar skin** that matches your website design.<br> |
| 199 | 166 | Or customize the calendar colors by [editing the CSS](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/change-skin-and-colors/) styles.<br> |
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| 235 | 202 | Customizable **date format** for your bookings.<br> |
| 236 | 203 | **Two-click range selection** for choosing any continuous range of available booking dates.<br> |
| 237 | 204 | **Restriction of access** to plugin menus for standard WordPress user roles.<br> |
| 238 | 205 | <br> |
| 239 | -And **much more**... Check ton of features in [premium versions](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/ "Booking Calendar Features list") of plugin. | |
| 206 | +And **much more**... Explore more features in [premium versions](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/ "Booking Calendar Features list") of plugin. | |
| 240 | 207 | |
| 241 | 208 | |
| 242 | -= Premium Features in paid versions = | |
| 209 | += Booking Calendar is great for = | |
| 243 | 210 | |
| 244 | -**Booking Calendar Personal (or higher versions)** | |
| 245 | -- [Multiple booking resources (calendars)](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#booking-resources) - create an unlimited number of booking resources (calendars), which can be your services, properties, or any other items that can be booked by visitors in separate unique calendars. | |
| 246 | -- [Advanced configuration of booking form and emails](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#booking-form) - fully customize the appearance of your booking form and email templates. | |
| 247 | -- [Manage bookings](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#manage-bookings) - perform various actions such as CSV export, adding notes, editing, duplicating, changing resources, and much more... | |
| 211 | +Whether you’re renting a property or you’re a sole business owner looking to automate your service bookings, Booking Calendar can help you. | |
| 212 | +- Resource scheduling (bed & breakfast, houses, apartments, etc.) | |
| 213 | +- Client scheduling (photographers, lawyers, beauty salons, spas, etc.) | |
| 214 | +- Meeting scheduling (coaching, phone advice) | |
| 215 | +- Patient scheduling (doctor, dentists, clinic, medical) | |
| 216 | +- Equipment rentals (yachts, boats, cars, bikes, technics, etc.) | |
| 217 | +- Event scheduling (conference, course, fitness center, yoga class, gym) | |
| 218 | +- Or any other service where booking for a specific time is required | |
| 248 | 219 | |
| 249 | -**Booking Calendar Business Small (or higher versions)** | |
| 250 | -- [Online Payments](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#payments) - accept online payments for your bookings, with support for various payment gateways like **Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.Net, Redsys**, and more. | |
| 251 | -- [Changeover Days](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#change-over-days) - enable **split bookings** marked by vertical or diagonal lines, allowing visitors to check out and check in on the same date. | |
| 252 | -- [Advanced range selection rules](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#range-days-selection) - enable fixed ranges with one click, configure minimum and maximum lengths or specific permitted lengths, and restrict range starts to selected weekdays. | |
| 253 | -- [Auto Approval / Cancellation](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#auto-cancellation) - set up automatic cancellation of unpaid pending bookings after a specific time, or enable auto-approval for incoming bookings. | |
| 254 | -- [Advanced Hourly Bookings](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#times) - increase the flexibility of your Booking Calendar by allowing visitors to book specific start and end times or duration of time, ensuring precise scheduling for your services. | |
| 255 | 220 | |
| 256 | -**Booking Calendar Business Medium (or higher versions)** | |
| 257 | -- [Seasonal Prices](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#rates) - customize the daily cost (rates) for different seasons or week days with fixed costs per day or as a percentage from original daily cost. | |
| 258 | -- [Multi-Day Pricing](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#valuation-days) - set different cost of booking based on the number of selected days, and the ability to apply these costs only if the "Check In" day falls within a specific season. | |
| 259 | -- [Last Minute Booking Discount](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#early-late-discounts) - offer a discount for bookings, if the difference between the booking date and the check-in date is less than a specified number of days. | |
| 260 | -- [Early Booking Discounts](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#early-late-discounts) - set a discount for bookings made in advance, if the difference between the booking date and the check-in date is greater than a specified number of days. | |
| 261 | -- [Advanced cost](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#additional-cost) - configure the booking cost based on the options selected in the form, by adding extra charges such as taxes, additional services, or by adjusting the cost based on the number of visitors. | |
| 262 | -- [Deposit payments](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#deposit) - allows visitors to pay a part of the booking cost such as a fixed deposit value or percentage of the original booking cost after creating a booking. | |
| 263 | -- [Multiple Custom Forms](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#custom-forms) - create multiple form configurations, allowing you to use different forms with different form fields for each of your booking resources. | |
| 264 | -- [Advanced days selection](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#advanced-days-selection) - customize the specific number of days that can be selected on specific weekdays or during certain seasons or allow specific start week days on certain season. | |
| 265 | -- [Different time-slots on different days](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#times-week-days) - configure different time slots for different week days or seasons. | |
| 266 | -- [Advanced Season Availability](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#availability) - set unavailable days for specific seasons, such as holidays or weekends during summer, using conditional season filters. | |
| 267 | -- [Availability from Today](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#availability-from-today) - limit or define the number of available/unavailable days starting from today. | |
| 268 | -- [Unavailable time before or after a booking](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#unavailable-time-after-before-booking) - setting the number of minutes, hours, or days needed for cleaning or other services, applicable to bookings with time slots or change-over days feature. | |
| 221 | += How the Booking Process Works = | |
| 269 | 222 | |
| 270 | -**Booking Calendar Business Large (or higher versions)** | |
| 271 | -- [Capacity and Availability](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#capacity) - set the the maximum number of bookings that can be made per full day or time slots in calendar, and ensure that dates in the calendar are only available until the capacity is reached. | |
| 272 | -- [Search Availability](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#search) - allows your website visitors to quickly search for available booking resources such as properties or services by entering check-in/out dates and other criteria like the number of guests or specific amenities. | |
| 273 | -- [Coupons for Discounts](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#coupons) - offer discounts to your visitors by creating coupon codes that can be entered in the booking form. | |
| 274 | -- [Auto-Cancel Pending Bookings](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#pending-available) - enable automatic cancellation of pending bookings for specific dates when you approve booking for the same resource. | |
| 223 | +**Step 1: Select your desired date(s)** | |
| 224 | +Customers can select the date(s) they would like to book. The **Booking Calendar** plugin provides an easy-to-use calendar system that displays the availability of your property or service for those dates. | |
| 275 | 225 | |
| 276 | -**Booking Calendar MultiUser version** | |
| 277 | -- [MultiUser Booking Admin Panels](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/features/#multiuser) - enable each registered WordPress user to have their own individual booking admin panel, where they can see and manage only their own bookings, resources, and settings. This includes the ability to configure their own booking form, receive notifications to own separate emails, and activate payment gateways for their own payment accounts. | |
| 226 | +**Step 2: Select a time-slot (optional)** | |
| 227 | +If you offer appointments or reservations at specific times, you can configure the booking form to allow customers to select an available time-slot. To learn how to set it up, please [watch this video](https://youtu.be/-pOTMiyp6Q8?t=28s "Video guide how to configure time slots in Booking Calendar Free version"). | |
| 278 | 228 | |
| 229 | +**Step 3: Fill in Booking Form Fields** | |
| 230 | +The form will ask for information such as your name, contact information, and other details needed to approve the booking. The booking form fields are customizable, allowing you to configure fields required for the booking. | |
| 231 | + | |
| 232 | +**Step 4: Submit your booking and Receive Notification of New Booking** | |
| 233 | +After filling out the booking form, customers can submit the booking. The **Booking Calendar** plugin will notify the administrator about the new booking and send a confirmation email to customers that their booking has been received. | |
| 234 | + | |
| 235 | +**Step 5: Manage Bookings** | |
| 236 | +Administrators can manage all reservations from the modern and easy-to-use admin booking panel. Easily find the required bookings, check the booking details, and modify the booking if needed, then approve or decline this reservation. Customers will receive an email confirmation about the approval or cancellation of their booking. | |
| 237 | + | |
| 238 | += Simple steps to get started = | |
| 239 | +**1. Add booking form or availability calendar to your page** | |
| 240 | +Easily insert the booking form on any page of your website using WordPress blocks or Booking Calendar widgets for sidebars or configure shortcode block in page builders like Elementor. Read more [here](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/insert-booking-calendar-into-page/ "How to insert the booking form or availability calendar into the page?"). | |
| 241 | + | |
| 242 | +**2. Set initial unavailable days with just few clicks** | |
| 243 | +You can **define days availability** in just 3 mouse clicks at Booking > Availability page. Simply select a range of days on the calendar, choose 'available' or 'unavailable' status, and apply. It’s that simple! | |
| 244 | + | |
| 245 | +**3. Configure booking form, email templates and other settings** | |
| 246 | +Easily **customize** your **booking form** fields and add **[time slots](https://youtu.be/-pOTMiyp6Q8?t=28s "Video guide how to configure time slots in Booking Calendar Free version")** if needed. Configure **email** notifications and other settings such as the **calendar** appearance, booking admin panel functionality, and more... | |
| 247 | + | |
| 248 | +**4. Receive notifications and manage bookings** | |
| 249 | +Get notified about **new appointments** and manage them in a modern admin panel. **Approve**, **decline**, or **edit** specific bookings. Plus, you can get a complete picture of your schedule with the **calendar overview** in **day**, **week**, or **month** view mode. | |
| 250 | + | |
| 251 | +**5. Configure syncing of bookings with other services** | |
| 252 | +Import your **Google Calendar** events or set up **two-way synchronization** of your events by using **.ics feeds** with various services such as Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO, HomeAway, TripAdvisor, FlipKey, and more... Thanks to native integration with [Booking Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/booking-manager/) plugin. | |
| 253 | + | |
| 254 | + | |
| 255 | += Changeover Multi-Day Bookings - Setup Wizard (Pro) = | |
| 256 | +Configure multi-day bookings with specific check-in and check-out days, clearly marked with diagonal or vertical lines. Perfect for bookings that require split days. <br>**Available in paid editions**. | |
| 257 | + | |
| 258 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCQ9JmHR8w4 | |
| 259 | + | |
| 260 | + | |
| 261 | += Drag & Drop Booking Form Builder = | |
| 262 | + | |
| 263 | +Create booking forms visually without manually editing complex shortcodes or form code. Simply drag fields from the sidebar, drop them into the canvas, organize them into rows and columns, edit settings in the sidebar, and preview changes instantly. | |
| 264 | + | |
| 265 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LRr15mcECE | |
| 266 | + | |
| 267 | +The new builder also makes it easy to create **contact** and **inquiry forms** where the calendar is optional. | |
| 268 | + | |
| 269 | +With the new interface, you can: | |
| 270 | + | |
| 271 | +- drag and drop fields into the form layout, | |
| 272 | +- organize fields into sections and columns, | |
| 273 | +- create multi-step form pages, | |
| 274 | +- resize columns for better layout control, | |
| 275 | +- edit field settings in the right sidebar, | |
| 276 | +- instantly preview the form while building. | |
| 277 | + | |
| 278 | +This new functionality brings a more modern, user-friendly, and flexible way to create forms in Booking Calendar, making form setup faster, clearer, and much more convenient for website owners. | |
| 279 | + | |
| 280 | + | |
| 281 | += Full-Day Bookings - Drag and Drop Booking Form Builder = | |
| 282 | +Easily configure Booking Calendar for full-day bookings with the new Drag and Drop Booking Form Builder. The new Booking Calendar Form Builder makes it much easier to create flexible booking forms without manually editing form code. It is a simple and visual way to build booking forms for different use cases directly inside WordPress. | |
| 283 | + | |
| 284 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_svjKULkc0 | |
| 285 | + | |
| 286 | += Appointment Forms with Time Slots or Start Time + Service Duration Selection = | |
| 287 | +Create a time-slot booking form in just a few minutes with the new Booking Calendar Form Builder. Visually add the calendar, time fields, and contact fields, adjust the layout, and preview changes instantly — without manually editing form code. | |
| 288 | + | |
| 289 | +https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwrMgXaHkk | |
| 290 | + | |
| 291 | + | |
| 279 | 292 | = Privacy Notices = |
| 280 | 293 | |
| 281 | -* Please note, Booking Calendar plugin saving all booking details at your WordPress database at your server. Its does not transfer your booking details to our servers and does not store such info about booking details at our server(s). Please check more detail about this [here](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/where-is-saving-booking-data-gdpr/) | |
| 294 | +* Booking details are stored in your WordPress database. Booking Calendar does not send or store these booking details on our servers. Optional integrations may send data to external services that you configure. Learn more in our [privacy and booking data documentation](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/where-is-saving-booking-data-gdpr/). | |
| 282 | 295 | * Additionally please note, you can add the "required checkbox" to your booking form at the Booking > Settings > Form page, to accept your terms and conditions. |
| 283 | 296 | |
| 297 | + | |
| 284 | 298 | = Support Languages (local) = |
| 285 | 299 | |
| 286 | -- English | |
| 287 | -- French (France) 76.29% [ 3851 / 5048 ], fuzzy 681, not translated 516 | |
| 288 | -- Danish 50.50% [ 2549 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1245, not translated 1254 | |
| 289 | -- Dutch 45.05% [ 2274 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1521, not translated 1253 | |
| 290 | -- Norwegian (Bokmål) 41.74% [ 2107 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1255, not translated 1686 | |
| 291 | -- German 41.74% [ 2107 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1626, not translated 1315 | |
| 292 | -- Hungarian 38.57% [ 1947 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1694, not translated 1407 | |
| 293 | -- Korean 38.55% [ 1946 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1687, not translated 1415 | |
| 294 | -- Spanish (Spain) 35.46% [ 1790 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1700, not translated 1558 | |
| 295 | -- Portuguese (Brazil) 33.48% [ 1690 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1805, not translated 1553 | |
| 296 | -- Greek 33.26% [ 1679 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1813, not translated 1556 | |
| 297 | -- Turkish 32.82% [ 1657 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1828, not translated 1563 | |
| 298 | -- Italian 31.99% [ 1615 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1721, not translated 1712 | |
| 299 | -- Spanish (Mexico) 30.74% [ 1552 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1882, not translated 1614 | |
| 300 | -- Finnish 30.57% [ 1543 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1890, not translated 1615 | |
| 301 | -- Polish 30.53% [ 1541 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1871, not translated 1636 | |
| 302 | -- Romanian 30.27% [ 1528 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1890, not translated 1630 | |
| 303 | -- Swedish 30.11% [ 1520 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1899, not translated 1629 | |
| 304 | -- Arabic 29.81% [ 1505 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1917, not translated 1626 | |
| 305 | -- Russian 29.75% [ 1502 / 5048 ], fuzzy 2157, not translated 1389 | |
| 306 | -- Bulgarian 28.88% [ 1458 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1926, not translated 1664 | |
| 307 | -- Slovenian 28.80% [ 1454 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1928, not translated 1666 | |
| 308 | -- Chinese (Taiwan) 28.03% [ 1415 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1969, not translated 1664 | |
| 309 | -- Portuguese (Portugal) 27.81% [ 1404 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1953, not translated 1691 | |
| 310 | -- Japanese 27.44% [ 1385 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1415, not translated 2248 | |
| 311 | -- Chinese (China) 26.92% [ 1359 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1958, not translated 1731 | |
| 312 | -- Ukrainian 26.72% [ 1349 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1962, not translated 1737 | |
| 313 | -- Catalan 26.27% [ 1326 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1879, not translated 1843 | |
| 314 | -- Thai 26.21% [ 1323 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1999, not translated 1726 | |
| 315 | -- Hebrew 26.07% [ 1316 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1986, not translated 1746 | |
| 316 | -- Galician 25.38% [ 1281 / 5048 ], fuzzy 2037, not translated 1730 | |
| 317 | -- Slovak 23.61% [ 1192 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1937, not translated 1919 | |
| 318 | -- Croatian 22.86% [ 1154 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1953, not translated 1941 | |
| 319 | -- Czech 22.76% [ 1149 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1896, not translated 2003 | |
| 320 | -- Chinese (Hong Kong) 13.49% [ 681 / 5048 ], fuzzy 1114, not translated 3253 | |
| 300 | +- Find more about translation stutus on [this page](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/translations-progress/) | |
| 321 | 301 | |
| 322 | -Please recheck the status of each translation, before using plugin. | |
| 323 | -We open for your help in new translations or correcting existing ones. You can translate to new language or update exist one, using this [tutorial of translation](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/make-translation-of-wp-plugin/) | |
| 302 | + | |
| 324 | 303 | = Tech support = |
| 325 | 304 | |
| 326 | 305 | If you have some questions, which you haven't found at [FAQ](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/faq/) you can post them at [technical help board](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/support/) |
| 327 | 306 | |
| 328 | 307 | == Screenshots == |
| 329 | -1. **Drag & Drop Booking Form Builder**: Create booking forms visually without manually editing complex shortcodes or form codes. | |
| 330 | -2. **Full-Day Bookings**: In this screenshot, you can see the front-end booking form. It enables users to select and **book multiple days in the calendar** without time fields. | |
| 331 | -3. **Time-Slot Appointment Bookings**: This screenshot displays the front-end booking form. It allows users to select **single day** in the calendar and **times** (time-slots or start time and duration of service) in the booking form. | |
| 332 | -4. **Time Slots Availability**: Block or unblock unavailable time intervals by resource and date range using an interactive timeline with booked and unavailable states. | |
| 333 | -5. **Booking Listing**: You can easily manage all your bookings in one place by searching bookings by keyword, dates, status, and other parameters. | |
| 334 | -6. **Booking Listing** panel provides a smooth user experience by working instantly without page refresh. | |
| 335 | -7. **Timeline View**: Get a clear overview of all your bookings. | |
| 336 | -8. **Calendar Availability**: Super easily set available or unavailable dates in the calendar with just 3 mouse clicks. | |
| 337 | -9. **Publish Booking Form into a page**. Alternatively you can easily publish a booking form or availability calendar from the WP Booking Calendar > Publish menu page into existing or new pages. | |
| 338 | -10. **Contact Form**. Easy to create **contact form**, **request forms**, **inquiry forms** ... where the calendar is optional. | |
| 308 | +1. **Direct Booking Forms**: Let visitors book full days or available time slots immediately on your website. | |
| 309 | +2. **Guided Booking Flows**: Let visitors choose a service, provider, or booking resource before continuing to the matching booking form. | |
| 310 | +3. **Drag-and-Drop Booking Form Builder**: Create and arrange booking forms visually without editing form code or complex shortcodes. | |
| 311 | +4. **Full-Day Booking Flow (Free)**: Watch visitors select check-in and check-out dates, enter their details, and submit a booking. | |
| 312 | +5. **Time-Slot Booking Flow (Free)**: See how visitors choose a date and available time slot before completing their booking request. | |
| 313 | +6. **Appointment Booking Flow**: Follow the guided journey from choosing a service and provider to selecting a date and time and submitting an appointment. | |
| 314 | +7. **Booking Management**: Search, filter, review, approve, and manage all your bookings from one clear administration screen. | |
| 315 | +8. **Instant Booking Listing**: Search and filter bookings with results that update immediately without a full page reload. | |
| 316 | +9. **Timeline View**: See your bookings and schedule at a glance in a clear calendar timeline. | |
| 317 | +10. **Calendar Availability**: Mark dates available or unavailable in just three clicks. | |
| 339 | 318 | |
| 319 | + | |
| 340 | 320 | == Changelog == |
| 341 | -= 11.6 = | |
| 321 | += 11.8.3 = | |
| 342 | 322 | - Changes in **all** versions: |
| 343 | - * **New**: Redesigned the **Booking Resources** catalog with fast search, filtering, sorting, pagination, saved views, and customizable columns. | |
| 344 | - * **New**: Added responsive **Default, Compact, and Cards** layouts to the Booking Resources catalog, with the same authorized information and management actions in every layout. | |
| 345 | - * **New**: Added Booking Resource titles, photos, and descriptions, with image placeholders and tooltips for shortened text. | |
| 346 | - * **New**: Free version users can now edit and publish the single included Booking Resource directly from the catalog. Additional Resources require a paid version. | |
| 347 | - * **New**: Added row selection, inline editing, a right-side Resource editor, and expandable details with booking, publishing, pricing, structure, ownership, and availability tools. | |
| 348 | - * **New**: Added responsive Grid and List Resource Catalog layouts to `[booking_resource_selector]`, with search and configurable images, descriptions, hierarchy, availability, and price summaries. | |
| 349 | - * **Improvement**: Redesigned the **Services** catalog with Default, Compact, and Cards layouts, customizable columns, row selection, inline editing, a right-side editor, and reviewed bulk changes for supported fields. | |
| 350 | - * **Improvement**: Added reviewed permanent deletion for Services, including explicit confirmation, Provider-assignment impact, safe blocking for existing Appointments or saved Appointment page references, and authorized links to resolve those blockers. | |
| 351 | - * **Improvement**: Standardized safe inline and bulk field definitions and the before-and-after review experience across Booking Resources, Services, and Seasons. | |
| 352 | - * **Improvement**: Standardized catalog Inspector badges so edit forms identify the exact Booking Resource, Service, or Season ID while create forms remain clearly marked as new. | |
| 353 | - * **Compatibility**: Expanded **Use legacy catalog pages** into one rollback setting for administration catalogs upgraded in 11.6, while retaining the previous Resources support override as a compatibility alias. | |
| 354 | - * **Improvement**: Season links now follow the selected catalog mode: legacy tabs are available only in legacy mode, while new mode provides the native Seasons catalog in WordPress and as a dedicated Booking Calendar navigation group between Pricing and Settings. | |
| 355 | - * **Improvement**: Updated the Setup Wizard publishing step to open the active Booking Resources workflow and its Shortcode and publishing tools. | |
| 356 | - * **Improvement**: Added a clearer full-day Form Builder template with inline check-in, check-out, and day-count hints, and made it the starting Standard form on new Booking Calendar Free installations. | |
| 357 | - * **Improvement**: Added clearer edition guidance, charging-period labels, keyboard navigation, mobile and RTL support, and horizontal scrolling for wide tables. | |
| 358 | - * **Compatibility**: Made the new Booking Resources catalog the default on compatible installations while temporarily retaining the legacy page for explicitly configured sites and older Pro versions. | |
| 359 | - * **Security**: Added server-side permission, ownership, edition, and stale-review checks for Booking Resource changes. | |
| 360 | - * **Fix**: Fixed no-calendar contact form submissions incorrectly resolving the booking resource as ID `0` and failing with a "Wrong ID of booking resource" error. | |
| 361 | - * **Fix**: Prevented WooCommerce admin-access redirects from intercepting the public Booking Calendar calendar-loading and booking-creation AJAX actions on affected server configurations, without changing access to WordPress administration screens or protected AJAX actions. | |
| 362 | - * **Improvement**: Added frontend validation for calendar-loading and booking-creation AJAX responses. Unexpected HTML, redirects, malformed data, and failed requests now stop loading indicators and show a safe error message instead of injecting returned page content into the booking form. | |
| 363 | - * **Improvement**: Added structured browser-console diagnostics for unexpected Booking Calendar AJAX responses, including the AJAX action, HTTP status, content type, error details, and original response to simplify conflict and server-error troubleshooting. | |
| 364 | - * **Security**: Prevented public requests from enabling past-date bookings through client-controlled `allow_past` values or Referer URLs. Intentional historical `calendar_dates_start` shortcodes remain supported through a signed context bound to the Booking Resource, Booking Form, aggregate resources, and exact date range. Thanks to sungbyeonchan for independently reporting this issue. | |
| 365 | - * **Security**: Restricted Add Booking time overrides to authenticated administrators with booking permissions, preventing public booking requests from replacing configured Booking Form start and end times while preserving authorized administration workflows and availability validation. Thanks to sungbyeonchan for responsibly reporting this issue. | |
| 366 | - * **Fix**: Preserved the default `standard` Booking Form when `form_type` is omitted from a Classic `[booking]` shortcode, while retaining strict signed-context validation for explicitly selected custom Booking Forms. | |
| 367 | - * **Fix**: Restored Booking Calendar block shortcode insertion and preview updates in WordPress 7.0.4 and newer editors by preventing stale editor input from reverting the configured shortcode, while retaining legacy block recovery and visible configuration for newly inserted empty blocks. | |
| 368 | - * **Support**: WordPress 7.1 | |
| 323 | + * **Improvement**: Completed Ukrainian translations. | |
| 324 | + * **Security**: Restricted Form Builder option requests to explicitly registered Booking Calendar settings with fixed server-defined nonces and server-owned multi-option allowlists, preventing access to core or unrelated WordPress options. | |
| 325 | + * **Security**: Hardened public Timeline navigation with mandatory request tokens, allow-listed Resource-link options, and JavaScript-safe response serialization to prevent reflected script injection. | |
| 326 | + | |
| 327 | += 11.8.2 = | |
| 328 | +- Changes in **all** versions: | |
| 329 | + * **Improvement**: Added a Custom Shortcode field to Form Builder so supported display tokens, including custom Form Options Cost hints in Business Medium or higher, can be placed without editing Advanced form code. | |
| 330 | + * **Improvement**: Added the `wpbc-hidden-on-frontend` Form Builder CSS class for hiding selected elements on public forms while keeping them visible and editable in the Builder canvas. | |
| 331 | + * **Fix**: Prevented the date-range guidance message from shifting centered calendars or leaving excessive blank space when hidden. | |
| 369 | 332 | - Changes in **Personal / Business Small / Business Medium / Business Large / MultiUser** versions: |
| 370 | - * **New**: Added guided creation of one or multiple Booking Resources, with quantity, edition-limit, and batch validation. | |
| 371 | - * **New**: Added advanced editing for Base cost in Business Small and higher, Default Form in Business Medium and higher, parent and Priority in Business Large and higher, and authorized Resource ownership in MultiUser. | |
| 372 | - * **New**: Added reviewed bulk editing for Base cost, Default Form, Priority, and authorized ownership, including relative and progressive Priority changes with a per-Resource preview. | |
| 373 | - * **New**: Added reviewed single and bulk deletion with booking-count warnings, authorized links to affected bookings, and parent/child validation. Existing bookings are retained when their Booking Resource is deleted. | |
| 374 | - * **New**: Added Business Large parent/child groups with expandable tree rows and hierarchy-aware pagination, searching, and sorting. | |
| 375 | - * **New**: Added Business Large **Adjust capacity** tools. Increasing capacity creates inherited child Resources; decreasing capacity can detach selected children or permanently delete them after review. | |
| 376 | - * **New**: Added Availability and Search details and controls. Business Medium and higher can update default day availability, while Business Large can update Search Availability visibility. | |
| 377 | - * **Improvement**: Capacity now reflects the parent and its child Resource calendars instead of the Maximum visitors setting. | |
| 333 | + * **Fix**: Restored public bookings that aggregate availability from additional Booking Resources while retaining exact signed Resource validation. | |
| 378 | 334 | - Changes in **Business Medium / Business Large / MultiUser** versions: |
| 379 | - * **New**: Added a native **Seasons** catalog with selectable rows, accessible shortened-text tooltips, readable stored-rule definitions, a reorderable Compact table, responsive Cards, complete month patterns, immediate-clear search with restored focus, sorting, filters, pagination, customizable columns, initial URL overrides, and isolated per-user/site preferences across Default, Compact, and Cards layouts, while preserving the existing Season editing pages. | |
| 380 | - * **Improvement**: Expanded development verification for the Seasons catalog with authenticated route and authorization checks, malformed-request and data-only response contracts, stale-review protection, accessibility and responsive behavior checks, multisite and MultiUser isolation assertions, deletion-reference coverage, and query diagnostics. | |
| 381 | - * **Improvement**: Optimized Seasons catalog loading and reviewed batch operations with bounded reference reads, batched Season lookups, and cached owner resolution to avoid per-row query growth as catalogs expand. | |
| 382 | - * **New**: Added reviewed inline and bulk editing for safe Season titles, with Shift-selection, sticky draft status, field-safety intersection, detailed reference warnings, stale-review protection, retained selection, and changed-row highlighting. | |
| 383 | - * **New**: Added a native right-side Season editor with an explicit Conditional or Specific-dates selector, per-Season color picker, sticky actions, dirty-state protection, server validation, stale-change rejection, and authorized MultiUser ownership controls. | |
| 384 | - * **Security**: Hardened Season creation, editing, reviewed title batches, and deletion with service-level authorization, transaction-first writes, verified restoration on storage failures, and apply-time stale-state checks. | |
| 385 | - * **Security**: Enforced exact MultiUser Season ownership across listing, inspectors, inline and bulk changes, and deletion, with safe handling and administrator repair of missing or malformed owners. | |
| 386 | - * **Compatibility**: Improved multisite MultiUser upgrades by detecting and repairing missing site-local ownership columns independently for Resources, Seasons, and Coupons. | |
| 387 | - * **Improvement**: Added reviewed single and bulk Season deletion that reports affected pricing, availability, deposit, booking-rule, form, and shortcode consumers, provides authorized links to their owning configuration, and blocks referenced Seasons without rewriting related configuration. | |
| 388 | - * **Improvement**: Standardized permanent-deletion reviews for Booking Resources, Services, and Seasons with consistent destructive controls, explicit acknowledgment, authorized links to affected configuration or records, and disabled actions for blocked or unconfirmed deletion. | |
| 389 | - * **Improvement**: Redesigned Conditional Season editing with guided weekday, day, month, and year steps, quick day presets, flexible year labels, readable validation, and a live twelve-month matching-date preview. | |
| 390 | - * **Improvement**: Added Select all and Clear shortcuts to the Conditional Season Months step, matching the Weekdays controls. | |
| 391 | - * **Improvement**: Replaced manual Specific-date entry with the standard Booking Calendar twelve-month datepicker for direct date selection in the Season editor. | |
| 392 | - * **Improvement**: Added Sun–Sat and Clear shortcuts for selecting or removing matching Specific-date Season dates in the currently visible twelve-month calendar. | |
| 393 | - * **Improvement**: Standardized immediate right-inspector loading feedback across Booking Resources, Services, and Seasons review workflows. | |
| 394 | - * **Improvement**: Grouped the Conditional Season rule summary and twelve-month preview together in a desktop-sticky overview at the top of the editor before the selectable rule steps. | |
| 395 | - * **Improvement**: Streamlined Add Season with direct Season-name focus, radio type choices, an available color suggestion, and ready-to-use Conditional defaults covering every day in the current and next year. | |
| 396 | - * **Improvement**: Added a Clear link to Conditional Season day-of-month editing without changing weekday, month, or year selections. | |
| 335 | + * **New**: Form Options Costs now support `if()` conditions and `min()`, `max()`, `abs()`, `round()`, `ceil()`, `floor()`, and `clamp()` functions, including nested formulas. | |
| 336 | + * **Security**: Hardened Form Options Costs with mutation-time permission checks, published Booking Form validation, strict cost-type and expression allow lists, bounded parser input, and finite scalar runtime values. | |
| 337 | +- Changes in **Business Large / MultiUser** versions: | |
| 338 | + * **Fix**: Restored Form Builder selection fields with a saved default, such as Adults, in the Capacity Rules Quantity field list. | |
| 339 | + * **Fix**: Booking Listing now summarizes multi-Resource dates once and shows each expanded date period with its reserved Resources instead of hiding or repeating child Resource labels. | |
| 397 | 340 | |
| 398 | -= 11.5 = | |
| 341 | += 11.8.1 = | |
| 399 | 342 | - Changes in **all** versions: |
| 400 | - * **New**: Added an AJAX-powered **Services** page for creating and managing Services, Provider assignments, duration, buffers, status, price references, and Booking Form references, with compact filters, Provider avatars, and weekly availability indicators. | |
| 401 | - * **New**: Added an Appointment data model that reuses existing booking resources as Providers and existing bookings as Appointments, while storing Service assignments and historical Appointment snapshots separately. | |
| 402 | - * **New**: Added the `[booking_appointment]` shortcode with a same-page AJAX flow for selecting a Service and compatible Provider before loading the native Booking Calendar form. | |
| 403 | - * **New**: Added `[booking_resource_selector]`, a resource-first AJAX workflow that lets visitors select a permitted Booking Resource before loading its native calendar and Booking Form, with preselection, optional auto-advance, Start Over, and shortcode/block configuration. | |
| 404 | - * **New**: Added a dedicated **Add Appointment** administration page and an entry from the Booking Listing popup, while preserving the standard Add Booking workflow. | |
| 405 | - * **New**: Added owner-scoped **Classic**, **Appointments**, and **Rentals** administration modes that adapt navigation and terminology while preserving existing controllers, URLs, permissions, and booking data. | |
| 406 | - * **New**: Added repeat-safe Appointment and Rental **QuickStart** guidance for preparing the first compatible Service or Property booking page without duplicating existing content or overwriting later configuration changes. | |
| 407 | - * **Improvement**: Reworked the **Setup Wizard** into mode-aware Classic, Appointment, and Rental profiles that open the relevant existing settings pages, apply compatible defaults and form templates, and provide direct publish and test-page links. | |
| 408 | - * **Improvement**: Added reusable searchable multi-select filters. The Appointment listing now uses them for Services and, where multiple booking resources are available, Providers, with selection plates, clear actions, owner-aware choices, historical inactive/archived Services, and OR matching across selected Services. Added familiar Provider setup links for Working Hours, Days Off, and Service Assignments, plus guided empty states for incomplete Appointment setups. | |
| 409 | - * **Improvement**: Appointment bookings now use Provider-specific duration overrides, enforce Service duration and buffers on the server, preserve immutable Service/Provider snapshots, and expose Appointment details in confirmations, emails, Booking Listing, print, and CSV data. | |
| 410 | - * **New**: Added an Appointment **Start Over** field to the Booking Form Builder, allowing customers to restart the AJAX appointment flow without reloading the page. | |
| 411 | - * **New**: Added an **Appointments and Services Flow** Form Builder template and a **Weekday Start Time** field for Service-duration Appointment forms. | |
| 412 | - * **Improvement**: Appointment selection, progress, wizard navigation, and Start Over behavior now work consistently with standard Booking Forms, time and cost hints, responsive layouts, and the selected global Form Style. | |
| 413 | - * **Improvement**: Added extensible hooks for Service and Provider catalogues, Appointment capabilities, and Booking Form routing. | |
| 414 | - * **New**: Added an optional global **Custom accent color** with Coloris pickers in **Appearance / Color Theme** and the **Forms Builder**, applying a consistent accent to buttons, focused fields, selected choices, navigation, and time slots using the Automatic time-slot style. | |
| 415 | - * **New**: Added **Apply accent to form elements**, which copies the accent into supported editable component colors and switches time slots to **Automatic — Match Booking Form**. | |
| 416 | - * **Improvement**: Added an **Automatic — Match Booking Form** time-slot style that inherits form fields, buttons, focus, and accent colors while preserving all existing time-picker skins. | |
| 417 | - * **Improvement**: Added global time-picker display and style controls to Time field inspectors in the Forms Builder, and made **Booking form** the default Color Theme preview. | |
| 418 | - * **New**: Expanded Custom Form Style controls for primary and secondary button colors, hover states, border width, and corner radius. | |
| 419 | - * **Improvement**: Unified primary, secondary, submit, and wizard button styling for consistent dimensions, borders, hover states, dark-theme colors, and accessible keyboard focus indicators. | |
| 420 | - * **Improvement**: Redesigned the **Add Booking** admin page with the Booking Form in a focused central canvas and a consistent right-side inspector for primary actions, current setup, resource and form selection, booking options, calendar view, and contextual help. | |
| 421 | - * **New**: Added a temporary **Date selection** override to Add Booking, allowing administrators to switch immediately between Single day, Multiple days, and Range days without reloading the page or changing saved Calendar and Booking Form settings. Existing advanced range rules are preserved where available. | |
| 422 | - * **Fix**: Improved Form Style consistency across front-end forms, Form Builder Canvas and Preview, Appearance previews, time selectors, and legacy button markup. | |
| 423 | - * **Fix**: Prevented Cloudflare Rocket Loader from delaying the core Booking Calendar script ahead of dependent scripts, and made the time-slot selector wait safely for the Booking Calendar runtime. | |
| 424 | - * **Security**: Restricted public Timeline booking-hash access to the exact authorized booking and resource, preventing unrelated booking details from being returned through Timeline navigation requests. | |
| 343 | + * **Improvement**: Added a two-column, two-step Time Slots booking template with live date, start-time, and end-time summary. It appears first in Form Builder when initially added, and clean installations use it for the starter Time Slots page; updates preserve existing forms, pages, and custom URLs. | |
| 344 | + * **Improvement**: Added a two-step, one-time welcome flow on Booking Listing after a clean installation: start guided Setup, then test valid starter booking pages through full, uncropped previews. Clean installations now also receive a Resource Selection page for trying the resource-first workflow. The starter-pages window uses complete Booking Calendar branding and can be reopened manually from the welcome panel after automatic dismissal; updates never add these prompts, pages, the reopen action, or the initial Setup menu. | |
| 345 | + * **Improvement**: Refined first-run administration presentation with consistent blue and green admin actions, responsive three-, two-, and one-column starter-page cards, and a live-demo welcome section that does not save shared dismissal state. | |
| 346 | + * **Fix**: Corrected the first-install welcome prompt so it opens reliably through Booking Calendar's built-in dialog on the Booking Listing page. | |
| 347 | + * **Fix**: Corrected the starter-page window so every card displays its page title, description, and open-page button instead of template placeholders. | |
| 348 | + * **Fix**: Ordered the top Booking Calendar menu links as Full day, Appointment, Time slots, Resource selection, and Contact booking forms, followed by the Home page; unavailable starter pages remain omitted. | |
| 349 | + * **Fix**: Kept Appointment and Rental QuickStart notices out of Form Builder so they no longer cover or compete with the editing workspace. | |
| 350 | + * **Fix**: On fresh template insertion, Full-Day / 2 Columns / Date Summary now appears before Full-Day / Vertical / Date Summary in the Full Days library while Time-Slots remains first overall. Existing template records are not reordered. | |
| 351 | + * **Fix**: Restricted automatic page creation to the first installation of the edition that owns each page. Installing Personal can add its customer booking pages once, and installing Business Small or higher can add its payment result pages once; normal updates, reactivation, and downgrades preserve existing pages and content. | |
| 352 | + * **Improvement**: Standardized page addresses created by newly eligible Free and paid installations under the readable `booking-calendar-` prefix. Existing page addresses and custom payment URLs remain unchanged, and updates do not recreate deleted pages. | |
| 425 | 353 | - Changes in **Personal / Business Small / Business Medium / Business Large / MultiUser** versions: |
| 426 | - * **Improvement**: Updated payment-button styling so Stripe follows the selected Form Style while PayPal preserves its required branding. | |
| 427 | - * **Improvement**: Added a dedicated **Customer Verification** email template with configurable sender, subject, content, formatting, and one-time-code shortcodes for customer booking-list access. | |
| 428 | - * **Security**: Replaced email keyword-based customer Timeline access with one-time email verification, temporary customer sessions, exact email indexing, and a scoped booking-card listing with booking-specific edit and cancellation links. | |
| 354 | + * **Fix**: Prevented a missing Booking Resources table warning during the first Pro activation. | |
| 355 | +- Changes in **Business Small / Business Medium / Business Large / MultiUser** versions: | |
| 356 | + * **Fix**: Successful payment pages now include the booking confirmation, and all payment gateways use the generated success and failure page addresses when their original placeholders are unchanged. Custom gateway URLs remain untouched. | |
| 357 | + * **Fix**: Restored administrator **Cost correction** on the full Add Booking page, dedicated Booking edit page, and Add Appointment page after the 11.8 booking-security update, while retaining the strengthened authorization checks. | |
| 429 | 358 | |
| 430 | -- Find more at [this page](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/changelog/) | |
| 359 | += 11.8 = | |
| 360 | +- Changes in **all** versions: | |
| 361 | + * **New**: Added the spacious **Full-Day / Vertical / Date Summary** Form Builder template with a wide two-month preview, live date summary, guest counts, and customer details. New installations use it as the Standard form; upgrades and existing forms remain unchanged. | |
| 362 | + * **Improvement**: Choosing **Full day** during initial Setup now opens Form Builder with the new vertical full-day template selected. Published calendar month counts remain controlled by the booking block or shortcode. | |
| 363 | + * **New**: Added the optional **Full-Day / 2 Columns / Date Summary** Form Builder template with a calendar, live Check-in, Check-out, and Days summary, customer details, and a bundled preview for full-day and changeover bookings. Applying it does not replace other existing forms. | |
| 364 | + * **Improvement**: Refined the Classic, Appointments, and Rentals administration modes with edition-aware navigation, consistent Availability page names, easier access to Seasons, and safer page retention when switching modes. Existing bookings, resources, forms, settings, and supported integrations remain supported. | |
| 365 | + * **Improvement**: Simplified initial Setup to five guided steps ending in Form Builder. The legacy floating Setup Bar is now disabled by default to prevent it from overlapping other administration pages. | |
| 366 | + * **Improvement**: New installations now use the compact **j M Y** date format, such as **19 Oct 2026**, when WordPress uses **F j, Y**. Existing saved Booking Calendar date formats are preserved. | |
| 367 | + * **Fix**: Check-in, Check-out, and day-count hints now consistently show **...** until dates are selected, including after the initial paid-edition calculation refresh. | |
| 368 | + * **Security**: Hardened public booking creation so unauthorized requests cannot activate administrator-only CAPTCHA, approval, payment, email, or confirmation behavior, or switch signed Appointment and Resource Selector forms into another booking workflow. Visitor-facing database errors no longer reveal SQL queries, server paths, or submitted customer details. | |
| 369 | + * **Compatibility**: After updating to 11.8, clear all page and CDN caches so public Booking Forms receive the new security context required for booking creation. | |
| 370 | + * **Compatibility**: Booking creation, activation, and security-hash updates no longer depend on the optional database `MD5()` function, improving compatibility with MySQL 9.6 and newer. | |
| 371 | +- Changes in **Business Medium / Business Large / MultiUser** versions: | |
| 372 | + * **New**: Added a redesigned **Seasonal Availability** catalog for managing each Resource's default availability and Season exceptions through a clear overview, a focused Resource inspector, and reviewed inline or bulk editing. | |
| 373 | + * **Improvement**: Added twelve-month Seasonal Availability previews with clear Available and Unavailable states, unique matching-date counts, per-Season highlighting, authorized owner information, and direct links to edit the selected Season. | |
| 374 | + * **Compatibility**: Existing Resource and Season settings are preserved. The **Use legacy catalog pages** option can temporarily restore the previous Seasonal Availability listing, and removing an exception from a Resource never deletes the Season itself. | |
| 375 | + * **Security**: Seasonal Availability changes recheck the current user, ownership, site, Resource, Season, and saved settings before applying protected single or batch updates. | |
| 376 | +- Changes in **Business Large / MultiUser** versions: | |
| 377 | + * **New**: Added the **Searchable Resources Catalog** with search-status filters, focused table views, compact rows, Cards, and reviewed editing for search visibility, result presentation, landing pages, and supported search criteria. | |
| 378 | + * **Improvement**: Added direct navigation to **Searchable Resources**, **Search Form Layout**, **Search Results Layout**, and **Search Options**, with a separate **MultiUser Settings** section for authorized administrators. | |
| 379 | + * **Compatibility**: Existing Search Availability settings, historical criteria, frontend result presentation, Resource ownership, and multisite configuration are preserved. The optional legacy catalog remains available. | |
| 431 | 380 | |
| 381 | +[Full changelog](https://wpbookingcalendar.com/changelog/) | |
| 382 | + | |
| 432 | 383 | == Upgrade Notice == |
| 433 | -= 11.6 = | |
| 434 | -Introduces redesigned Booking Resources, Services, and paid Seasons catalogs; Resource titles, photos and descriptions; frontend Resource Catalog layouts; reviewed inline and bulk editing; and Business Large hierarchy and capacity tools. Existing Booking Resource and Season data remains compatible. | |
| 435 | - | |
| 436 | -= 11.5.1 = | |
| 437 | -Hardens public booking creation against client-controlled past-date and administrator time-override parameters, while preserving signed historical shortcode ranges and authorized Add Booking workflows. | |
| 438 | - | |
| 439 | -= 11.5 = | |
| 440 | -Introduces Services, Appointment and resource-first booking flows, Classic/Appointment/Rental administration modes, a mode-aware Setup Wizard, repeat-safe QuickStart guidance, dedicated Add Appointment administration, and the redesigned Add Booking inspector. Existing bookings and Booking Resources remain authoritative. | |
| 441 | - | |
| 442 | -= 11.4.4 = | |
| 443 | -Added custom accent colors and matching time-slot/form styles, redesigned Add Booking with temporary date-selection controls, and strengthened Timeline and customer booking-list access. | |
| 444 | - | |
| 445 | -= 11.4 = | |
| 446 | -Added global Booking Form Styles, two-click date-range selection in Free and higher editions, centralized multilingual Form Messages, and a streamlined Booking Form Builder migration and setup workflow. | |
| 447 | - | |
| 448 | -= 11.3 = | |
| 449 | -Added new visual Settings > Calendar and Settings > Appearance / Theme pages with live previews, moved capacity rules to Resources, and improved admin navigation, setup flow, and preview behavior. | |
| 450 | - | |
| 451 | -= 11.2 = | |
| 452 | -Redesigned Setup Wizard with a floating Setup Bar that guides configuration across the relevant admin pages. Adds front-end popup booking forms via [booking resource_id=1 popup=1] and [booking_popup], and other improvements... | |
| 453 | - | |
| 454 | -= 11.1 = | |
| 455 | -Added Working Time settings to Availability > General Availability, allowing administrators to restrict time-based bookings to specific working hours. | |
| 456 | - | |
| 457 | -= 11.0 = | |
| 458 | -Added Time Slots Availability and General Availability tools for more precise availability management. Administrators can block or unblock exact time intervals from the Availability page or bookings workflow, review booked and unavailable states in an interactive timeline, and create new bookings from selected available intervals with resource, date, and time prefilled. Also includes a faster Add Booking popup and availability accuracy fixes. | |
| 459 | - | |
| 460 | -= 10.15 = | |
| 461 | -New **Drag & Drop Booking Form Builder** for visually creating booking, contact, and inquiry forms. Build forms faster with live preview, templates, multi-page layouts, and flexible visual editing — without manually editing form code. | |
| 384 | += 11.8 = | |
| 385 | +Adds a vertical multi-month-ready full-day form for new installs, streamlined Booking Modes and Setup, plus paid Availability and Searchable Resources catalogs. Security hardens booking creation. MySQL 9.6+ compatibility; clear page and CDN caches after updating. | |
