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WordPress Booking Calendar Plugin

At Start Booking, we believe that a simple online booking experience is critical to any highly converting website. Start Booking is a WordPress booking calendar plugin that is focused on helping individuals and businesses manage customers, book more appointments, and sell their services.

The booking calendar plugin seamlessly connects with the Start Booking platform which powers a optimized booking calendar to display anywhere on your WordPress site and drive your users to book appointments directly from your own domain. The plugin has been developed to adopt and inherit your WordPress theme styles, so minimal (if any) updates are needed to give your website a performant and professional looking booking calendar.

With appointment booking from Start Booking, you will find a nice balance between the booking tools available to you straight from the WordPress admin and that which is available from within the Start Booking platform itself. From our experience, most businesses don’t want to run the day-day of their business directly within their WordPress admin. Because of this, we developed the Start Booking online scheduling software to help you manage your services, appointments, classes and business better while leveraging your WordPress website as a tool and integral part of the experience.

Embedding the booking system

Once the plugin is installed, there are a few options for displaying your booking calendar. If you are using the Gutenberg editor (WordPress 5.0+), you will have the option to use our blocks to embed your booking form. If you are not using Gutenber, we still support shortcodes for the legacy booking experience.

Gutenberg Blocks

To use the Gutenberg blocks, navigate to any page or post that you want to display your booking form.

Services Block

The first and most popular option is the services block. This block will display a booking flow (which is configurable) for a user to select a service and date they want to book and the plugin will return available openings based on your Start Booking settings.

Single Service Availability

The second appointment booking option is a lot like the services block except with the single service availability shortcode, you predefine what service you want selected so that the user skips selecting a service and only selects a date & time.

Example usage for this would be if you have single pages on your website for each of your services. You could embed the single service availability shortcode directly into each page so your user could book that service in context. This really helps your user by not having to search for the service in the general service availability booking experience.

To use this shortcode, place [startbooking_cta services="YOUR SERVICE ID" ]Book Now[/startbooking_cta] shortcode in your post, page, widget etc. Be sure to replace „YOUR SERVICE ID“ with your actual service ID. You can view your service ID’s directly from the plugin wp-admin settings page. Lastly, you can add multiple service ID’s (comma separated) to have a bundle of services preselected for booking appointments.

Class & Group Booking Block

The third booking calendar option is to display a list of your classes that your users can join. Classes can be anything from yoga classes to group meetups. The main difference between the service and class booking experiences is that services will display to your customers available openings (times that you have open) where as the classes experience displays times that were predefined and can support multiple users joining a class.

To use the the classes block, add the block in any of your posts or pages that you want.

For each of these options, there are additional settings such as the ability to change the booking button colors so they better match the look of your online calendar, changing the text in the flow, etc. To learn more about the available options of the WordPress booking plugin please visit the Start Booking WordPress plugin knowledge base.

Booking Calendar Integrations

Google Analytics

With the Google Analytics integration, you’ll be able to understand how and when customers are booking appointments with you.

Google Calendar (Two-way Sync)

The Google Calendar integration takes all your appointments and pushes them (including a brief description) directly into your Google Calendar.

Stripe Payments

Accepting payments from your customers has never been easier with the Start Booking Stripe integration.

The Stripe integration enables you to accept payments from customers directly from your website and gives you the flexibility to require payment to book appointments if you want. In addition, the Stripe Booking integration gives you the ability to review customer payments, storing customer credit cards all from your own Stripe account.

Learn more about how to setup Stripe payments for online booking.

Mailchimp

With the Mailchimp integration, all your customers will be automatically added to the Mailchimp list of your choosing.

Zoom

Automatically create Zoom meetings with the Start Booking Zoom integration. Stay connected with Zoom meetings and start offering virtual appointments. Learn more about the Zoom and Start Booking integration.

Full Booking Feature List

Lightning Fast Search – quickly find your customers, appointments, services or classes
Customer Management
- Customer profiles with basic tools to manage marketing preferences
- Comprehensive customer appointment history
- Create and view notes and logs for better record keeping
- Customer payment settings
Services
- Comprehensive index with individual service details
- Offer free and paid services for calendar booking
- View and assign individual staff members that can perform each service
- Add detailed notes for additional meta per service
- Group services by types for better categorization
- Define service duration with the ability to add wind-down time so you can properly prepare for the next appointment
- Want to keep it personal? Easily set services that cannot be booked online by customers so you and your staff have full control
Appointments
- Book single and multi-appointments in single checkout flow
- View and manage grouped appointments
- Check-in and checkout-out customers
- Appointment overview with customer details, service, notes and assigned staff and rooms
- Manually book times as an employee or leverage our powerful appointment search api and create appointments based on search criteria
- Accept payment directly from your website or on the Start Booking platform
Calendar
- Personal daily digest dashboard
- Multi-view options
- Single day by staff
- Weekly by staff
- 3-Day by staff
- Month
- Create service appointment for your customers by selecting time on the calendar
- Easily change time by dragging appointments to a new time slot and between different staff members
- Click to view appointment details and leverage quick actions such as checking-in/out, adding notes and cancelling
- Easily view whether a appointment has been paid or checked in
Staff Management
- Invite users to your account and assign specific services to them or just invite them as a user to help manage the calendar
User settings
- Assign services
- Set working hours and lunch breaks
- Personal notification settings
Office and Location Management
- Set office address and office hours
Classes and group booking
- Setup one-time and recurring classes that customers can join
- Create multiple class schedules for each class that can be configured for different rooms, users and prices
- Color coordinate your classes to easily identify your class on the calendar
Custom Form Fields
- Extend and personlize your booking form with custom fields

What’s Next

The team at Start Booking have assembled an aggressive roadmap and look to provide you and your customers the best WordPress booking plugin on the market.

While we strive to provide the best calendar booking plugin, we know sometimes issues happen. During those times we will do everything we can to resolve your issues and problems as quick as possible. You can find us at the Start Booking help center.

Skjámyndir

Start Booking Dashboard
Start Booking Service Management
Start Booking Form Editor
Start Booking Gutenberg Blocks
Start Booking Services Example
Start Booking Date Example
Start Booking Details and Payment Example
Start Booking Thank You Example

Blocks

This plugin provides 4 blocks.

Classes
Services
Call to Action Button
Single Service

Uppsetning

Install the Start Booking Calendar Booking plugin either via the WordPress.org plugin repository or by uploading the files to your server. (See instructions on how to setup booking for WordPress)
Activate the Start Booking plugin from the plugins page.
Navigate to the Booking tab in your admin menu and you should see the Start Booking connection screen.
If you already have an account, click the connect my account button and input your Start Booking credentials. If you don’t have an account, click the Get Started button to get an account started.
After you have connected your Start Booking account, the connection screen will go away and we will create a page on your domain at /book-now where you can see your default calendar booking flow.
Feel free to make changes to the settings and configuration for your calendar booking experience from wp-admin and the Start Booking platform.

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puciriusanikola 27. desember, 2021

With so many scheduling plugins out there, I tried my fair share of them before finding Booking Calendar. The plugin is easy enough for even someone with no experience in design or coding to use and it has an intuitive interface that makes managing your services on your website as simple as can be!

tonyperes 14. október, 2021

My designer told me about this plugin and I was very pleased with how quickly I could set it up. The calendar looks modern and professional and now my clients can book with me directly online. I’m on the free version now and loving it. Going to test the premium features since I have a free trial and may upgrade at a later date if needed. I’ll be sure to update my review accordingly.

wearedropoutz 14. október, 2021

After testing a few different scheduling plugins I finally found the best! StartBooking was the easiest to integrate and very intuitive. I had a couple of questions about the upgraded plan and their support team was very fast and helpful both times I reached out. The calendar looks great and didn't require any heavy customization which I loved. The backend is also very easy to use (even for a novice like myself). I can't recommend this plugin highly enough - it's been a lifesaver for my business!

felix997 3. september, 2021

Once you have installed it, you’ll get the info that this is only a 14 days trail. Nothing else… min 25 usd per month afterward. You should communicate it directly.

guezs 30. júlí, 2021

It's just a trial

bglover 31. ágúst, 2020

To safely reopen our offices to the public (COVID-19) we utilized startbooking as a wordpress plugin. The scheduling feature worked well and was a strong piece of our reopening plans. The features kept growing and now we utilize this to also host virtual workshops. The Customer Service is TOP NOTCH. Every issue we've encountered is resolved quickly. Our website benefits greatly from this plugin. Do yourself a favor and try it out!

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Breytingarsaga

3.2.14 December 10th 2021

Fix date select visual on class calendar day mode
Fix broken link in readme

3.2.13 October 27th 2021

Fixed register process to more accurately set account country

3.2.12 October 2nd 2021

Fix date format issue causing some opening timeslots from not being available
Fix date that does not handle timezone properly causing some opening timeslots from not being available
Booking window improvements

3.2.11 August 16th 2021

Fix issue when datalayer is not defined or enabled in class upsells

3.2.10 August 13th 2021

Fix single class shortcode and add additional params

3.2.9 August 11th 2021

Update property name to event from type on dataLayer push

3.2.8 August 8th 2021

Resolved automated build issue

3.2.7 August 8th 2021

Add DataLayer support for GA integration
Fixed Booking window with Visitor Timezone issues

3.2.6 July 27th 2021

Fix loading issues with custom fields

3.2.5 July 12th 2021

Added support for a checkbox custom field
Added missing icon font
Fixed loading and validation states

3.2.4 July 5th 2021

Fixed sporadic issue of the booking flow skipping the services step

3.2.3 July 2nd 2021

Added PHP 8 linter to the build tests
Fixed availability blur issue saving
Fixed service for limited plan

3.2.2 June 28th 2021

Fixed issue with attaching room to appointments when required

3.2.1 June 17th 2021

Leverage editor setting on Class Calendar to determine initial loading behavior

3.2.0 June 11th 2021

Loads month availability in booking flow
New Availability options
Fixes links to settings pages

3.1.14 May 12th 2021

Extend the default max range from 1 year to 3 years for classes on calendar

3.1.13 May 3rd 2021

Fix service type logic loading

3.1.12 April 21st 2021

Fix endless loading on single shortcode
Fixed book and pay later
Fixed customer spam setting

3.1.11 April 20th 2021

Fix endless loading on single shortcode

3.1.10 April 13th 2021

Version Bump issue via GH action

3.1.9 April 13th 2021

Fixed tagged version issue

3.1.8 April 9th 2021

Fixed issue with booking navigation

3.1.7 April 7th 2021

Fix issue displaying service type all

3.1.6 Mar 25th 2021

Fix issue with booking multiple services

3.1.5 Mar 19th 2021

Fix issue with calendar step being skipped

3.1.4 Mar 16th 2021

Class booking flow needs to honor editor scroll setting

3.1.3 Mar 4th 2021

Onboarding timezone bug fixes
Channel/WordPress isset check to avoid notice

3.1.2 Mar 2nd 2021

Fixes race condition that loads the channel settings before they are populated during register

3.1.1 Mar 1st 2021

Fix style enqueue hook so that default styles load first, resolves hidden elements in admin
Adds a more prominent button to connect an existing account
Populates customer details based on existing channel setting

3.1.0 Feb 24th 2021

Updated Onboarding
New dashboard in wp-admin
Removed the depricated legacy class flow (originally depricated in v2.0)
Single Sign On to StartBooking.com application

3.0.5 Jan 20th 2021

Update the hash_group logic to include more ingredients to avoid duplicate bookings

3.0.4 Jan 13th 2021

Do not display no available slots message when a single slot is available
Update hash_group logic to avoid linking appointments on a public computer
Better feedback on failed payments

3.0.3 Jan 10th 2021

Displays fields that have been assigned to classes
Improves Payment logic to accomidate more use cases

3.0.2 Jan 8th 2021

Allow appointment to be created when payment is required but service is free

3.0.1 Jan 7th 2021

Address CSS dependency issue on Single Service CSS file
Adds an early process fork when the payment form is not visible

3.0.0 Jan 5th 2021

Dependency updates
Performance improvements
SCA & 3DS Payment compatibility

2.9.5 Dec 16th 2020

Adds check for editor setting related to scrolling
Adds another check to ensure the scrollto position is a number

2.9.4 Dec 14th 2020

Fixes scroll issue when offset is undefined or non-numeric
Removes console log from reducer

2.9.3 Dec 10th 2020

Single Service button style
Single Service scrollto fix
Single Service calendar border radius fixed

2.9.2 Nov 20th 2020

Implement disable_multiple_service setting
Reimplements scrollto between steps with multiple embeds per page solution
Fixes form paint issue when custom fields load

2.9.1 Nov 5th, 2020

Move booking window to reference redux instead of window variable
Avoid error and provide debug when service_url_string is invalid in single shortcode
Remove trailing slashes from axios calls because the application 301s the options request and makes it look like a cors issue.
Remove locale setting from form editor
Fixes Upsell tab destination

2.9.0 Nov 4th, 2020

Release Upsells Feature

2.8.3 October 29th 2020

Fix bad URL linking to application settings

2.8.2 October 23rd 2020

Fix invalid date issue in 2021
Fix off by one date in class flow

2.8.1 October 10th 2020

Fixes duration floats
Fixes service type race condition
Fixes 100% off coupons
Adds missing setting to skip_provider in the Form Editor

2.8.0 August 31st 2020

Add updated Addons & Integrations pages
Fixes JS math rounding issue
Fix phone numbers
Update dependency libraries
Define user agent for direct connection
Allow basic markup in service description
Pass additional timezone information when a class is joined
Update skip provider logic to resolve race condition
Improve logic around banner

2.7.9 August 5th 2020

Fix reducer that overwrote skip value when using Book and Pay later feature

2.7.8 July 24th 2020

Flip booleon condition preventing price from showing on single service shortcode

2.7.7 July 15th 2020

Update connection endpoint

2.7.6 July 9th 2020

Fix hourly window
Remove orphaned code
Add messaging about free onboarding when account is paid

2.7.5 July 6th 2020

Fix bug in single short code payment

2.7.4 June 26th 2020

Update timezone utility to use the correct display time for preventing appointments today on times that have already past
Update the service edit slidouts to support rooms

2.7.3 June 24th 2020

More details payment error messages
Updated logic inside the navigation for skipped steps
Cleaned up CSS in block editor
Update single shortcode when no service is selected
Fix success screen button default
Add missing checkboxes to editor -> types screen
Add provider options for disabling multiple providers to editor
Add provider bio option to editor

2.7.2 June 16th 2020

Multiple CSS fixes
Convert more function to new API
Cache tuning

2.7.1 June 15th 2020

Convert some default api calls from the service api to the rest proxy.
Add more checks to logic to avoid notices
Update logic in rest proxy to always leverage runtime cache to avoid multiple api calls

2.7.0 June 11th 2020

Added global API CDN to improve performance

2.6.9 June 10th 2020

Fix type juggling issue with disable booking channel setting

2.6.8 June 1st 2020

Fix duplicate success button

2.6.7 May 31st 2020

Added IE poly for better support
Added Russian translations
Integrated editor setting for thank you button

2.6.6 May 20th 2020

Add CSS class to legacy class instance
Make Single Service honor provider settings

2.6.5 May 19th 2020

Fix bug with skipped provider step
Allow new class shortcode to have a default filter
Navigation Cleanup

2.6.4 May 18th 2020

Fix editor skip setting for types & services

2.6.3 May 13th 2020

Fix CSS on signup page
Fix Single Use Token during signup for smoother connection
Update non-connected onboarding redirect to go to connect page not signup
Update double negative that caused single service shortcode to not display the service description

2.6.2 May 12th 2020

Update translations for (pt_PT, pt_BR, nl_NL, fr_FR, es_ES, de_DE, it_IT)

2.6.1 May 11th 2020

Fix class availability when customer added manually via app
Class occurrence button style
Use multiple single service shortcodes on same page
Wrap all strings with translation functions
Preload account details for store
Remove fallback values in js since API now contains defaults for all keys

2.6.0 May 4th 2020

Classes v2 flow
Move previous class flow to a legacy block
Updated Editor & Class Editor
Add Zoom to interations page

2.5.7 April 22nd 2020

Fix selected checkmark as Object bug

2.5.6 April 16th 2020

Remove duration in class list that rounded times
Expose provider bio if enabled

2.5.5 April 7th 2020

Fix bug with success button when customized

2.5.4 March 25th 2020

Fix bug in util/redux store related to timezones
Fix classses link / plan lookup
Fix button styles on slideouts
Fix missing checkboxes

2.5.3 March 21st 2020

Fix noOpenings logic
Fix classes image paths
Onboarding updates

2.5.2 March 18th 2020

Update calendar locale path for props
Remove placeholder text

2.5.1 March 7th 2020

Add InspectorControl to blocks
Resolve „this.activateMode is not a function“ conflict between lodash and underscores
Add additional links to platform for features that do not exist in the plugin
Fixes onboarding duplicate hours

2.5.0 Febuary 25 2020

Updated Onboarding
Connect to the WordPress Channel on the app
Integration page improvements
Fix window date calculation

2.4.5 January 31 2020

Only show Service Types when they have services

2.4.4 January 2 2020

Change how appointments are processed to avoid accidental duplicate creations
Normalize the booking window options
Add translation to moment text
Free services no longer attempt optional payment

2.4.3 December 8 2019

Unwind promotion
Utilize formatMoney in pricing.js

2.4.2 December 6 2019

Update integrations content
Disable floating nav continue if time has not been selected
Allow contextual nav be placed above or below the form
Disable days on calendar if no one is working that day

2.4.1 December 1 2019

Add filter for default class range
Force startbooking global to load on class form
Update promotional message

2.4.0 November 29 2019

Coupon Support
Google Analytics Support

2.3.0 November 4 2019

Account wide 24 hour clock
Spam Prevention

2.2.12 Novemeber 1 2019

Update payment logic for require payment scenario
Update dependencies

2.2.11 October 25 2019

Fix display and overbooking of classes under situation where attendees were added manually

2.2.10 October 23 2019

Fix stripe error on class form when stripe not connected

2.2.9: October 18 2019

Add check that variable is array before mapping over it

2.2.8: October 18 2019

Trim whitespace from shortcode atts
Remove phone from registration form

2.2.7: October 12 2019

Update dependency libraries
Fix bug causing plugin to not understand which plan the customer is on
Fix bug preventing class block from displaying in block editor
Update content that referenced legacy shortcode
Fix responsive nav issues
Add feedback for form validation
Reset visual errors on update of field
Fix error preventing service create slideout from showing when there was no rooms

2.2.6: September 18 2019

Fix required phone validation

2.2.5: September 13 2019

Fix form validation for customer.url_string
Pass additional timezone details with appointment create

2.2.4: September 12 2019

Fix scrolltop top margin
Fix inaccurate timezone on customer details screen
Fix customer validation
Update markup for consistency

2.2.3: September 9 2019

Fix default class range
Fix edit service resources

2.2.2: September 6 2019

Fix scrollto positioning issue
Fix logic issue for confetti & legal settings

2.2.1: September 5 2019

Fix scrolltop error on single service block

2.2.0: September 1 2019

Flows as widgets
Anchor to top on view change
Hash change in url on view change
Editor API performance improvements
Fix CTA invalid markup on shortcode
Default page uses shortcode or block depending on active editor
New hooks on proxy endpoints
Optional direct api communication

2.1.0: August 25 2019

Introduction of custom form fields
Payment and SSL improvements
Improved API error handling
Improved timezone support

2.0.5: July 27 2019

Fix bug with Start Booking Rest API & page cache

2.0.4: July 25 2019

Allow new booking form to be used with shortcode
Dashboard graph is now a rolling 30 days
Single service block is exposed
CTA shortcode markup syntax fixed
Fix bug with bottom nav when processing appointment

2.0.3: July 16 2019

Fix linked appointments
Minor calendar CSS improvements

2.0.2: July 15 2019

Fix telephone flags on signup
Suppress notices on Booking specific admin pages
Allow menu strings to be translated

2.0.1: July 12 2019

Minor bug fixes

2.0.0: July 12 2019

Updated design and booking experience
Implemented Gutenberg blocks for booking

1.7.2: April 22 2019

Fix bug with second appointment after reset
Add support for 24 hour display time

1.7.1: April 19 2019

Payment improvements
Better error communications

1.7.0: March 20 2019

Service Type Descriptions
Service Cache
Added strings for translation/customization
Add Calendar Locale
Fixed: notice on booking window setting being a non-integer

1.6.3: March 12, 2019

Fixed: Add additional checks for customer details and solve race condition for appoitment submitting before customer info assigned to a variable.

1.6.2: March 10, 2019

Fixed: Prevent duplicate appointment creation

1.6.1: March 10, 2019

Fixed: Fix bug with optional payments

1.6.0: March 8, 2019

Release payments for classes
Release booking window
Add targetable classes
Add optional payments

1.5.6: February 12, 2019

Fixed: Fix bug with payment required and zero dollar carts

1.5.5: February 11, 2019

Fixed: Typo & payment bug

1.5.4: February 11, 2019

Fixed: Payment bug caused by falsy response

1.5.3: February 11, 2019

Fixed: Missing variable on initialState

1.5.2: January 16, 2019

Fixed: Conflict between mixpanel and stripe

1.5.0: January 4, 2019

Released: Payments via Stripe

1.4.0: November 24, 2018

Release: Allow provider to be selected during booking flow

1.3.0: November 11, 2018

Release: Group / Class booking for one to many booking

1.2.0: August 11, 2018

Release: Progress bar to indicate where you are in the booking flow