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<p>Schedula is a complete appointment booking solution for WordPress. It helps service businesses accept online bookings 24/7, manage staff schedules, keep a clean calendar, and automate reminders — so you can focus on delivering great service.</p>
<p>Whether you run a salon, clinic, training center, garage, consulting practice, or any local service, Schedula gives you a frictionless booking flow on the front end and a powerful, simple admin on the back end.</p>
<p>• Mobile-first booking form<br />
• Services, categories, and variable durations<br />
• Staff schedules and availability<br />
• Email notifications and reminders<br />
• Clean admin calendar (day / week / month)<br />
• Works with any theme — no coding required</p>
<p>Live demo: https://demos.vertimcoders.com/schedula-smart-appointment-booking-live-demo/<br />
Docs: https://docs.vertimcoders.com/docs/schedula-smart-appointment-booking-doc<br />
Plugin site: https://vertimcoders.com/apps/schedula-pro-smart-appointment-booking/</p>
<h4>Why Schedula</h4>
<p>• Convert more visitors with a fast, 3-step booking flow<br />
• Keep your calendar organized with color-coded services<br />
• Reduce no-shows with automated notifications<br />
• Scale easily with Pro features when you grow</p>
<h4>Who uses Schedula</h4>
<p>Beauty & wellness, medical & clinics, fitness & coaching, education & tutoring, garages & workshops, professional services (legal, finance, consulting), and more.</p>
<h3>Key Features (Free)</h3>
<ul>
<li>Modern, responsive booking form</li>
<li>Create services, categories, and pricing</li>
<li>Variable service durations</li>
<li>Staff members (basic) and availability</li>
<li>Day/Week/Month admin calendar</li>
<li>Email notifications (booking, update, cancel)</li>
<li>Customer list with quick add from calendar</li>
<li>Shortcode and Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Translatable and theme-friendly</li>
</ul>
<h3>Schedula Pro (Upgrade)</h3>
<p>Unlock advanced scheduling:</p>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited services and staff members</li>
<li>Advanced form customization (steps, labels, fields)</li>
<li>Multiple payment methods (Stripe, WooCommerce Checkout)</li>
<li>SMS notifications and reminders</li>
<li>Advanced templates for emails</li>
<li>Google Calendar sync</li>
<li>Reports & analytics dashboard</li>
<li>Deposits, coupons, buffers, blackout dates</li>
<li>AI-assisted slot optimization</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn more: https://vertimcoders.com/apps/schedula-pro-smart-appointment-booking/</p>
<h3>Benefits</h3>
<h4>For your customers</h4>
<ul>
<li>Book in minutes on mobile or desktop</li>
<li>See only real-time available slots</li>
<li>Get instant email confirmations and reminders</li>
</ul>
<h4>For your business</h4>
<ul>
<li>Reduce manual admin and back-and-forth</li>
<li>Keep staff schedules centralized</li>
<li>Customize the form to match your brand</li>
<li>Track bookings and customers in one place</li>
</ul>
<h3>Blocks</h3>
<p>This plugin provides 1 block.</p>
<ol>
<li>Schedula – Booking Form</li>
</ol>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>Use the shortcode anywhere (pages, posts, widgets):</p>
<p>[schedula_booking]</p>
<p>Optional attributes (examples):<br />
* service=”ID” – preselect a service<br />
* category=”ID” – preselect a category<br />
* staff=”ID” – preselect a staff member<br />
* layout=”compact|steps” – choose form layout</p>
<p>Example:<br />
[schedula_booking layout=”steps” service=”12″]</p>
<h3>Integrations</h3>
<ul>
<li>Stripe (Pro) – secure payments at booking  </li>
<li>WooCommerce (Pro) – use existing checkout, tax, and receipts  </li>
<li>Google Calendar (Pro) – 2-way syncing per staff member  </li>
<li>WP Mail / SMTP – transactional emails</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works with any modern WordPress theme</li>
<li>Compatible with Gutenberg and classic editor</li>
<li>Tested with major page builders via shortcode and block</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services / Privacy</h3>
<p>To deliver some features, Schedula may connect to third-party services:</p>
<ul>
<li>Stripe – payment processing (customer name/email, appointment details, card/payment data via Stripe elements). Policies: https://stripe.com/privacy</li>
<li>Google Fonts – optional fonts loaded by the browser (IP address may be transmitted to Google). Policies: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
<li>IP2C (ip2c.org) – optional country detection for phone field (IP address to determine country code)</li>
<li>ipapi.co – optional timezone detection fallback in admin (IP address to determine timezone)</li>
<li>Email – uses WordPress wp_mail or configured SMTP to send transactional emails (recipient name/email, booking details)</li>
</ul>
<p>Site owners are responsible for displaying an appropriate privacy notice and obtaining any required consent in their jurisdiction.</p>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<p>Source code (unminified assets included):<br />
https://github.com/vertim-coders/schedula-smart-appointment-booking</p>
<p>Actions/Filters and template overrides are documented in the developer section of the docs.</p>


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