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<p>Appointment SW lets visitors book appointments from any page on your site. You configure as many working windows per day as you need, block holidays, optionally allow guest bookings, and Appointment SW takes care of slot availability, email notifications and capability checks.</p>
<p>Version 2.0 is a deep modernisation of the original plugin while keeping every shortcode, option and database table from 1.x in working order. Existing sites can update without re-doing setup.</p>
<h4>What’s new in 2.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Modern booking flow: clicking a free slot opens a confirmation modal — no more page reloads to advance the booking.</li>
<li>Admin booking modal with live client search and an inline “Add client” button, so receptionists can book a brand new client without leaving the calendar.</li>
<li>Arbitrary number of time windows per day (not just two).</li>
<li>Server-rendered Settings page using the WordPress Settings API, with an onboarding section that creates the shortcode pages for you in one click.</li>
<li>Public REST API under <code>/wp-json/appointmentsw/v1/</code> for availability, bookings, holidays, settings, and user search.</li>
<li>Capability-based permissions: <code>appointmentsw_manage</code> (administer) and <code>appointmentsw_book</code> (book a slot).</li>
<li>Prepared statements across every database query, plus new indexes on bookings, bookmeta and holidays for faster lookups on busy calendars.</li>
<li>Hardened request dispatcher: strict capability checks, sanitized input and escaped output throughout.</li>
<li>Filterable email templates via <code>appointmentsw/email/{event}/{audience}/{subject|body}</code>.</li>
<li>Optional WooCommerce integration is now a separate companion plugin so this core stays lean.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[appointmentsw_form]</code> — booking form for visitors.</li>
<li><code>[appointmentsw_myaccount]</code> — logged-in user appointments (view and cancel).</li>
<li><code>[appointmentsw_admin]</code> — frontend admin calendar with client search and one-click client creation.</li>
<li><code>[appointmentsw_vacations]</code> — block holidays from the frontend.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Backwards compatibility</h4>
<p>All 1.x shortcodes keep rendering, bundled Bootstrap 3 assets are still enqueued so existing theme overrides keep working, the legacy <code>core/</code> classes remain loaded, and legacy options (<code>asw-guest</code>, <code>asw-duration</code>, <code>asw-numdays</code>, <code>asw-maxoffset</code>, <code>asw-start_time_*</code>, <code>asw-end_time_*</code>) are migrated transparently into the new <code>appointmentsw_settings</code> option the first time the new code reads them.</p>


Appointment SW

Self-service appointment booking for WordPress. Calendar, arbitrary time windows, holidays, modal booking flow, REST API.

Zack Philipps

<p>TSBusinessDay class with functions used for restricting content based on hours of operation. Supports hours that run past midnight. Will eventually develop into full-fledged plugin, but thanks to <a href="//www.elliotcondon.com/"" rel="nofollow ugc">Elliot Condon</a>, I don’t have to just yet!</p>
<h4>Dependencies</h4>
<p>This function requires the <a href="//www.advancedcustomfields.com/"" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Custom Fields</a> plugin and some of its add-ons. They are as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="//www.advancedcustomfields.com/add-ons/repeater-field/"" rel="nofollow ugc">Repeater Field</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.advancedcustomfields.com/add-ons/options-page/"" rel="nofollow ugc">Options Page</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.advancedcustomfields.com/add-ons/date-time-picker/"" rel="nofollow ugc">Date & Time Picker Field</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Repeater Field and Options page are premium add-ons. If you are already using them, you understand how invaluable they are. If not, there’s no better time to start!</p>
<h4>Installation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Make sure you have all of the required dependencies.</li>
<li>Download the ts-business-hours directory and copy it to wp-content/plugins.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin on the Plugins page.</li>
<li>Navigate to the Options page. Configure days and hours. You must have both opening and closing times.</li>
<li>You must start the week on Sunday and end it on Saturday for the plugin to work correctly. This is because the plugin uses the date(‘w’) function.</li>
<li>See example.php and use accordingly.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Notes</h4>
<p>I ran into an issue when working locally, which was that I had to wait until the turn of a minute to see my changes to the template file reflected live. I’m not sure why that is and would love to hear suggestions!</p>
<h4>What does ‘TS’ stand for, anyway?</h4>
<p>Tribeswell is an interactive marketing company specializing in high quality responsive website design. We are students of great design and useability. Choosing to work with Tribeswell means your organization will get the absolute best in modern design. We are headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana and work with clients all across the midwest.</p>
<h4>About the Author</h4>
<p>Originally from Bedford, Indiana, Zack is currently working full-time at Tribeswell. Zack is passionate about front-end design and UX. He is instrumental in ensuring that every Tribeswell website contains a flawless level of fit and finish, providing an excellent experience for visitors.</p>


TS Business Hours

TSBusinessDay class with functions used for restricting content based on hours of operation. Requires Advanced Custom Fields and 3 of its add-ons.

Appointment SW vs TS Business Hours