Bookly

Bookly is a free scheduling plugin for WordPress that allows accepting online bookings on your website and automating your reservation system. Manage your booking calendar, services, client base, save time and money – all in one place. Join more than 70,000 businesses all around the world that have already automated their online booking system!
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Bookly is designed to grow your online sales and make easy appointments. This is a one-stop shop for any businesses from hair salons or photography to wealth management and transportation. You can start easily with the free version of Bookly and once your business scales you can operate ultimate scheduling software with the paid version available with the Bookly Pro add-on, and various add-ons.
PLEASE NOTE that online payments, unlimited number of staff members and services, and ability to install add-ons are NOT AVAILABLE in the free version. If you would like to find out more about features available with the Bookly PRO add-on, please check our <a href="https://demo.booking-wp-plugin.com/?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG/" rel="nofollow ugc">demo</a>.
<a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Bookly Homepage</a> | <a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/pricing?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Features</a> (Bookly Pro add-on required) | 
<a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/add-ons?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Add-ons</a> (Bookly Pro add-on required) | <a href="https://support.booking-wp-plugin.com/hc/en-us?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Bookly Help Center</a> | <a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/demo/free/?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo</a>
<h3>1. Benefits for the customers</h3>
Online Scheduling with Bookly couldn’t be any easier for your customers. The booking form is perfectly responsive on any device, and all that customers need to do is pick their desired service and time, provide you with a few personal details, and voilà – it’s done! Your customers will receive an email or SMS notification before the appointment, and it will be automatically added to your Appointment Booking Calendar.
<h3>1.1 When you install Bookly on your website, your customers will be able to:</h3>
– quickly schedule and book appointment without having to directly contact you or your employee; 
– make a booking on any device, since Bookly design is fully responsive; 
– select the category, the service, and employee to perform the service; 
– define the dates and time that work best for them and the booking system will offer only available time slots; 
– fill in the minimum amount of contact details; 
– get an email and SMS notification confirming their online reservations; 
– get SMS reminder about an upcoming appointment.
<h3>1.2 Bookly Key Benefits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Saves time – no action necessary after booking is confirmed</li>
<li>Friendly booking interface – easy navigation</li>
<li>Minimal data input required</li>
<li>Responsive booking form – works on any device</li>
<li>Never forget a booked appointment with SMS and email notifications</li>
</ul>
<h3>2. Benefits for the business owner</h3>
No coding experience required to set up Bookly. We did our best to make it as easy and quick as possible to install and start using Bookly free scheduling software on your WordPress website. And with our Bookly Pro add-on and other add-ons, you will bring online scheduling experience for you and your customers to the next level.
You will be able to navigate the Booking Admin Panel like a pro, approve and adjust your appointments, and automate your online scheduling to concentrate on the most important part of your business – serving your customers and grow sales.
You can change the layout and modify the appearance of the booking form to match your business, website, and branding, manage your services and the customers’ list and send email and SMS notifications – all in one place.
<h3>You can use a wide range of Bookly features to configure your Appointment Scheduler and manage your bookings effectively:</h3>
– easily and effectively manage your Customer list and Appointment Calendar online from the Admin panel; 
– add an unlimited number of clients to your searchable and sortable Customer list; 
– add new customer directly from the calendar; 
– setup and customize SMS settings right from Bookly backend; 
– notify customers and a service provider about approved, pending and canceled appointments via SMS and Email notifications; 
– view calendar in monthly/weekly/daily format; 
– filter, search and sort booking list; 
– automatically approve or cancel appointments.
<h3>Configure the booking form to suit your needs:</h3>
– customize every step of your booking form, including editable headings, texts, and buttons; 
– translate all user interface and notifications into 40+ languages via WPML plugin; 
– add as many booking forms on your website as you want; 
– show or hide specific fields if you don’t want them to be visible to your customers; 
– use pre-defined default values for Category, Service and Employee fields in your booking form; 
– choose the way your customers will see your booking form on the front-end (e.g., show or hide the calendar, show each day in one column, display blocked time slots); 
– display available time slots in the client’s time zone; 
– set duration for each service separately; 
– choose an individual color for each service in order to color code appointments internally in your Appointment Booking Calendar; 
– organize services into categories (you can add up to five services with the free version of Bookly);
<h3>2.1 Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fast online booking with intuitively manageable forms</li>
<li>The fully customizable appearance of the booking form with no coding involved</li>
<li>Unlimited number of booking forms on your site</li>
<li>Comprehensive admin area with an intuitive interface</li>
<li>Monthly/weekly/daily calendar view for the service provider</li>
<li>Manageable list of your customers</li>
<li>Filterable, sortable and searchable booking list of your customers</li>
<li>Variable duration for each service (5 min – 7 days)</li>
<li>Services grouped into categories</li>
<li>Customizable SMS and email notifications settings right from the Bookly backend</li>
<li>WPML integration for multi-language support</li>
<li>Automated SMS Mailing Campaigns for various marketing purposes</li>
<li>Blocks for Elementor and Gutenberg</li>
</ul>
<h3>3. Bookly Pro add-on features:</h3>
Bookly Pro add-on allows you to use more features and settings, install other add-ons for Bookly, includes six months of customer support, and provides you with advanced capabilities for automating your online scheduling system. Some of them include:
<ul>
<li>Unlimited number of staff members with an individual working schedule and ability to manage their profiles and online booking calendar</li>
<li>Unlimited number of services with additional settings (padding time, visibility, limitations, etc.)</li>
<li>Ability to receive secure and flexible online payments on your website</li>
<li>Online payment processing with PayPal, Stripe, 2Checkout, Authorize.Net, Mollie, Payson, PayUbiz, PayU Latam</li>
<li>Additional templates for Email notifications (e.g., reminders about upcoming appointments, follow-up messages, birthday greetings, next day agenda, etc.)</li>
<li>Advanced features for customizing your online booking form (show address fields, birthday fields, Facebook login, timezone switcher)</li>
<li>Google Calendar integration</li>
<li>WooCommerce compatibility</li>
<li>Importable and exportable customer list which includes info about appointments and payments</li>
<li>Built-in analytics so you will be able to see a comprehensive report about the number of bookings, customers and payments received</li>
<li>Integration with Zoom, Google Meet and Jitsi</li>
<li>Mailchimp integration (via add-on)</li>
<li>Ability to export appointments via ICalendar feed</li>
<li>Ability to purchase and use dozens of paid add-ons for deeper customization of your booking system (group bookings, custom fields, service extra items, recurring appointments, deposits, coupons, personal staff cabinet and user account for your clients, automatic invoicing, waiting list, and much more!)</li>
</ul>
<h3>4. Who can benefit from using Bookly:</h3>
Bookly for WordPress is designed to be used by local businesses or individual providers who offer different services to customers. Since the booking form can be fully customized and personalized, it is successfully used in many business segments such as Healthcare, Beauty, Education, Medicine, Consulting etc., as well as by individual professionals.
Also, Bookly is an excellent solution for web studios and developers, who are looking for ways to improve the appointment process for their customers.
<h3>Online scheduling for:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Salon & Beauty (hair salons, nail salons, cosmetology centers, tanning studios, barbershops)</li>
<li>Health and wellness (wellness, spa & massage, aromatherapy, baths)</li>
<li>Medicine (clinics, doctors, dentists, medical centers)</li>
<li>Education (education centers, tutors, language schools, private lessons)</li>
<li>Fitness & Gyms (yoga classes, personal trainers, health clubs, fitness centers, dance instructors)</li>
<li>Professional services (coaches, consultants, lawyers, photographers, consulting psychologist, cleaning services)</li>
<li>or any other services which can be scheduled and reserved online using the booking system.</li>
</ul>
<h3>FURTHER READING</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Bookly Online Scheduling plugin</a> official page</li>
<li><a href="https://support.booking-wp-plugin.com/hc/en-us?utm_source=WP_ORG&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=wp_further_reading" rel="nofollow ugc">Help center</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/demo/free/?utm_campaign=wp_furtherreading&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Bookly demo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://demo.booking-wp-plugin.com/?utm_campaign=wp_furtherreading&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Bookly Pro add-on demo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.booking-wp-plugin.com/add-ons?utm_campaign=wp_description&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=WP_ORG" rel="nofollow ugc">Add-ons for Bookly Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtube.com/c/Bookly?utm_source=WP_ORG&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=wp_further_reading" rel="nofollow ugc">Youtube channel</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>AFTER ACTIVATION</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add at least one service (Bookly menu > Services).</li>
<li>Add a staff member linked to your service (Bookly menu > Staff members).</li>
<li>Customize the appearance of your online booking form (Bookly menu > Appearance).</li>
<li>Publish the booking form on your website (WordPress sidebar menu > Pages/Posts).</li>
</ul>

Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly


The best plugin for booking many different services. But plase dont do me nextime messages like this "The plugin Bookly PRO has been deactivated. Bookly v22.9 is required. And WP.org version is 22.8."



Thanks.


Best reservation plugín with many addons


Tuve problemas con la visualización del calendario y después de estar escribiendonos durante una semana o más, dieron con la solución.


Gran servicio de atención al cliente


The best booking plugin and an excellent support.


Very good plugin and excellent support

Appointment booking system for WordPress — schedule appointments, manage calendars, send reminders, take payments. Start booking today!

Creavi

Creavi Appointment Booking Calendar is a free WordPress appointment booking calendar with Google and Outlook availability sync, reliable customer and admin reminders, built-in video meetings, and no monthly booking fee.
Create bookable services, define your availability, collect customer details, send confirmation emails, and let customers book online in a clean calendar flow. You can offer in-person meetings, phone calls, custom meeting links, or secure video meetings generated directly by the plugin.
Build a polished booking page in minutes with drag-and-drop Gutenberg blocks. Add a ready-made Service Hero section, a Booking Profile layout, an inline booking calendar, or a popup booking button without designing everything from scratch.
Creavi is built for consultants, coaches, clinics, salons, agencies, educators, and small service businesses that want a practical booking system without monthly booking software.
Easy Setup – Ready in 2 Minutes 
Watch how it works in action:
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Check out the live demo: <a href="https://wordpress.creavi.dk/booking/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://wordpress.creavi.dk/booking/</a> 
We’re open to any suggestions! Feel free to reach out via the support forum — we’re happy to hear your ideas and may implement them in future updates.
Free Features Included
Creavi gives small service businesses a complete booking setup for free, including calendar sync, automated reminders, custom booking forms, video meeting options, and ready-made Gutenberg booking page layouts.
<ul>
<li>Add booking button anywhere via shortcode: <code>[creavibc_booking_button id="123"]</code> (opens booking popup)</li>
<li>Embed full booking interface directly on page via shortcode: <code>[creavibc_booking_inline id="123"]</code></li>
<li>
Support multiple booking widgets on the same page (different services)
</li>
<li>
Smooth booking experience:
<ul>
<li>Popup or inline layout</li>
<li>Step-by-step flow: Date → Time → Details</li>
<li>Fully responsive and mobile-friendly</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Flexible availability settings:
<ul>
<li>Admin-defined available days via date picker</li>
<li>Rolling availability range (e.g. next 30–365 days)</li>
<li>Exclude specific dates (days off, holidays)</li>
<li>Minimum time before booking (buffer)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Flexible weekday-based time slots:
<ul>
<li>Visual grid selector (e.g. Mon 9:00, Tue 10:30)</li>
<li>Different time slots per weekday</li>
<li>Optional slot duration: 20 / 30 / 60 minutes</li>
<li>Dynamic time slots based on selected date</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Smart timezone handling:
<ul>
<li>Admin timezone detection</li>
<li>Timezone modes:</li>
<li>Localized (auto-adjust to user timezone)</li>
<li>Locked (fixed business timezone)</li>
<li>Clear timezone indication on frontend</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Customizable booking form fields:
<ul>
<li>Toggle default Name & Email fields</li>
<li>Add unlimited custom fields (text or textarea)</li>
<li>Set any field as required</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Automated email notifications & reminders:
<ul>
<li>Sent to both admin and customer</li>
<li>Dynamic tags: <code>{name}</code>, <code>{email}</code>, <code>{date}</code>, <code>{time}</code>, <code>{service}</code> </li>
<li>Optional reminder emails before the appointment (reduce no-shows)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Google Calendar integration:
<ul>
<li>Automatically push bookings to Google Calendar</li>
<li>Block already booked time slots from Google Calendar</li>
<li>Google Calendar link generation for attendees</li>
<li>Custom Google event title and description templates</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Outlook Calendar integration:
<ul>
<li>Automatically push bookings to Outlook Calendar</li>
<li>Per-service Outlook connection and sync</li>
<li>Block busy Outlook time slots on the frontend</li>
<li>Custom Outlook event title and description templates</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Calendar & scheduling:
<ul>
<li>Downloadable <code>.ics</code> (iCalendar) file</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Meeting & location options:
<ul>
<li>In-person meetings</li>
<li>Online meetings (video or custom link)</li>
<li>Phone call option</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Built-in video conferencing:
<ul>
<li>Automatic meeting link generation </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Personalization options:
<ul>
<li>Custom brand color</li>
<li>Personalized thank-you message</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Easy booking management
</li>
<li>Clean and minimal admin UI</li>
<li>
Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, and other page builders
</li>
<li>
Multilingual & Translation Ready
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Languages</h3>
This plugin is fully translation-ready and supports localization via translate.wordpress.org.
Available languages include: 
* English (default) 
* French 
* Danish
You can help translate this plugin into your language at: 
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/creavi-booking-service/

Creavi Appointment Booking Calendar

Free WordPress appointment booking calendar with Google and Outlook sync, reliable reminders, built-in video meetings, and no monthly booking fee.

Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly vs Creavi Appointment Booking Calendar