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!

Simpma

<a href="https://simpma.com/emc/" rel="nofollow ugc">EMC Scheduling Manager</a> makes it easy to embed Calendly scheduling pages into your WordPress website.
EMC is designed not only to embed scheduling pages, but also to help businesses improve booking completion and understand how visitors interact with their scheduling pages.
<a href="https://simpma.com/emc/#demo" rel="nofollow ugc">Watch Demo</a>
Add Calendly booking forms anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode. Display your scheduling page inline, open it in a popup, or trigger it from a button — all without writing code.
Whether you’re a consultant, coach, agency, or business owner, this plugin helps you turn website visitors into scheduled meetings quickly and easily.
Upgrade to <a href="https://simpma.com/emc/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">EMC Pro</a> to unlock powerful tools for tracking bookings, improving conversion, upsell rates, and managing scheduling workflows more efficiently.
<h3>Free Version Features</h3>
The free version includes everything you need to start embedding Calendly scheduling pages in WordPress:
<ul>
<li>Import Calendly event types directly into WordPress</li>
<li>Embed scheduling pages with a shortcode</li>
<li>Inline embed, popup button, and popup text widgets</li>
<li>Visual widget customizer to generate embed shortcodes</li>
<li>Prefill booking fields for logged-in users</li>
<li>Customizable embed appearance</li>
<li>Quick setup with no coding required</li>
</ul>
Perfect for anyone who simply wants to add a Calendly booking widget to WordPress.
<h3>Pro Version Features (Advanced Scheduling Tools)</h3>
<a href="https://simpma.com/emc/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">EMC Pro</a> expands the plugin from a simple embed solution into a booking optimization toolkit, helping you increase completed bookings and understand what drives scheduling activity.
<h3>Business Integrations & Marketing Tracking</h3>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce integration for booking after purchase</li>
<li>Redirect users after scheduling to custom pages</li>
<li>Track marketing campaigns Pass common UTM parameters like utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content, and utm_term directly to your booking pages.</li>
<li>CRM-friendly leads Integrate booking data with your CRM to see exactly which campaigns are converting into booked calls.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Analytics & Booking Insights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Track booking activity and engagement</li>
<li>Know which channels, pages, and campaigns drive appointments and revenue growth.</li>
<li>Export analytics data for reporting</li>
</ul>
<h3>Scheduling Workflow Tools</h3>
<ul>
<li>View and manage bookings from your WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Send automated and manual email reminders from WordPress</li>
</ul>
<h3>Advanced Embedding Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Dynamic embed options for flexible booking layouts</li>
<li>Enhanced shortcode customization</li>
<li>Elementor integration</li>
</ul>
EMC Pro helps turn your booking widget into a powerful scheduling and conversion tool.
Upgrade to EMC Pro to unlock powerful features designed to help you increase bookings and manage scheduling more effectively.
<a href="https://simpma.com/emc/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn More >></a>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
To simply embed a scheduling page, use:
<pre><code>[calendly url="https://calendly.com/example/call" type="1"]
</code></pre>
Example with customization:
<pre><code>[calendly url="https://calendly.com/example/call" type="2" text="Book Now" text_color="#ffffff" text_size="14" button_style="1" button_size="1" button_color="#2694ea" branding="false" hide_details="false" style_class="custom_form_style"]
</code></pre>
Use the dynamic embedder when you want to display multiple Calendly event types on a single page, allowing visitors to switch between them without reloading the page.
<pre><code>[calendly_dynamic_embedder url="https://calendly.com/example/call" form_height="600px"]
</code></pre>
(Pro Feature) Customize your dynamic embedder with these options
<ul>
<li><code>form_height</code> – Calendar height</li>
<li><code>style</code> – 1 for Horizontal tab display, 2 for Vertical tab display</li>
<li><code>tab_color</code> – Tab color</li>
<li><code>tab_active</code> – Active tab color</li>
<li><code>text_color</code> – Text color </li>
<li><code>text_size</code> – Text size </li>
<li><code>show_slots</code> – 1 Yes, 0 No</li>
<li><code>slots_max</code> – Maximum slots available</li>
<li><code>slots_text</code> – Eg “Only %d slots left” where %d is automatically replaced with booking slots left</li>
</ul>
(Pro Feature) Display your availability slots with
[calendly_slots url=”https://calendly.com/example/call”] or [calendly_dynamic_embedder show_slots=”1″]
(Pro Feature) Customize how your availability slots is displayed with
<ul>
<li><code>text</code> – Eg “Only %d slots left” where %d is automatically replaced with booking slots left</li>
<li><code>text_color</code> – Text color </li>
<li><code>text_size</code> – Text size </li>
<li><code>max_slots</code> – Maximum slots available</li>
</ul>
<h3>Customization</h3>
Use the Widget Customizer under Dashboard > EMC > Customizer or configure the shortcode manually.
<h3>Available Options</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<code>type</code>
<ul>
<li>1 – Inline embed</li>
<li>2 – Popup button</li>
<li>3 – Popup text</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>url</code> – Calendly scheduling page URL
</li>
<li><code>text</code> – Button or link text </li>
<li><code>text_color</code> – Button or link text color </li>
<li><code>text_size</code> – Text size </li>
<li><code>button_color</code> – Button background color </li>
<li>
<code>button_size</code>
<ul>
<li>1 – Small</li>
<li>2 – Medium</li>
<li>3 – Large</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>button_style</code>
<ul>
<li>1 – Inline</li>
<li>2 – Floating</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<code>branding</code> – Show or hide branding
</li>
<li><code>prefill_fields</code> – Prefill form fields for logged-in users </li>
<li><code>hide_cookie_banner</code> – Hide cookie banner </li>
<li><code>hide_details</code> – Hide event details </li>
<li><code>style_class</code> – Custom CSS class</li>
<li><code>redirection_url</code> – Page URL to redirect users to after booking completion (Pro)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Built for Booking Conversion</h3>
EMC Scheduling Manager is designed to do more than embed scheduling pages:
<ul>
<li>Encourage faster decisions with limited availability indicators (Pro) </li>
<li>Present multiple booking options without overwhelming visitors (Pro) </li>
<li>Track how visitors interact with scheduling widgets (Pro)</li>
<li>Optimize booking flows using real usage data (Pro)</li>
</ul>
If scheduling is part of your sales or lead generation process, EMC Pro helps you optimize your booking flow for conversion.
<h3>Why Use EMC Scheduling Manager</h3>
Designed for consultants, coaches, agencies, and business that rely on scheduled calls to generate leads & sales.
<ul>
<li>Turn website visitors into scheduled meetings by embedding your scheduling pages directly inside WordPress.</li>
<li>Reduce booking friction with inline widgets, popup buttons, and customizable scheduling layouts.</li>
<li>Increase booking completion rates by displaying limited availability (e.g. “Only 3 slots left”), encouraging faster decisions while remaining transparent.</li>
<li>Keep visitors on your website while they book, improving engagement and reducing drop-offs.</li>
<li>Offer multiple meeting options on one page using dynamic embeds so visitors can quickly choose the right event.</li>
<li>Upgrade to Pro to unlock booking insights, and conversion tools that help you understand and grow your scheduling activity.</li>
</ul>
Start with the free version and upgrade to EMC Pro when you’re ready to unlock advanced scheduling features.
<a href="https://simpma.com/emc/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn More >></a>
<h3>Popular Use Cases</h3>
EMC is used by professionals and businesses that rely on scheduled meetings to generate leads, sales, or revenue:
<ul>
<li>Consultants & coaches offering paid or free strategy calls </li>
<li>Agencies booking discovery calls and client onboarding sessions </li>
<li>Freelancers managing availability without email back-and-forth </li>
<li>Online educators scheduling 1:1 sessions or onboarding calls </li>
<li>WooCommerce store owners linking products to post-purchase booking flows</li>
</ul>
Upgrade to Pro to unlock advanced analytics, availability tracking, and booking optimization features.
<h3>Disclaimer</h3>
This plugin is an unofficial integration for embedding Calendly scheduling pages in WordPress and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Calendly.
The free version may display optional promotional notices in the WordPress admin dashboard. These notices can be dismissed using the “Don’t show again” option.
You can also disable them using the following filter:
<pre><code>add_filter('emcs_promotions', 'emcs_show_promotions');

function emcs_show_promotions() {
 return false; 
}
</code></pre>

EMC – Easily Embed Calendly Scheduling

Instead of having to mess with all the Caldenly embed code, this plugin makes embedding easier.

Excellent plugin for Calendly

Embed Calendly scheduling pages in WordPress and optimize your booking flow with analytics, availability indicator, and conversion tools.

Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly vs EMC – Easily Embed Calendly Scheduling