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!

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PreBook

<a href="https://getprebook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">PreBook</a> is a feature-rich WordPress plugin designed to handle all aspects of appointment booking and online scheduling.
From managing unlimited appointments and staff to offering highly customizable booking forms, PreBook streamlines the scheduling process for businesses across industries.
With a user-friendly interface and powerful tools, PreBook empowers businesses to deliver a superior customer experience while automating their administrative tasks.
👉 <a href="https://getprebook.com/prebook-try-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">PreBook Try Demo</a> 👈 
👉 <a href="https://getprebook.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">PreBook Documentation</a> 👈 
👉 <a href="https://getprebook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Chat Support</a> 👈
Whether you’re running a salon, clinic, or agency, PreBook adapts to your unique business needs.
<h3>📌 Why Choose PreBook?</h3>
<ul>
<li>🚀 Save Time and Boost Efficiency: Automate scheduling and manage unlimited bookings without overbooking issues. </li>
<li>🫴 Offer a Superior Client Experience: Provide an interactive, responsive booking form that works flawlessly on all devices. </li>
<li>🎨 Customise Every Detail: Tailor booking forms, notifications, and service options to match your brand identity. </li>
<li>🌐 Expand Your Global Reach: Use built-in translation tools and multilingual support for customers worldwide.</li>
</ul>
<h3>📋 Industries and Niches Best Served by PreBook Plugin</h3>
PreBook is the ideal solution for businesses and professionals who rely on appointment booking, service booking, or event scheduling to streamline their operations. Whether you’re in healthcare, beauty, fitness, or professional services, PreBook offers features to fit your needs.
<h4>🏥 Health & Medical</h4>
Effortlessly manage patient appointments with features like automated reminders and customizable booking forms. PreBook is perfect for: 
– Doctors Appointment Booking 
– Dental Clinics 
– Veterinary Clinics 
– Nutritionists and Homeopaths 
– Medical Centers and Wellness Clinics
Healthcare professionals love PreBook for its easy-to-use online appointment booking system that enables them to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks.
<h4>💇 Beauty Salons & Personal Care</h4>
Delight your customers with seamless booking experiences for a variety of services. PreBook is ideal for: 
– Hair Salon Booking 
– Nail Salon Appointments 
– Barbershop Scheduling 
– Spa and Massage Studio Booking 
– Tanning Studio Appointments 
– Cosmetology and Makeup Artist Bookings
Features like Google Calendar synchronisation and automated reminders ensure you never miss a booking and grow your business effortlessly.
<h4>🧘‍♂️ Fitness & Gyms</h4>
PreBook empowers fitness professionals and studios to stay organised while providing a great booking experience for their clients: 
– Yoga Studio Scheduling 
– Personal Trainer Appointment Booking 
– Dance Instructor Sessions 
– Fitness Class and Zumba Academy Booking 
– Sports and Recreational Facility Scheduling
With 24/7 online booking, discount coupons, and automated notifications, fitness businesses can focus on delivering exceptional experiences.
<h4>⚖️ Legal Firms & Consultants</h4>
Manage consultations and meetings with ease using PreBook’s appointment scheduling system. Suitable for: 
– Lawyer and Legal Consultation Booking 
– Coaches and Personal Mentors 
– Business Consultants and Psychologists 
– Bookkeepers and Accountants
Features like recurring appointments and multi-location support ensure your business stays productive and accessible to clients worldwide.
<h4>🚘 Automotive Services</h4>
PreBook is a must-have for automotive businesses to simplify appointment scheduling: 
– Car Repair and Service Booking 
– Vehicle Wash Appointments 
– Bike and Heavy Vehicle Maintenance Scheduling
With color-coded calendars and streamlined booking forms, businesses can efficiently manage high booking volumes.
<h4>🏗️ Real Estate & Creative Agencies</h4>
Creative professionals and agencies can maximise efficiency by automating their scheduling: 
– Real Estate Property Tour Bookings 
– Photographer Session Scheduling 
– Marketing and Design Consultation Appointments 
– Content Creation and Strategy Meetings
PreBook’s features like customer management and customizable booking forms make it easy to provide personalised services.
<h4>✈️ Travel & Tourism</h4>
Simplify travel planning and reservations with PreBook’s online booking system: 
– Tour Operator Appointment Scheduling 
– Adventure and Travel Agency Bookings 
– Car and Equipment Rental Appointments
PreBook adapts to the needs of any travel or tourism agency with useful features to manage multiple locations, recurring bookings, and package deals.
<h3>✨ PreBook’s Features for Diverse Appointment Booking Needs</h3>
<ul>
<li>🎨 Customizable Booking Forms: Tailor forms to suit your business needs and branding. </li>
<li>📅 Google Calendar Synchronisation: Ensure seamless updates across platforms. </li>
<li>🔔 Automated Reminders: Reduce no-shows with email notifications and SMS alerts. </li>
<li>♾️ Unlimited Services and Staff: Scale your business effortlessly with no restrictions. </li>
<li>⚙️ Customer Management Tools: Build strong client relationships with detailed profiles. </li>
<li>🙋 Dedicated Dashboard: Access a focused, standalone interface for managing appointments, staff, and customers without WordPress distractions. </li>
<li>📜 Clean UI and Simple UX: Navigate effortlessly with an intuitive interface designed for both businesses and customers. </li>
<li>🖥️ Quick Onboarding: Get started with a simple onboarding process designed to save you time and effort. </li>
</ul>
<h3>🌟 PreBook Appointment Booking Plugin- Feature Overview</h3>
<h4>♾️ Unlimited Services, Staff, and Appointments</h4>
PreBook removes all limitations, allowing businesses to add an unlimited number of services and staff members. You can customize each service with duration, pricing (fixed, free, or none), and descriptions. You can also mark services as private or archive those no longer in use.
Unlimited appointment scheduling ensures no overbooking or scheduling conflicts.
<h4>🎨 Interactive and Customizable Booking Forms</h4>
The plugin offers interactive booking forms designed to maximise user engagement. Customers can easily select services, staff, and time slots. These forms are fully customizable to align them with your business branding with layouts, colours, and fonts.
PreBook supports embedding forms via Gutenberg blocks or shortcodes, offering flexibility for website integration.
<h4>📅 Advanced Calendar and Appointment Management</h4>
PreBook’s calendar feature provides a visual overview of all appointments in daily, weekly, and monthly views. Businesses can sync bookings with external calendars such as Google Calendar and Apple Calendar.
The calendar is colour-coded for easy differentiation of services and staff schedules. Appointment rescheduling, cancellation, and approvals can be managed in real-time, ensuring a seamless workflow.
<h4>⏫ Manual and Priority Bookings</h4>
For walk-ins or phone reservations, you can manually add appointments directly to your system. Priority customers can be identified and highlighted within the platform. It’s helpful for ensuring VIP treatment and enhancing customer relationships.
<h4>🔒 Private Services and Staff</h4>
With PreBook, you can designate services and staff as private, hiding them from public booking forms. These appointments can be managed internally from the backend. This ensures flexibility for exclusive or specialised services!
<h4>⏰ Email Notifications and Reminders</h4>
PreBook automates notifications for appointment confirmations, rejections, approvals, and cancellations. Customizable email templates with dynamic placeholders ensure personalised communication with both staff and customers.
Automated reminders help you reduce no-shows, improving your overall appointment attendance.
<h4>Setup Wizard</h4>
The Setup Wizard will simplify your onboarding process, helping your users configure their PreBook plugin quickly and efficiently. From setting up services to customising forms, the wizard will ensure a smooth start.
<h4>🌐 Translation-Ready and Global Compatibility</h4>
PreBook supports multilingual websites and is translation-ready, making it accessible to global customers. With RTL (Right-to-Left) language support, you can cater to diverse linguistic needs for expanding your reach worldwide.
<h4>⚙️ Flexible Business Settings</h4>
The plugin allows businesses to define working hours, breaks, and holidays to prevent scheduling conflicts. Businesses can also set default appointment statuses, currency preferences, and label customizations to align the platform with their specific needs.
<h4>📊 Enhanced Analytics and Reporting</h4>
PreBook provides actionable insights into booking trends, such as peak times, popular services, and customer retention rates.
Visual charts and graphs on the admin dashboard allow businesses to make data-driven decisions, enhancing efficiency and customer satisfaction.
<h3>➕ PreBook Free Add-ons</h3>
<h4>👥 Staffs</h4>
Easily manage an unlimited number of staff members with PreBook. Assign specific services to staff, track their schedules, and let customers book directly with their preferred team member. For individuals, you can disable this feature to keep things simple.
<h4>📴 Holidays & Days Off</h4>
Seamlessly manage non-working days by setting holidays or custom days off. Prevent overbooking by ensuring that no appointments can be scheduled during these blocked periods.
<h4>📆 Calendar</h4>
PreBook offers a dedicated calendar for easy appointment management. View bookings in daily, weekly, or monthly formats and sync seamlessly with external calendars like Google or Apple Calendar for added flexibility.
<h4>💵 Payment</h4>
Enable online or offline payment collection to simplify your booking process. Show service pricing, process payments securely, or disable this feature if your business doesn’t require payment handling.
<h3>🔥 PreBook Plugin Upcoming Features</h3>
<h4>Customer Dashboard</h4>
Customers will soon be able to access their dedicated dashboard where they can view appointment histories, reschedule bookings, or cancel upcoming appointments with ease.
<h4>Floating Booking Widget</h4>
A floating widget will allow customers to book appointments without navigating away from the page, improving convenience and user engagement.
<h4>Expanded Payment Gateways</h4>
Upcoming integrations will include secure payment gateways like PayPal, Stripe, and WooCommerce to make you accept payments online seamlessly.
<h4>Elementor Integration</h4>
Easily embed booking forms on Elementor-powered websites with dedicated widgets, offering even more flexibility for website design.
<h4>Service Packages</h4>
PreBook will soon introduce Service Packages designed to enhance flexibility and customer engagement. With service packages, businesses can bundle multiple services into attractive deals, such as a “Wellness Package” combining a massage, facial, and spa treatment, or a fitness studio offering discounted bundles of classes.
<h4>Group Booking</h4>
Group booking will allow multiple participants to reserve a single slot or book services together, making it ideal for fitness classes, workshops, or family appointments. Businesses can set capacity limits, ensuring smooth scheduling while maximising revenue.
<h4>Import/Export Tool</h4>
The upcoming Import/Export Tool will streamline data transfer, enabling businesses to import customer profiles, service details, and appointment histories with ease. It also allows exporting data for backups, analysis, or integration with external systems, ensuring effortless management and scalability.
<h3>How to Install/Use PreBook Plugin</h3>
Installing and using PreBook is simple and quick
<ol>
<li>Installation: Make a search with ‘PreBook’ from your backend dashboard like any other WordPress plugin and install it. Or download the plugin from this directory or our website, upload it to your WordPress site, and activate it.</li>
<li>Configuration: Navigate to the PreBook settings in the WordPress dashboard to begin configuration. Use the Setup Wizard (upcoming feature) for easy onboarding.</li>
<li>Dashboards: Access PreBook’s dedicated dashboards based on user roles:
<ul>
<li>Admin Dashboard for overall management of appointments, staff, and settings.</li>
<li>Staff Dashboard for team members to manage their schedules and appointments.</li>
<li>Individual Dashboard for personal users to handle their own bookings.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Integration: Embed booking forms on your website using shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks, or Elementor widgets.</li>
<li>Start Booking: Customise your forms, add services, and begin accepting appointments immediately.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Gutenberg Blocks</h3>
This plugin has two blocks-
<h4>Booking Form</h4>
<ul>
<li>Embed a fully functional booking form directly on any page or post of your website.</li>
<li>PreBook generates a dedicated booking page during plugin installation for easy setup.</li>
<li>Filter and display specific service categories, services, or staff based on your business needs.</li>
<li>Preselect a specific service or staff to streamline the booking process for your customers.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Booking Button</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add a booking button anywhere on your website, opening the booking form in a user-friendly modal.</li>
<li>Filter and display relevant service categories, services, or staff to match customer needs.</li>
<li>Preselect a service or staff member for a faster, tailored booking experience.</li>
<li>Fully customizable styling options, including color, background, typography, padding, and borders, to align with your branding.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
PreBook– All-in-One Appointment Booking and Scheduling Solution uses <a href="https://appsero.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero</a> SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.
Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.
Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.
Learn more about how <a href="https://appsero.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero collects and uses this data</a>.

PreBook– All-in-One Appointment Booking and Scheduling Solution

PreBook is a versatile appointment booking plugin for WordPress, ideal for businesses and service providers.

Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly vs PreBook– All-in-One Appointment Booking and Scheduling Solution