Mickaël Larguier

Giraforms is a Gutenberg-native form builder for people who want full control inside WordPress.
Build and manage forms directly in the block editor, using real blocks instead of shortcode builders. You can create contact forms, booking forms, surveys, registrations, quote requests and more while keeping all data on your own server.
<a href="https://tastewp.org/plugins/giraforms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Try Demo</a> | <a href="https://giraforms.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a> | <a href="https://giraforms.com/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a>
<h4>Why Giraforms?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Truly native Gutenberg workflow — Build forms where you already build pages</li>
<li>Performance-focused — Frontend assets load only on pages that contain a form</li>
<li>Privacy-first by default — Submissions stay in your WordPress database</li>
<li>Built-in anti-spam stack — Honeypot, timestamp checks, Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha</li>
<li>Flexible layouts — Use Columns, Groups, Headings and core blocks inside forms</li>
<li>Ready in minutes — Start from 10 pre-built templates or create from scratch</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>18 form field blocks</li>
<li>10 pre-built templates (contact, booking, survey, job application and more)</li>
<li>AJAX form submission (with graceful non-JS fallback)</li>
<li>Client-side and server-side validation</li>
<li>Honeypot + timestamp anti-spam</li>
<li>Captcha providers: Cloudflare Turnstile, reCAPTCHA v2/v3, hCaptcha</li>
<li>Submissions dashboard in WordPress admin</li>
<li>CSV export</li>
<li>Admin email notifications + user confirmation emails</li>
<li>Custom success message or redirect</li>
<li>GDPR consent field</li>
<li>Privacy options (disable IP and user-agent collection)</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly and translation-ready</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free vs Pro (quick overview)</h4>
Free is ideal if you need: 
– Contact/lead forms built in Gutenberg 
– Local entry storage in WordPress 
– CSV export and email notifications 
– Strong anti-spam and GDPR-friendly options
Pro is ideal if you need: 
– Payments with Stripe 
– Advanced booking workflows and calendar export 
– File uploads, signatures, ratings, geolocation, advanced phone 
– Conditional logic and multi-step forms 
– Webhooks, Brevo & Mailchimp sync, statistics and custom email templates
<h4>Available Form Fields (Free)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Text — Single line text input</li>
<li>Number — Numeric input with min/max</li>
<li>Email — With built-in validation</li>
<li>Phone — Phone number input</li>
<li>URL — Website URL input</li>
<li>Textarea — Multi-line text area</li>
<li>Select — Dropdown with custom options</li>
<li>Checkbox — Multiple selections</li>
<li>Radio — Single selection</li>
<li>Date — Date picker</li>
<li>Time — Time selection</li>
<li>Password — Secure input</li>
<li>Hidden — Hidden data field</li>
<li>Range Slider — Visual numeric slider</li>
<li>Color Picker — Color selection</li>
<li>Consent — GDPR checkbox</li>
<li>Submit Button — Customizable button</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro Features</h4>
Unlock advanced capabilities with <a href="https://giraforms.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Giraforms Pro</a>:
<ul>
<li>File Upload — Accept file attachments in your forms</li>
<li>Star Rating — Collect ratings with a star field</li>
<li>Calendar — Inline calendar date picker</li>
<li>Booking — Booking fields with time slots, admin calendar view and calendar export</li>
<li>Phone (Advanced) — International phone input with country flags</li>
<li>Signature — Digital signature pad</li>
<li>Currency — Formatted currency input</li>
<li>Geolocation — Location-aware field</li>
<li>Stripe Payments — Collect payments directly inside your forms</li>
<li>Conditional Logic — Show/hide fields based on user input</li>
<li>Multi-step Forms — Split long forms into guided steps with progress bar</li>
<li>Custom Styles — Control fonts, colors, borders and label position per form</li>
<li>Access Restrictions — Limit forms to logged-in or logged-out users</li>
<li>Form Scheduling — Open and close forms on specific dates</li>
<li>Unique Entry Validation — Prevent duplicate submissions by email</li>
<li>Submission Statuses — Track and update entry status from the admin</li>
<li>Statistics Dashboard — View form performance and submission trends</li>
<li>Custom Email Templates — Branded notification emails</li>
<li>Webhooks — Send form data to external services via HTTP requests</li>
<li>Brevo — Sync form submissions with your Brevo contact lists</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
Giraforms is ideal for:
<ul>
<li>Contact forms</li>
<li>Booking and reservation forms</li>
<li>Survey and feedback forms</li>
<li>Job application forms</li>
<li>Event registration forms</li>
<li>Quote and order request forms</li>
<li>Newsletter subscription forms</li>
<li>Support ticket forms</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who is it for?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Freelancers and agencies building Gutenberg websites</li>
<li>Local businesses that need booking and lead forms</li>
<li>Teams that want data ownership and privacy-first form handling</li>
<li>Site owners who want to avoid bulky shortcode-based form builders</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pre-built Templates</h4>
Get started in seconds with 10 ready-to-use templates:
<ol>
<li>Contact Form</li>
<li>Registration Form</li>
<li>Newsletter Subscription</li>
<li>Feedback Form</li>
<li>Support Request</li>
<li>Quote Request (multi-column)</li>
<li>Event Registration (multi-column)</li>
<li>Job Application (multi-column)</li>
<li>Survey Form</li>
<li>Booking Form (multi-column)</li>
</ol>

Giraforms – Contact Form, Booking Form, Survey & Custom Form Builder for Block Editor

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Booking Activities Team

Booking Activities is a complete booking tool designed for activities. 
It is very easy to use:
<ol>
<li>Drag and drop your activities onto your schedule.</li>
<li>Copy / Paste a shortcode to display a booking form. Or integrate it with WooCommerce products.</li>
<li>Pick an event on this calendar and book it. </li>
</ol>
Try this reservation tool live on the <a href="https://demo.booking-activities.fr/en/" rel="nofollow ugc">demo website</a>, or <a href="https://tastewp.com/template/bookingactivities/?redirect=admin.php%3Fpage%3Dbookacti_calendars&ni=true" rel="nofollow ugc">generate a temporary site</a> to test the backend!
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q7gbK5i4DPU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Video made with v1.1.1. Booking Activities is constantly evolving.
<h4>Main features</h4>
★ = Unique feature only Booking Activities has.
Editor
<ul>
<li>★ WYSIWYG: Visually build your plannings</li>
<li>★ Drag and drop events directly on the calendar</li>
<li>★ Group your events to easily sell bundles, subscriptions, seminars, or events spreading on several days</li>
<li>Create repeated events (with desired frequency and exceptions dates)</li>
<li>Unlimited calendars, activities, events and bookings.</li>
<li>Permission management system: your managers manage only their own calendars and reservations. E.g.: You can <a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/blog/set-up-a-booking-marketplace-with-booking-activities/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">set up Booking Activities for a marketplace</a> (Booking Activities can only be managed from the backend).</li>
</ul>
Booking forms
<ul>
<li>Fully customizable forms in a WYSIWYG editor</li>
<li>Shortcodes to display reservation forms or simple calendars</li>
<li>★ Display events from multiple schedules and activities at once</li>
<li>★ One-click booking: just pick the desired event(s) on the calendar and click on “Book”! </li>
<li>Custom action when you submit the form or when you click an event: make a reservation, ★ add a product to cart, redirect to a URL</li>
<li>Pick multiple events and book them all at once / ★ add them all to cart at once</li>
<li>★ Seamless login / registration: embedded in the form and processed with the reservation. You can also book without account, or display a login form only with a shortcode.</li>
<li>100% responsive: looks great on mobiles, tablets and computers.</li>
<li>★ Set any custom fields and any booking metadata thanks to <a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/advanced-forms/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=advanced-forms&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Forms</a> add-on</li>
</ul>
Online payments with WooCommerce
<ul>
<li>Calendars are automatically integrated to WooCommerce product pages</li>
<li>★ Attach multiple calendars and activities to one WC product</li>
<li>★ Cart expiration system: bookings in the shopping cart are temporary</li>
<li>Auto-validation when payment is completed</li>
<li>★ WooCommerce order status and its bookings status are smartly bound</li>
<li>★ Automatic refunds by WC coupon or via the gateway (if allowed)</li>
</ul>
Manage reservations
<ul>
<li>Find all your bookings at a glance on a calendar and in a list. Use dynamic filters, sorting, and custom columns</li>
<li>Booking actions: validate, cancel, reschedule, ★ refund…</li>
<li>★ Display your customer’s bookings calendar and their booking list with a shortcode</li>
<li>★ Your customers can cancel or reschedule their bookings and ask a refund by themselves</li>
<li>Export your bookings as CSV and iCal feeds and sync them on spreadsheet and calendar apps (e.g.: Google Sheet, Google Calendar)</li>
</ul>
Availability options
<ul>
<li>Set the booking period: customers can’t book too early or too late</li>
<li>Make your events private or bookable by multiple users</li>
<li>★ Set the min and max bookings allowed per user per event</li>
<li>Offer some activities to certain user roles only</li>
</ul>
Notifications
<ul>
<li>Automatic emails are sent to both administrator and customer when a booking is made, when its state changes, and when it is rescheduled</li>
<li>Fully customize and configure all your email notifications</li>
<li>In multilangual sites, emails are sent to your customers in their own language</li>
<li>Send activity-specific notifications and reminders via email, SMS and ★ Push thanks to <a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/notification-pack/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=notification-pack&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Notification Pack</a> add-on</li>
</ul>
Translation ready
<ul>
<li>Multilingual support with WPML and ★ <a href="https://github.com/qtranslate/qtranslate-xt" rel="nofollow ugc">qTranslate-XT</a> (free plugin)</li>
<li>★ Auto-detect and switch languages, date/time format, first day of the week…</li>
<li>Customize most frontend messages directly in the settings</li>
<li>Fully translated in English and French. You can also help us <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/booking-activities" rel="nofollow ugc">translating Booking Activities</a> in your language.</li>
</ul>
The best inside
<ul>
<li>API for developers (PHP actions and filters, JS actions).</li>
<li>Use the beautiful and handy <a href="https://fullcalendar.io/" rel="nofollow ugc">FullCalendar</a></li>
<li>Support WP Multisite</li>
<li>Support WP privacy tools for exporting and erasing your customers personal data</li>
</ul>
See the whole <a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/documentation/features/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">features list here</a>.
<h4>Extend these features with add-ons:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/resource-availability/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=resource-availability&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Resource Availability</a>: Manage your resource availability and assignment</li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/advanced-forms/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=advanced-forms&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Forms</a>: Add any (paid) custom fields to your booking forms</li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/display-pack/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=display-pack&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Display Pack</a>: Customize your calendars or set alternative display (datepicker)</li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/prices-and-credits/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=prices-and-credits&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Prices and Credits</a>: Set per event prices, decreasing prices, price categories (adults, children, etc.), pay with credits</li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/notification-pack/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=notification-pack&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Notification Pack</a>: Send activity-specific notifications and booking reminders by email, SMS and Push</li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/order-for-customers/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=order-for-customers&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Order for Customers</a>: You can book / place an order in the name of your customers</li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/downloads/waiting-list/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_campaign=waiting-list&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Waiting List</a>: Join the waiting list for sold-out events (automatic notification / booking)</li>
</ul>
See the whole <a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/add-ons/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">add-ons list here</a>
<h4>This plugin is great for… You?</h4>
To know if Booking Activities is made for you, you just need to understand how it works:
<ol>
<li>You place events on a calendar</li>
<li>Customers pick them and book them</li>
</ol>
If this fits your business then give it a try!
This booking system has been specially designed to fulfill the needs of most activity providers:
<ul>
<li>For tourism, sport and leisure (nautical, aerial, land, mountain, foot or wheels, outdoor or indoor…)</li>
<li>For courses, trainings, exhibitions (education, music, drawing, seminar…)</li>
<li>For cultural activities (museum, theatre / cinema, booking events…)</li>
<li>For you too, but you are not in this list? <a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme#contact" rel="nofollow ugc">Tell us</a> 🙂</li>
</ul>
<h4>We are listening</h4>
You are the developers. You have always been.
Booking Activities has been designed and developed in collaboration with activity providers.
Now it is getting better thanks to you.
Then feel free to tell us if you miss a feature, if you find a bug or anything to make your booking system better!
<ul>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/documentation/user-documentation/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bookingactivities/booking-activities/issues/" rel="nofollow ugc">Report a bug / Request a feature</a></li>
<li><a href="https://booking-activities.fr/en/?utm_source=wp-plugin-page&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=readme#contact" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact us</a> at contact@booking-activities.fr (French and English)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress: 3.6 or later</li>
<li>PHP: 5.6 or later</li>
<li>MySQL: 5.7.22 or later (or MariaDB 10.5.4 or later)</li>
<li>WooCommerce: 3.x or later</li>
<li>Booking Activities can be used without WooCommerce</li>
</ul>

Booking Activities

I love this plugin. The interface is intuitive on the front and back end. 

excellent


We use this plugin for tennis courts reservations and we count it very useful. You can look at our web page as an example how it looks.


Very useful plugin

Reservation system specialized in activities: sports, leisure, courses, events, tourism, and more! Works great with WooCommerce.

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