ajayrajbanshi

<p>Nivaj Appointment Hub is a self-hosted appointment booking plugin for WordPress. Visitors pick a service, choose a date and time from your availability, and fill in their details — all without needing a third-party scheduling account. Bookings land in your WordPress admin and trigger configurable email notifications.</p>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multiple bookable services with per-service duration, colour, location type (phone, in-person, video, custom), and image</li>
<li>Weekly availability rules — set working hours for each day of the week per service</li>
<li>Date-specific overrides — block dates (holidays) or open extra dates with custom hours</li>
<li>Buffer times before/after bookings to prevent back-to-back conflicts</li>
<li>Daily booking cap per service (optional)</li>
<li>Minimum booking notice and maximum advance-booking window</li>
<li>Custom fields per service (text, textarea, select, checkbox, number, phone, URL)</li>
<li>Email notifications on confirmation, cancellation, and admin alerts, plus reminder emails</li>
<li>Shortcode <code>[nivaj_ah_booking]</code> and a Gutenberg block to embed the widget</li>
<li>Optional floating “Book Now” popup button site-wide, with fullscreen mode</li>
<li>CSV export of all bookings</li>
<li>REST API endpoints under <code>/wp-json/nivaj-ah/v1/</code> for public booking actions</li>
<li>Works with guest visitors — no account required to book</li>
</ul>
<h4>Booking flow</h4>
<ol>
<li>Visitor selects a service from the list.</li>
<li>Visitor picks a date from the horizontal day strip (auto-advances past empty weeks).</li>
<li>Visitor picks a time slot, grouped by Morning / Afternoon / Evening.</li>
<li>Visitor fills in name, email, phone (optional), notes (optional), and any custom fields.</li>
<li>Booking is confirmed on screen and via email.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin stores personal data submitted by visitors when they book an appointment: name, email address, phone number (optional), any custom field values you have configured, IP address (transiently, for rate limiting), and the booking details themselves.</p>
<p>Emails are sent through your site’s mailer (<code>wp_mail()</code>) to the visitor’s email address and the administrator email configured in Settings. No data is sent to external services by default.</p>
<p>If the <strong>Webhook</strong> integration is enabled in Settings, booking events are POSTed to the URL you configure. Site administrators are responsible for ensuring that the destination complies with their privacy policy and applicable data protection law.</p>
<p>Booking records are retained until manually deleted or until the plugin is uninstalled via the Plugins screen, which drops all plugin tables and options.</p>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>Source code: https://github.com/ajayrajbanshi/nivaj-appointment-hub</p>
<p>The compiled JavaScript and CSS files in <code>assets/build/</code> are generated from the human-readable source under <code>src/</code> (React/JSX components and SCSS) using <code>@wordpress/scripts</code> (webpack).</p>
<p>To build from source:</p>
<pre><code>npm install
npm run build
</code></pre>
<p>This produces <code>assets/build/admin-app.{js,css}</code>, <code>assets/build/booking-widget.{js,css}</code>, and <code>assets/build/block-editor.js</code> from <code>src/admin-app/</code>, <code>src/booking-widget/</code>, and <code>src/block-editor/</code> respectively. To produce the wordpress.org distribution zip, run <code>npm run package</code>.</p>
<p>No third-party libraries are bundled outside of <code>@wordpress/*</code> packages provided by WordPress core (<code>wp-element</code>, <code>wp-components</code>, <code>wp-i18n</code>, <code>wp-api-fetch</code>, <code>wp-blocks</code>, <code>wp-block-editor</code>).</p>


Nivaj Appointment Hub

A flexible appointment booking system for WordPress. Define services, set availability, and let visitors book time slots without leaving your site.

Mark

Wim Braam

Really Simple Plugins

Renee van Velthuijsen

Kelvinkuiper

Jeroen van der Kooij

SimplyBook.me

<p>SimplyBook.me is the easiest way to start collecting bookings on your WordPress website. The plugin will allow you to register your free account and immediately publish your booking calendar on the front-end of your site. With a few clicks, you can easily add your services and service providers, and design the most beautiful booking widget. You will be collecting appointments and reservations in no-time!</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy appointment scheduling</li>
<li>Simple plugin onboarding and configuration</li>
<li>Manage your calendar and bookings using the powerful mobile app (iOS and Android)</li>
<li>Accept touchless payments via the app on your onsite checkout</li>
<li>High email deliverability for reservation confirmations and appointment reminders.</li>
<li>Create multiple services, providers, categories and locations</li>
<li>Send email and SMS notifications to your customers for their bookings</li>
<li>Add “Book now” buttons on your Instagram, Facebook and Google Business Profile</li>
<li>Sell Memberships, packages & gift cards</li>
<li>Manage bookings for Classes & Events</li>
<li>Increase sales by offering products and service add-ons in the booking process</li>
<li>Marketing campaigns by emails and push notifications</li>
<li>Waiting Lists and “Make me look busy” features</li>
<li>Offer Coupons and a Loyalty System to enhance brand loyalty</li>
<li>Insights and statistics about your bookings, reservations, cancellations, workload and revenues</li>
<li>Adjust time zone settings if you have clients in different time zones</li>
<li>Create individual schedules for staff</li>
<li>Create multiple users related to providers</li>
<li>Accepting payments and/or deposits to confirm the bookings in the booking process</li>
<li>Easily implement your booking widget with a Gutenberg block, Elementor Widget or a shortcode</li>
</ul>
<p>SimplyBook.me can be used for free up to 50 appointments per month. In addition, you can use one of the Special features for free! You will automatically be signed up for a Free 14-day trial, which allows you to test the Special Features without any restrictions, including advanced scheduling tools.</p>
<h4>Why SimplyBook.me?</h4>
<p>SimplyBook.me is an advanced online booking system that creates a professional booking widget on your WordPress site where your clients can book your services at any time. You will then have access to an admin interface where you can manage your bookings, calendar, and settings. On top of that you will get an admin app where you can manage all your bookings, handle appointments, adjust scheduling, and accept payments on the go. Thousands of clients all over the world have selected our booking system to make their business easy and comfortable to use (see our testimonials). SimplyBook.me provides users with a broad range of features so that you can tailor the system to your needs, irrespective of what industry you are in.<br />
For a more detailed understanding of the SimplyBook.me service, you can explore at the following link: <a href="https://simplybook.me/?ref=wordpress" title="SimplyBook" rel="friend nofollow ugc">https://simplybook.me/</a></p>
<p>This plugin is developed by SimplyBook.me, is ISO27001 compliant and utilizes its API to transmit and store all information, including settings and details of bookings, as well as other personal client data, directly on SimplyBook.me. Before using the plugin, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policy and terms of use of SimplyBook.me at the following links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://simplybook.me/en/policy" title="SimplyBook Privacy Policy" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://simplybook.me/en/terms-and-conditions" title="SimplyBook Terms of Use" rel="friend nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This will help you better understand the terms of use of the plugin and ensure your confidentiality.</p>
<p>This is the official SimplyBook.me plugin, developed by SimplyBook.me and Really Simple Plugins</p>
<h4>About Really Simple Plugins:</h4>
<p>Really Simple Plugins is the creator of most-used plugins Really Simple Security and Complianz. With a total of ~6 million installs, we focus on making the most user-friendly and easy-to-use plugins. We work with SimplyBook.me to make the most powerful booking system available directly in your WordPress dashboard.</p>
<h4>Benefits of the Online booking system</h4>
<p>Integrating an online booking system like SimplyBook.me is crucial for service businesses aiming to improve customer experience and extend their market reach. By enabling clients to book appointments outside of traditional office hours, an online scheduling and booking system increases accessibility and customer satisfaction. This system simplifies the entire appointment process, automates important reminders, and reduces scheduling errors, freeing up staff to concentrate on delivering superior service.<br />
Additionally, an online booking system offers powerful analytics that provide deep insights into customer behaviors and preferences. This data is essential for making informed adjustments to service offerings and planning effective marketing strategies. Last but not least it´s the best way to boost your sales by offering service add-ons and products for sale in the booking process, by sending tailored marketing email campaigns, offering coupons on less busy days, by prompting tips during check out and so much more, the options are endless!</p>


SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar

Simply add a booking calendar to your site to schedule bookings, reservations, appointments and to collect payments.

Nivaj Appointment Hub vs SimplyBook.me – Booking and reservations calendar