Arjun Regmi

Take control of your appointment business with Patro Appointment Booking — a fast, modern WordPress booking plugin built around a beautiful Gutenberg block. Customers complete a clean, guided multi-step form to pick a service, choose a staff member, select a date and time, fill in their details, and confirm — all without ever leaving your site. You manage every booking from a dedicated, React-powered admin dashboard.
No coding required. No complex setup. Just drop the block onto any page and start taking bookings. 📅
Who is Patro Appointment Booking For? 
Patro Appointment Booking is built for any individual or business that takes scheduled appointments and wants an elegant, hassle-free booking experience for their customers.
Salons & Beauty Studios 
Give clients the freedom to book haircuts, treatments, and styling sessions around the clock. Block holidays, close weekdays, and let your calendar manage itself while you focus on the work.
Consultants & Coaches 
Let prospects book discovery calls and sessions directly from your site. Assign bookings to specific team members, get instant email alerts, and never miss a new client inquiry.
Healthcare & Wellness Providers 
Collect patient or client details at booking time, set a custom booking window, and manage appointment status — Pending, Approved, Canceled, Rejected, Completed — from one clear screen.
Fitness Trainers & Gyms 
Set your available days and hours, block out personal-training sessions per staff member, and let members self-book 24/7 without picking up the phone.
Tutors & Educators 
Create sessions as services, set their duration and price, and let students pick the slot that works for them. The form works equally well on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Any Service-Based Business 
If your business runs on scheduled appointments, Patro Appointment Booking gives you the tools to automate bookings, reduce no-shows through email confirmations, and grow without adding admin overhead.
A free booking system gives your business the freedom to grow 📈
No more missed bookings — automatic confirmation emails keep customers informed. 
Your calendar, your rules — block dates, close weekdays, and set how far ahead clients can book. 
Mobile-first — the booking form looks great and converts on every screen size. 
Developer-friendly — REST API plus WordPress action and filter hooks for add-ons.
<h3>Patro Appointment Booking Free Features</h3>
Beautiful Multi-Step Booking Form
<ul>
<li>React-powered booking flow: Services → Date & Time → Your Details → Review → Confirmation</li>
<li>Step-by-step sidebar navigator with active-state indicators and icon-headed panels</li>
<li>Collapsible sidebar for a distraction-free experience on smaller screens</li>
<li>Radio-style service cards with duration pills for instant clarity</li>
<li>Real-time calendar with blocked-date and closed-weekday enforcement</li>
<li>Fully responsive — sidebar collapses to a top bar on mobile, single-column on small screens</li>
</ul>
Services & Staff Management
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited services with name, duration, and price</li>
<li>Organise services into categories for easier browsing</li>
<li>Add staff members and assign them to one or more services</li>
<li>Optional staff-selection step in the booking flow — let customers choose who they book with</li>
</ul>
Bookings Dashboard
<ul>
<li>Central bookings screen with per-booking status management (Pending, Approved, Canceled, Rejected, Completed) plus search and date filtering</li>
<li>Update any booking status in one click</li>
<li>Full customer details stored per booking for easy reference</li>
<li>Automatic confirmation email to the customer on every new booking</li>
<li>Instant admin notification email so you never miss a reservation</li>
</ul>
Flexible Settings
<ul>
<li>Set your booking window — control how many days ahead customers can schedule</li>
<li>Block individual dates using the built-in date picker</li>
<li>Close recurring weekdays so your calendar reflects your real availability</li>
<li>Customise the thank-you message displayed after a successful booking</li>
<li>Configure admin notification email address and sender name</li>
</ul>
Developer Friendly
<ul>
<li>REST API support</li>
<li>WordPress hooks and filters</li>
<li>Extensible architecture for custom integrations</li>
</ul>
<h3>Patro Appointment Booking Pro *(separate plugin)*</h3>
Unlock powerful premium features with the optional Pro add-on:
<ul>
<li>Email Templates — fully customise customer and admin email HTML to match your brand</li>
<li>Coupons & Discounts — create percentage and fixed-amount coupon codes for promotions</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA — Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 protection to stop spam bookings</li>
<li>IP Rate Limiting — cap the number of bookings per IP address per day</li>
<li>Role-Based Access — restrict the booking form to logged-in users or specific WordPress roles</li>
<li>Layout Variants — Modern Card, Minimal, Compact, Step-by-Step Wizard, and Split Screen layouts, selectable per block from the Gutenberg inspector panel</li>
</ul>
<h3>5 Easy Steps to Get Started</h3>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin from Plugins → Add New in your WordPress admin.</li>
<li>Go to Patro Appointment Booking → Services and add at least one service (name, duration, price).</li>
<li>Go to Patro Appointment Booking → Settings and set your booking window, notification email, and any blocked dates.</li>
<li>Open any page or post in the Gutenberg editor, search for Booking Form, and insert the block.</li>
<li>Publish the page — your customers can now book 24/7.</li>
</ol>
<h3>What Makes Patro Appointment Booking Stand Out</h3>
Gutenberg-native — no shortcodes, no iframes. The booking form is a first-class Gutenberg block that works seamlessly with the WordPress editor and any block-based theme.
React-powered, fast-loading — the multi-step form is built with React for smooth, animated step transitions and a snappy user experience with no full-page reloads.
Zero configuration clutter — every setting has a sensible default. You can have a working booking form live in under five minutes.
Extensible by design — REST API endpoints and WordPress action and filter hooks let third-party add-ons build cleanly on top of the free core without hacks.
Transparent booking flow — the collapsible sidebar shows customers exactly where they are in the process at all times, reducing drop-off and improving completion rates.
<h3>Development</h3>
The React admin app, the Gutenberg block, and the frontend booking form are 
compiled from the human-readable source in the <code>resources/</code> directory using 
@wordpress/scripts. The compiled output ships in <code>build/</code>. Both the source and 
the build manifest (<code>package.json</code>) are included in the plugin so the code can 
be inspected and rebuilt.
To build from source:
<ol>
<li><code>npm install</code></li>
<li><code>npm run build</code></li>
</ol>
Source locations:
<ul>
<li><code>resources/admin/</code> — React admin app (compiled to <code>build/admin/</code>)</li>
<li><code>resources/blocks/booking-form/</code> — Gutenberg block (compiled to <code>build/blocks/</code>)</li>
<li><code>resources/frontend/</code> — frontend booking form components</li>
</ul>

Patro Appointment Booking

Let customers book appointments 24/7 via a Gutenberg block — manage services, staff, and bookings from one clean WordPress admin dashboard.

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The Booking Calendar Contact Form plugin allows you to create a powerful and flexible booking form for your WordPress website. Easily create a reservation form with a booking calendar where users can select start and end dates (like check-in/check-out) or single dates.
It’s the perfect solution for hotels, property rentals, service providers, and anyone needing to accept bookings and payments. The built-in PayPal integration (which is SCA-ready) allows you to securely process payments for reservations.
The reservation calendar is completely optional, so you can also use the plugin to create a general-purpose contact form or payment form.
<h3>🌟 Key Features of the Free Version</h3>
<ul>
<li>PayPal Integration: Securely accept payments for your bookings. Fully compatible with SCA (Strong Customer Authentication) / PSD 2.</li>
<li>Reservation Calendar: Allow users to select:
<ul>
<li>Start and end dates (e.g., check-in / check-out)</li>
<li>A single date</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Flexible Booking Types: Supports full-day (the entire day is blocked) or partial-day (hotel-style, where check-out and check-in can happen on the same day).</li>
<li>Availability Management: Optional date verification prevents double-booking by blocking dates as they are reserved.</li>
<li>Seasonal Pricing: Configure different prices for different date ranges (e.g., high season, low season, holidays).</li>
<li>Flexible Pricing Rules: Define prices based on the number of days selected (e.g., weekly rates, 3-day specials).</li>
<li>Fixed-Length Bookings: Enforce specific booking lengths (e.g., weekly-only bookings).</li>
<li>Responsive & Mobile-Optimized: The form and calendar look and work great on all devices.</li>
<li>Admin Management: View, manage, and print a list of all bookings from your WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>iCal Export Link: Easily export your bookings to external calendars like Google Calendar, Airbnb, etc.</li>
<li>Configurable Emails: Customize the notification emails sent to the administrator and the user.</li>
<li>Customizable Messages: Configure all validation messages and date format settings.</li>
<li>Block Dates: Mark holidays or other specific dates as “not available.”</li>
<li>Built-in Anti-Spam: Includes a built-in CAPTCHA to protect your form.</li>
<li>Multi-User Support: Assign a calendar to a specific WordPress user (e.g., an editor) to let them manage their own bookings.</li>
<li>Calendar Styling: Includes multiple colors for marking dates on the calendar.</li>
</ul>
<h3>### A Flexible Solution for Any Website</h3>
<ul>
<li>Hotel & Room Booking: Use the partial-day booking type to manage hotel or B&B reservations.</li>
<li>House & Apartment Rentals: Use the full-day booking type for property rentals.</li>
<li>Service Bookings: Allow clients to book appointments, classes, or services.</li>
<li>General Payment Form: Hide the calendar to create a simple contact or payment form connected directly to PayPal.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
Note: Payments processed through the plugin are SCA ready (Strong Customer Authentication), compatible with the new Payment services (PSD 2) – Directive (EU).
</blockquote>
<h3>### Looking for More Features?</h3>
This free version is powerful, but our Commercial Versions unlock even more functionality:
<ul>
<li>Visual Form Builder: A drag-and-drop builder to completely customize your form fields.</li>
<li>Full iCal Sync: Two-way synchronization with external calendars (Google Calendar, Airbnb, etc.) to import and export availability.</li>
<li>Coupons & Discount Codes: Offer special promotions and discounts.</li>
<li>…and many other advanced features.</li>
</ul>
For more details on the commercial versions, please visit the <a href="https://bccf.dwbooster.com/download" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin’s website</a>.
<h3>Language Support</h3>
The Booking Calendar Contact Form plugin is compatible with all charsets and supports translation through standard PO/MO files located in the <code>/languages/</code> folder.
The following translations are already included:
<ul>
<li>Afrikaans (af)</li>
<li>Albanian (sq)</li>
<li>Arabic (ar)</li>
<li>Armenian (hy_AM)</li>
<li>Azerbaijani (az)</li>
<li>Basque (eu)</li>
<li>Belarusian (be_BY)</li>
<li>Bosnian</li>
<li>Bulgarian</li>
<li>Catalan (ca)</li>
<li>Central Kurdish (ckb)</li>
<li>Chinese (China) (zh_CN)</li>
<li>Chinese (Taiwan) (zh_TW)</li>
<li>Croatian (hr)</li>
<li>Czech (cs_CZ)</li>
<li>Danish (da_DK)</li>
<li>Dutch (nl_NL)</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>Esperanto (eo_EO)</li>
<li>Estonian (et)</li>
<li>Finnish (fi)</li>
<li>French (fr_FR)</li>
<li>Galician (gl_ES)</li>
<li>Georgian (ka_GE)</li>
<li>German (de_DE)</li>
<li>Greek (el)</li>
<li>Hebrew (he_IL)</li>
<li>Hindi (hi_IN)</li>
<li>Hungarian (hu_HU)</li>
<li>Indonesian (id_ID)</li>
<li>Italian (it_IT)</li>
<li>Japanese (ja)</li>
<li>Korean (ko_KR)</li>
<li>Latvian (lv)</li>
<li>Lithuanian (lt_LT)</li>
<li>Macedonian (mk_MK)</li>
<li>Malay (ms_MY)</li>
<li>Malayalam (ml_IN)</li>
<li>Norwegian (nb_NO)</li>
<li>Persian (fa_IR)</li>
<li>Polish (pl_PL)</li>
<li>Portuguese (Brazil) (pt_BR)</li>
<li>Portuguese (Portugal) (pt_PT)</li>
<li>Romanian (ro_RO)</li>
<li>Russian (ru_RU)</li>
<li>Serbian (sr_RS)</li>
<li>Slovak (sk_SK)</li>
<li>Slovene (sl_SI)</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES)</li>
<li>Swedish (sv_SE)</li>
<li>Tamil (ta)</li>
<li>Thai (th)</li>
<li>Turkish (tr_TR)</li>
<li>Ukrainian (uk)</li>
<li>Vietnamese (vi)= Troubleshoot Area =</li>
</ul>
Located below the booking calendars list.
Important: Only use this section if you experience conflicts with third-party plugins, themes, or character encoding.
<ul>
<li>Script load method: Switch to “Direct” if the booking form does not appear on the frontend. Otherwise, keep the default “Classic” setting.</li>
<li>Character encoding: Update the charset if special or non-Latin characters display incorrectly in forms or emails. Note: You must re-enter special characters after updating this setting.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Booking Duration Limits (Global)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Minimum nights: Bookings must be equal to or longer than this value.</li>
<li>Maximum nights: Bookings cannot exceed this value.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Price Supplements</h4>
Apply automatic price adjustments based on the length of the stay.
<ul>
<li>Supplement for bookings between X and Y nights: Adds a one-time fee (or discount) for bookings falling within the specified range.</li>
</ul>
<h4>General Calendar Settings</h4>
Settings applicable to both admin and public views:
<ul>
<li>Calendar Pages: Number of months to display simultaneously.</li>
<li>Calendar Language: Auto-detects the browser language. Select manually if auto-detect fails.</li>
<li>Start Weekday: Sets the first day of the week (e.g., Monday or Sunday).</li>
<li>Date format: Choose between dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy.</li>
<li>Accept overlapped reservations: “No overlapped” prevents double-booking (recommended).</li>
<li>Reservation mode: “Complete Day” charges for both the first and last day. “Partial Day” charges them as half-days.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Public Calendar Settings</h4>
Settings specific to the customer-facing calendar:
<ul>
<li>Min/Max available date: Limits the selectable date range (e.g., <code>2025-12-31</code>, <code>today</code>, or <code>today + 3 days</code>).</li>
<li>Working dates: Define which days accept bookings (useful for disabling weekends).</li>
<li>Disabled and special dates: Click specific dates to block them (e.g., holidays).</li>
<li>Fixed Reservation Length: Restrict bookings to a specific duration (details below).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Fixed Reservation Length</h4>
Enable this to force bookings to span a specific number of days (e.g., strictly 7-day rentals).
<ul>
<li>Fixed length (days): The required duration of the booking.</li>
<li>Start Reservation Date: Restrict check-ins to specific weekdays (e.g., every Monday).</li>
<li>Disabled and special dates: When this mode is active, use the calendar to mark valid start dates (useful for package tours).</li>
</ul>
Note: Customers only select the start date; the end date is calculated automatically.
<h4>Form Builder</h4>
Available in commercial versions. Allows full customization of the form, including adding, editing, or removing fields.
<h4>Submit Button</h4>
Customize the button label here.
<ul>
<li>Styling: Use the CSS class <code>.pbSubmit</code>. Add custom CSS in the “Customization area” at the bottom of the calendar list page.</li>
<li>Advanced: Modify <code>dex_scheduler.inc.php</code> for structural changes. See the FAQ for CSS samples: https://bccf.dwbooster.com/faq#q82</li>
</ul>
<h4>Validation Texts</h4>
Translate or customize the error messages shown when form validation fails.
<h4>Price Configuration</h4>
Define the pricing structure.
<ul>
<li>Currency: PayPal currency code (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP, JPY).</li>
<li>Default request cost (per day): The standard daily rate.</li>
<li>Total cost for specific # of days: Overrides the daily rate with a fixed total price for specific durations.</li>
<li>Supplement for range: Adds a fee (or discount if negative) for bookings within a specific day range.</li>
<li>Seasons configuration: Define date ranges with custom pricing. Season prices override default costs.</li>
</ul>
<h4>PayPal Payment Configuration</h4>
<ul>
<li>Enable PayPal: Free version supports On/Off. Commercial versions allow “Optional” (User chooses “Pay Now” or “Pay Later”).</li>
<li>PayPal Email: The address receiving payments.</li>
<li>Product Name: The item name shown on the PayPal checkout page.</li>
<li>Return URL (Success): The full URL customers are redirected to after a successful payment.</li>
<li>Return URL (Cancel): The full URL customers are redirected to if they cancel payment.</li>
<li>PayPal Language: Sets the language of the PayPal interface.</li>
<li>Taxes: Enter a percentage to apply tax at PayPal (e.g., enter <code>10</code> for 10%).</li>
<li>Discount Codes: (Commercial only) Create codes to apply price reductions.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Optional Services/Items Field</h4>
Available in commercial versions. Create selectable extras with associated costs (e.g., Breakfast, Parking, WiFi).
<h4>Notification Settings to Administrator(s)</h4>
Configure the email sent to you when a booking is made.
<ul>
<li>Notification “from” email: The sender address appearing in the notification.</li>
<li>Send notification to email: The address receiving the notification.</li>
<li>Subject/Content: Customize the email text. Keep the <code>%INFORMATION%</code> tag to automatically insert booking details.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Email Copy to User (auto-reply)</h4>
Configure the confirmation email sent to the customer.
<ul>
<li>Email field on the form: Select the form field where the user enters their email.</li>
<li>Subject/Content: Customize the confirmation message. Keep the <code>%INFORMATION%</code> tag to insert booking details.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Captcha Verification</h4>
Configure built-in spam protection.
<ul>
<li>Use Captcha Verification?: Enable/Disable.</li>
<li>Dimensions: Set the width and height of the image.</li>
<li>Chars: Number of characters to display.</li>
<li>Font Size: Set the min/max randomization size.</li>
<li>Styling: Customize noise level, background color, border color, and font style.</li>
<li>Preview: Test the current captcha appearance.</li>
</ul>

Booking Calendar Contact Form

Booking calendar form with a start and end date, or a single date option. Perfect for hotels, houses, services. PayPal payment integration included.

Patro Appointment Booking vs Booking Calendar Contact Form