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.

Jegstudio

Gutenverse Form is a WordPress form plugin, contact form builder, block form plugin, and booking form builder for the native Block Editor. Create contact forms, booking forms, reservation forms, subscribe forms, lead forms, feedback forms, and custom WordPress forms without code.
Built for the WordPress Block Editor and Site Editor, Gutenverse Form lets you design forms visually using form blocks. Add fields, style each input, manage responsive layouts, collect entries, send email notifications, and build forms that match your website design.
Use Gutenverse Form if you want a lightweight form builder that works inside the editor you already use.
<h4>Build Forms In The Block Editor</h4>
Gutenverse Form helps you create:
<ul>
<li>Contact forms</li>
<li>Booking request forms</li>
<li>Reservation request forms</li>
<li>Newsletter subscribe forms</li>
<li>Lead generation forms</li>
<li>Feedback forms</li>
<li>Registration inquiry forms</li>
<li>Survey and question forms</li>
<li>Custom WordPress forms</li>
<li>WordPress form plugin layouts</li>
<li>Block forms for the WordPress editor</li>
</ul>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Contact form builder for the WordPress Block Editor</li>
<li>Booking form and reservation form builder</li>
<li>WordPress form plugin workflow inside the Block Editor</li>
<li>Form blocks for visual form building</li>
<li>15+ form blocks and field types</li>
<li>Responsive form editing for desktop, tablet, and mobile</li>
<li>Form entries stored in WordPress</li>
<li>CSV export for form entries</li>
<li>Admin email notifications</li>
<li>User email notifications</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA block for spam protection</li>
<li>GDPR input block</li>
<li>Required field validation</li>
<li>Email, phone, number, date, select, checkbox, radio, and text fields</li>
<li>Global color and typography controls</li>
<li>Styling controls for spacing, background, border, notice messages, and input design</li>
<li>Block management to enable or disable unused blocks</li>
<li>Lightweight form builder workflow inside WordPress</li>
</ul>
<h4>Included Form Blocks</h4>
Gutenverse Form includes the blocks needed to build simple and advanced WordPress forms directly in the Block Editor.
Free form blocks:
<ul>
<li>Form Builder</li>
<li>Text Input</li>
<li>Email Input</li>
<li>Phone Input</li>
<li>Number Input</li>
<li>Date Input</li>
<li>Textarea</li>
<li>Select</li>
<li>Multi Select</li>
<li>Checkbox</li>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>Switch</li>
<li>Submit Button</li>
<li>GDPR Input</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA</li>
</ul>
Layout and design blocks may also be available depending on your Gutenverse setup, including section, container, column, and wrapper blocks.
<h4>Form Builder Use Cases</h4>
Gutenverse Form can be used as a contact form plugin, custom form builder, block form plugin, and WordPress form builder.
Common use cases include:
<ul>
<li>Add a contact form to a business website</li>
<li>Create a booking request form for services</li>
<li>Create a reservation request form for restaurants, hotels, or events</li>
<li>Add a subscribe form to collect email leads</li>
<li>Build a feedback form for customers</li>
<li>Collect inquiries from landing pages</li>
<li>Create responsive forms for block themes</li>
<li>Build forms inside the WordPress Site Editor</li>
</ul>
<h4>Design And Responsive Controls</h4>
Design forms visually without leaving the WordPress editor. Gutenverse Form includes controls for labels, placeholders, spacing, borders, backgrounds, colors, typography, validation notices, and responsive breakpoints.
You can style each field so your contact form, booking form, or subscribe form fits the rest of your website.
<h4>Spam Protection And Validation</h4>
Gutenverse Form includes reCAPTCHA support and validation for common field types such as email, phone, number, date, required fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, and select fields.
<h4>Entries And Email Notifications</h4>
Form submissions can be saved as entries in WordPress. You can export entries to CSV and send email notifications to the site admin or the user who submitted the form.
<h4>Pro Features</h4>
Gutenverse Form Pro adds advanced features for more complex forms, including conditional logic, multi-step forms, calculation fields, image radio fields, grouped select fields, payment fields, advanced styling, display conditions, and premium form building features.
Learn more at <a href="https://gutenverse.com/form/" rel="nofollow ugc">Gutenverse Form</a>.
<h3>Use of 3rd-Party Services</h3>
Gutenverse Form may connect to the following third-party services when you enable related features.
<h4>Google reCAPTCHA</h4>
If you add the reCAPTCHA block and configure reCAPTCHA keys, the plugin sends the reCAPTCHA response token to Google for verification. This is used only to validate the form submission and protect forms from spam.
Service endpoint: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify 
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy 
Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
<h4>Gutenverse.com</h4>
The Gutenverse dashboard may include optional links, template/library access, documentation, support, or newsletter subscription features from gutenverse.com. Newsletter data is sent only when you manually submit your email address.
Website: https://gutenverse.com/ 
Terms: https://gutenverse.com/terms-and-conditions/

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