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.

Mirza Md. Hasan

Kamrul Hasan

Themefic

Jahid Hasan

Sydur Rahman

Akanda Hasan

Hydra Booking is a flexible appointment scheduling and calendar management solution for WordPress
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Hydra Booking is a WordPress plugin that provides a complete appointment scheduling and calendar management system. It supports unlimited appointments and integrates with WooCommerce for payment processing. With its intuitive interface, Hydra Booking helps businesses of all sizes manage appointments and bookings efficiently.
<h4>🎉 WHO SHOULD USE HYDRA BOOKING</h4>
Hydra Booking is a flexible and powerful WordPress booking system designed to suit a wide range of industries. Whether you’re managing personal appointments, client consultations, or business schedules, Hydra Booking adapts seamlessly to your workflow.
<ul>
<li>
Freelancers: Ideal for freelancers offering services such as consulting, coaching, or design. Hydra Booking helps manage appointments effortlessly, ensuring a smooth and professional booking experience for clients.
</li>
<li>
IT Agencies: Suitable for IT firms that schedule client consultations, demo sessions, or support meetings. Hydra Booking streamlines scheduling so agencies can focus on delivering exceptional service.
</li>
<li>
Health & Wellness: Built for spas, wellness centers, massage studios, aromatherapists, therapists, and life coaches — Hydra Booking keeps your client appointments organized and your schedule stress-free.
</li>
<li>
Beauty & Lifestyle: From hair salons and barber shops to nail studios, cosmetology centers, and tanning salons, Hydra Booking helps lifestyle businesses simplify and automate their booking process.
</li>
<li>
Fitness & Sports: Suitable for yoga instructors, personal trainers, dance studios, Zumba classes, or golf sessions — Hydra Booking makes managing classes, memberships, and one-on-one sessions easy.
</li>
<li>
Medical & Clinics: Doctors, dentists, and healthcare professionals can rely on Hydra Booking for efficient patient appointment management with clear scheduling and calendar views.
</li>
<li>
Professional Services: Consultants, lawyers, real estate agents, gym owners, photographers, wedding planners, plumbers, and contractors can manage their client meetings with ease using Hydra Booking.
</li>
<li>
Education: Ideal for coaching centers, tutors, language schools, and seminar organizers — Hydra Booking helps educators manage classes, one-on-one lessons, and event registrations efficiently.
</li>
<li>
Service & Maintenance: Car repair shops, cleaning services, bike repair centers, and heavy vehicle workshops can streamline bookings and ensure smooth service delivery.
</li>
<li>
Sales & Marketing: Suitable for scheduling team meetings, marketing sessions, and client consultations — Hydra Booking helps teams stay coordinated and productive.
</li>
</ul>
In short, this appointment booking WordPress plugin empowers your clients to schedule, book events, and make payments directly on your website. With Hydra Booking, building a site like Calendly or Simply Schedule Appointments becomes easy and efficient. As a comprehensive tool for booking management, Hydra Booking includes both essential and advanced features to cater to all your appointment and scheduling needs. Here’s what Hydra Booking offers:
<h4>🎉 DIVERSE MEETING TYPES & LOCATIONS</h4>
Hydra Booking supports various meeting formats:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/one-to-one-meeting-zoom/" rel="nofollow ugc">One-on-One Meetings</a>: Personalize appointments with individual clients.</li>
<li><a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/one-to-group-meeting/" rel="nofollow ugc">Group Meetings</a>: Host group sessions and collaborate effectively.</li>
<li><a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/one-to-one-recurring-meeting/" rel="nofollow ugc">Recurring Meetings</a>: Set up recurring sessions for both one-on-one and group meetings</li>
<li>Versatile Formats: Support for one-on-one, one-to-group sessions.</li>
<li>Location Flexibility: Choose virtual, in-person, or phone-based meeting options.</li>
<li>Custom Locations: Add unique meeting location types.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 DIFFERENT MEETING LOCATIONS</h4>
Choose the suitable format and location for your appointments:
<ul>
<li>Online Meetings: Provide direct booking links for virtual appointments.</li>
<li>In-Person Meetings: Organize face-to-face sessions at physical locations.</li>
<li>Phone Calls: Offer phone-based consultations for convenience.</li>
<li>Custom Locations: Tailor location details based on specific needs.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 FORM INTEGRATION</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/meeting-with-contact-form-7/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Form 7 Compatibility</a>: Enable appointment scheduling with the widely-used Contact Form 7 plugin.</li>
<li><a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/meeting-with-fluent-form-integration/" rel="nofollow ugc">Fluent Forms Integration</a>: Effortlessly connect Hydra Booking with Fluent Forms for smooth booking management.</li>
<li>Gravity Forms Integration: Extend the functionality of your booking forms with easy integration between Hydra Booking and Gravity Forms.</li>
<li>Upcoming Integrations: Support for Sure Forms Integration, expanding flexibility and options.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 AUTOMATED NOTIFICATIONS and REMINDERS</h4>
Say goodbye to no-shows and cancellations with automated notifications for all bookings.
<ul>
<li>Email Notifications: Send booking confirmations, rescheduling updates, and reminders automatically.</li>
<li>Custom Notification Settings: Tailor notifications by booking status.</li>
<li>SMS Notifications (Pro): Notify via SMS or WhatsApp using Twilio integration</li>
<li>Slack & Telegram (Pro): Receive booking notifications directly in Slack or Telegram channels.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 PAYMENT OPTIONS</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/woocommerce-demo-meeting/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Integration</a>: Direct clients to WooCommerce’s secure checkout for payments.</li>
<li>Multiple Payment Options: Supports PayPal and Stripe for easy transactions.</li>
<li>Flexible Pricing: Designate certain bookings as free or paid.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉SEAMLESS INTEGRATIONS</h4>
Hydra Booking integrates with leading tools to elevate your business:
<ul>
<li>CRM & Email Integration: Connect with CRMs like Zoho, AWeber, and FluentCRM.</li>
<li>Appointment booking calendar Sync: Integrate with Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, and Outlook calendars to avoid double bookings.</li>
<li>Video Conferencing: Automatic <a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/one-to-one-meeting-zoom/" rel="nofollow ugc">Zoom</a> or <a href="https://demo.hydrabooking.com/one-to-one-meeting-with-google-meet/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Meet</a> links for virtual appointments.</li>
<li>Webhook Support (Pro): Transfer data across applications with ease.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 POWERFUL DASHBOARD & ANALYTICS</h4>
Track and analyze your business performance directly from your dashboard:
<ul>
<li>Real-Time Booking Insights: Monitor bookings, earnings, and completed and canceled appointments with options to view data daily, weekly, or monthly.</li>
<li>Performance Analytics: Visual reports provide insights into booking patterns and trends.</li>
<li>Instant Notifications: Receive real-time updates on bookings and site activity.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 BOOKING VIEWS</h4>
<ul>
<li>List and Calendar Views: Display bookings by list or calendar, sorted by daily, weekly, or monthly formats.</li>
<li>Custom Filters: Locate bookings by host, date, or other parameters.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 IMPORT & EXPORT</h4>
<ul>
<li>Export Options: Export data in JSON or CSV formats.</li>
<li>Import Support: Upload files to restore or migrate data with ease.</li>
<li>Settings Control: Import/export Settings, Hosts, Meetings, and Bookings.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 APPOINTMENT BOOKING FORMS</h4>
Create and customize appointment booking forms to simplify the booking process.
<ul>
<li>Add appointment calendar to forms for event selection.</li>
<li>Collect important attendee data through form integrations.</li>
<li>Use form insights to enhance customer service.</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 ADVANCED AVAILABILITY & SCHEDULING OPTION</h4>
Effortlessly set and manage your availability for appointments & schedule booking so you can focus on delivering quality service.
<ul>
<li>Define weekly availability hours and days for appointments.</li>
<li>Set availability for specific date ranges or open-ended future dates.</li>
<li>Offer multiple meeting durations for clients to choose from.</li>
<li>Add date overrides to accommodate special occasions or changes.</li>
<li>Customize appointment descriptions for better service understanding.</li>
<li>Include buffer times between appointments for preparation or breaks.</li>
<li>Limit booking frequency and lock time zones if required.</li>
<li>Add custom questions to gather details about attendee needs.</li>
<li>Automatically adjust time zones for attendees, ensuring accuracy.</li>
<li>Create a Booking page with the power of WordPress Shortcode.</li>
<li>Manage all your online booking systems in one go.</li>
<li>Booking schedule with Online Booking Calendar</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎉 ADVANCED SETTINGS AND MANAGEMENTS</h4>
Easily manage hosts and accessibility settings
<ul>
<li>Hosts can easily manage meetings, bookings, availability, integrations, and much more</li>
<li>Admins now have full control over host access permissions.</li>
</ul>
In summary, Hydra Booking provides a complete and flexible system for managing appointments and scheduling in WordPress, making it suitable for a wide range of businesses and service types.
<h3>Join our Community to stay updated</h3>
Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/hydra-booking" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook group</a> to stay informed with latest news and updates about Hydra Booking.
<h3>Our Support</h3>
We provide full support on the WordPress.org forums & <a href="https://portal.themefic.com/support/" rel="nofollow ugc">Our Website</a>. Check our <a href="https://themefic.com/support-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Policy</a>.
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Hydra Booking uses <a href="https://appsero.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero</a> SDK to collect some telemetry data. 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. Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case. We use this data to troubleshoot problems faster, make product improvements & ensure a great user experience for all our users.
<h3>Our Plugins</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tourfic" rel="ugc">Travel and Hotel Booking Solution – Tourfic</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/beaf-before-and-after-gallery" rel="ugc">Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery – BEAF</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-addons-for-contact-form-7/" rel="ugc">Ultimate Addons For Contact Form 7</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/instantio" rel="ugc">Instantio – WooCommerce Quick Checkout | Floating Cart, Side Cart & Popup Cart</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Our Themes</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/travelfic/" rel="ugc">Travelfic – Ultimate Travel Booking WordPress Theme</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/themes/ultimate-hotel-booking/" rel="ugc">Ultimate Hotel Booking WordPress Theme</a></li>
</ul>

Hydra Booking — Appointment Scheduling & Booking Calendar


I recently tried out this new WordPress meeting booking plugin, and it’s honestly pretty impressive. It integrates with WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, and even Contact Form 7, which makes it super versatile. The automated reminders are a nice touch—they save time and help avoid mix-ups.



The setup was straightforward, and the interface feels intuitive. It’s still new, but it looks promising for anyone needing a solid scheduling tool. Definitely worth checking out if you’re looking to streamline bookings on your site!


Streamline Your Scheduling with This Promising New Plugin 🚀


Worst ever, i guess this team is not even testing the plugin, just installed plugin tried to create page with shortcode so i can check how it works from front side but on save page gives fatal error. 



As of quick release issue is resolved. 



thank you team for very quick release. This shows how dedicated you are people. 



thank you.


horrible experience, just installed and activate create page gives fatal error

A complete appointment scheduling and booking calendar for WordPress — integrates with WooCommerce, Google Calendar, Zoom, and more.

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