Gazi Mohammad Yeasin

<p><strong>VibeReserve Booking Light</strong> is a free, fully-functional appointment booking plugin built for beauty salons, spas, barbershops, wellness centres, clinics, and any service-based business. It ships with a clean admin dashboard and a multi-step booking form for your customers.</p>
<p>Let customers book 24/7 from your website and manage everything from one modern dashboard.</p>
<h4>Everything included (free, unlimited)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Multi-step booking form</strong> — embedded via shortcode or Gutenberg block</li>
<li><strong>Admin dashboard</strong> — real-time stats, booking charts and upcoming appointments</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited services</strong> — add as many services as you need with images, descriptions, pricing, duration and sale prices</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited staff</strong> — add team members with profiles and weekly schedules</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited categories</strong> — organise services with custom colours</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited locations</strong> — manage multiple business locations/branches</li>
<li><strong>Booking calendar</strong> — interactive calendar view of all appointments</li>
<li><strong>Email notifications</strong> — automated confirmation emails to customer and admin on every booking</li>
<li><strong>Booking management</strong> — view, confirm, complete, or cancel bookings</li>
<li><strong>Staff roles & access control</strong> — assign Admin, Manager, or Staff roles</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg blocks</strong> — booking form, services grid, and staff grid blocks</li>
<li><strong>Fully responsive</strong> — looks great on desktop, tablet and mobile</li>
<li><strong>Translation ready</strong> — compatible with WPML and Loco Translate</li>
</ul>
<h4>Optional premium add-on</h4>
<p>An optional, separately-distributed premium add-on is available from the author’s website at <a href="https://luminaith.com/vibereserve-booking" rel="nofollow ugc">luminaith.com/vibereserve-booking</a>. The premium add-on adds features that this free plugin does not include (such as online payment gateways, WhatsApp notifications, Google Calendar sync, automated email reminders, blocked dates, customer self-service portal, reviews, revenue reports, iCal export and REST API access).</p>
<p>The premium add-on is <strong>not required</strong>. The free plugin is complete and has no time limits, usage limits, or feature locks.</p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>[vibereserve_booking]</code> — full multi-step booking form</li>
<li><code>[vibereserve_services]</code> — services showcase grid (supports <code>category</code>, <code>limit</code>, <code>featured</code> attributes)</li>
<li><code>[vibereserve_staff]</code> — team grid</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin does not connect to any external service by default. All bookings, services, staff and schedules are stored locally in your WordPress database. Emails are sent through your own WordPress site using <code>wp_mail()</code>.</p>
<p>The plugin also does not load any JavaScript or CSS from remote CDNs — Chart.js, FullCalendar and Cropper.js are bundled with the plugin and served from your own site.</p>


VibeReserve Booking Light

Free appointment & booking plugin for salons, spas, clinics & service businesses. Manage bookings, staff, services & schedules in one place.

planeviaapp

<p><strong>PlaneviaApp Booking for Planevia</strong> integrates the <a href="https://planevia.ca" rel="nofollow ugc">Planevia</a> booking system into your WordPress website with just a few clicks.</p>
<p>Planevia is an all-in-one management platform for spas, hair salons, beauty institutes, clinics, and wellness centers. This plugin is developed by the Planevia team and requires an active Planevia account.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Booking Floating Button</strong> — A single FAB opens a clean two-column picker (cover + categories) before launching the booking flow</li>
<li><strong>Category Picker Modal</strong> — Visitors choose a service category first, then the booking widget loads pre-filtered</li>
<li><strong>Booking Shortcodes</strong> — Embed the booking form, a booking button, or a service grid anywhere on your site</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block</strong> — Drag and drop a booking button in the block editor</li>
<li><strong>Fully Customizable</strong> — Booking button color, text, size, and position</li>
<li><strong>Responsive</strong> — Works perfectly on mobile and tablet</li>
<li><strong>Pre-filtering</strong> — Direct customers to a specific service or staff member from a booking button</li>
<li><strong>Service Grid</strong> — Display your Planevia services as clickable booking cards</li>
<li><strong>Manual Booking Trigger</strong> — Add <code>class="planevia-book"</code> to any of your own buttons to open the booking modal</li>
</ul>
<h4>Available Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[planevia]</code> — Full booking widget (inline iframe)</li>
<li><code>[planevia_button]</code> — Booking button in page content</li>
<li><code>[planevia_button text="Book Now" color="#10b981"]</code> — Customized booking button</li>
<li><code>[planevia service="massage-60min"]</code> — Widget pre-filtered for a specific service</li>
<li><code>[planevia staff="jane-doe"]</code> — Widget pre-filtered for a specific staff member</li>
<li><code>[planevia_services]</code> — Service grid — loads your services from Planevia as clickable cards</li>
<li><code>[planevia_services columns="2" category="massage"]</code> — 2-column grid filtered by category</li>
</ul>
<h4>Manual Integration</h4>
<p>Add <code>class="planevia-book"</code> to any button or link on your site to open the Planevia booking overlay:</p>
<pre><code><button class="planevia-book">Book Now</button>
<a href="#" class="planevia-book" data-planevia-service="massage-60min">Book this service</a>
</code></pre>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Create your account at <a href="https://planevia.ca" rel="nofollow ugc">planevia.ca</a></li>
<li>Configure your services and your team</li>
<li>Generate an API key in Settings > Integrations</li>
<li>Install this plugin and enter your API key</li>
<li>Your clients can book directly from your website!</li>
</ol>
<h3>Third-Party Service</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the <strong>Planevia</strong> platform (<a href="https://planevia.ca" rel="nofollow ugc">planevia.ca</a>) to provide online booking functionality.</p>
<p>This plugin is developed and maintained by the Planevia team.</p>
<h4>Data transmitted</h4>
<ul>
<li>Your API key (to authenticate requests)</li>
<li>Your organization slug (to identify your account)</li>
<li>Your visitors’ interactions with the booking widget (via iframe from planevia.ca)</li>
</ul>
<h4>When data is transmitted</h4>
<ul>
<li>When the booking FAB or a <code>.planevia-book</code> trigger is clicked without filters: two requests are made to <code>https://api.planevia.ca/api/public/organizations/{slug}</code> and <code>https://api.planevia.ca/api/public/services?org={slug}</code> to populate the category picker</li>
<li>When the <code>[planevia_services]</code> shortcode is used: a request is made to <code>https://api.planevia.ca/api/public/services</code> to load your service list</li>
<li>When a visitor picks a category or opens the booking widget: an iframe to <code>https://planevia.ca/embed/{org}</code> is loaded</li>
</ul>
<h4>Important links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://planevia.ca/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Planevia Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://planevia.ca/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Planevia Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


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