Sugar Calendar Bookings Scheduling Appointments Lite

We believe appointment booking should be simple! Sugar Calendar Bookings is a powerful yet lightweight appointment management plugin for WordPress that makes it easy to create booking systems, manage customer appointments, and process payments, without the bloat.

With Sugar Calendar Bookings, you get just the features you need for handling appointments of all types without a complicated setup or slow interface. You can easily manage in-person and virtual appointments with just a few clicks.

Key Features at a Glance

Sugar Calendar Bookings provides a comprehensive toolkit for creating a functional booking system and managing basic appointment scheduling right away. It’s the perfect starting point for straightforward appointment management.

Frontend Booking Forms

Seamlessly integrate booking forms anywhere on your site. Dedicated Booking Form block for the Gutenberg editor makes adding your booking system to pages, posts, or sidebars incredibly simple. Shortcode [sugar_calendar_bookings_form] is also available for other editors and page builders.

Admin Calendar View

Manage your appointments efficiently with a comprehensive admin calendar interface. View all appointments in a clean, organized calendar layout within your WordPress dashboard.

Administrators can easily switch between month, week, or day views for optimal appointment management. The admin calendar provides a complete overview of your booking schedule.

Location Management

Support both in-person and online appointments with flexible location management. For in-person appointments, add physical addresses. For online appointments, configure meeting links and video conferencing platforms.

Customer Management & Profiles

Keep track of customers and their booking history in your WordPress dashboard. For each appointment, you can view customer details, booking history, and preferences.

Modern, Lightweight Design

Sugar Calendar Bookings is optimized for speed and efficiency, ensuring it won’t slow down your site. The admin interface is intuitive and beautifully designed, making appointment management a breeze.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/sugar-calendar-bookings-scheduling-appointments-lite directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress admin screen.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Use the Bookings -> Settings screen to configure the plugin.
4. Create your first service in the Bookings -> Services section.
5. Add the booking form to your pages using the provided shortcode or block.

Requirements

• WordPress 6.2 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher
• MySQL 5.6 or higher

1.1.0

• Added: Dashboard Widget.
• Added: Calendar Day view.
• Added: Customer Notification Email for Payment Refunds.
• Added: Availability Date Overrides.
• Changed: Various UI enhancements.

1.0.1

• Fixed: Booking form script initialization in Elementor widgets and shortcodes.

1.0.0

• Added: Calendar month and week views.
• Added: Stripe payment gateway.
• Added: Elementor support.
• Added: Email notifications.
• Added: Availability management.
• Added: Online service locations.

0.5.0

• Added: Core booking functionality.
• Added: Bookings calendar in the admin area.
• Added: Service management in the admin area.
• Added: Location support (in-person and online)
• Added: Customer management in the admin area.
• Added: Availability management.
• Added: Frontend booking form.