“When can I book?”
Customers can browse your service and open times on your site instead of waiting for a reply or being sent to an unfamiliar booking page.
WordPress booking, made thoughtful
Let every booking feel like your business.
Give customers a simple way to choose a service, find a real opening, and book right on your WordPress site. Keep your team, calendar and follow-up in the same workflow.
Free and open source. No license key or paid feature gates in the plugin.
WordPress 6.4+PHP 8.0+GPL-2.0-or-later
Sample booking previewStep 2 of 3
Strategy session
Preview only — no booking is submitted.
Built for WordPress
4 form designs3 calendar viewsOptional Google Calendar syncWooCommerce paymentsElementor widget
Less admin, clearer booking
Appointments shouldn’t create another system to manage.
When availability, customer updates and payments live in separate places, small handoffs turn into extra work. Bookingistic brings the core appointment flow onto the WordPress site you already run.
“Is that time actually free?”
Set working hours, time off, holidays and booking limits. Optional calendar sync can use external events to keep availability in context.
“Did the details reach everyone?”
Send branded confirmations and reminders, manage cancellations or reschedules, and connect paid bookings with your WooCommerce checkout.
A booking workflow that stays close to your site.
Keep your brand in front, your rules in control, and your customer journey simple.
Embedded on WordPress pagesStaff-aware availabilityOptional payments and calendar sync
The complete booking toolkit
Flexible where your business needs it.
Start with services and availability. Add the form style, calendar connection, payment flow and follow-up that fit how you work.
Four booking form designs
Choose Classic, Modern Card, Split Hero or Minimal Inline. Pick a default or switch the template for an individual shortcode. Adjust accent color and corner radius; let your site theme shape the rest.
Design that fits your siteService and staff rules
Define service duration, buffers, price or deposit, confirmation mode and slot interval. Set each staff member’s working hours, days off, holidays, daily limits and calendar connection.
Your schedule, your rulesAvailability that respects real life
Set minimum notice, maximum booking window, daily limits and time-zone-aware slots. A row-locked booking guard helps prevent two customers taking the same opening at once.
Fewer scheduling surprisesThree calendar views
Let customers browse a month grid, a mobile-first 14-day date scroller, or a concise upcoming list with Today and Tomorrow labels.
Comfortable on every screenUseful email automation
Send branded HTML confirmations, reminders, cancellation and reschedule notices. Use event-based rules and review the email send log.
Keep everyone informedPayments through WooCommerce
Create a WooCommerce order for a paid booking and use the gateways already enabled in your store. Supports deposits, signed expiring payment links and a payment ledger.
Your store’s checkoutGoogle Calendar, your choice
Every site can include .ics email attachments and “Add to Google Calendar” links. Connect a staff member’s own OAuth client for optional two-way sync and free/busy checks.
Optional, per staff memberElementor and shortcode
Add the Bookingistic Form widget with drag-and-drop controls, or place a shortcode on the page. Set service, template and calendar view without building a separate booking app.
Works with your page workflowCancel and reschedule links
Customers can manage a booking from signed, expiring links in their email—without needing to create an account on your site.
Less back-and-forth
One connected appointment
From first click to helpful follow-up.
Bookingistic links the parts of an appointment that usually need a manual handoff. You control the service and schedule; your customer chooses an available time; the configured confirmation, calendar and payment steps follow.
Customers book on your website
Place the booking form on a page and let people choose a service, date and open slot.
Your rules shape the available times
Duration, buffers, staff hours, time off, notice periods and capacity all influence availability.
The next step happens automatically
Booking emails, calendar details and—if configured—WooCommerce payment status stay connected to the booking.
One appointment, connectedBookingistic flow
Customer picks a service & time
Availability based on your schedule
Booking is recorded
Saved in the WordPress site’s data
Confirmation and reminders
Email rules follow the booking event
Calendar and payment context
Optional Google sync or WooCommerce order
Made for appointment businesses
Sell time, expertise or a service.
Configure bookable services and staff schedules around the work you do.
Salons & wellness
Clinics
Coaches & fitness
Consultants
Tutors
Home services
A clear way to compare
Know what stays in WordPress—and what connects.
Every booking plugin makes different trade-offs. Here’s the Bookingistic approach, so you can compare the workflow against your own requirements.
| What to check | Bookingistic’s approach | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Where does booking happen? | Place the form on a WordPress page with a shortcode or Elementor widget. | Your booking experience can use your site’s content and visual style. |
| How is availability set? | Service durations, buffers, staff hours, time off, holidays, notice and booking windows. | Define the rules around your team and service—not just an open calendar. |
| What is included in the free plugin? | The public repository describes all listed plugin features as free and open source, with no license keys or in-plugin feature gates. | Review the code and current release before choosing; no paid plan is required for the documented plugin feature set. |
| How can customers pay? | Optional WooCommerce orders for paid bookings, using the gateways already enabled in your store. | Payments are a WordPress/WooCommerce setup choice, not a separate mandatory booking checkout account. |
| Can calendars connect? | .ics and Google Calendar links are available; optional two-way sync is configured per staff member. | Connect only the staff calendars that need external busy-time checks or booking sync. |
| Who controls the data? | Bookings and email logs are stored in your WordPress database; the plugin ships no telemetry or external CDN calls. | Your site remains the primary place to manage booking records and privacy settings. |
Feature descriptions reflect the public Bookingistic repository. Integrations marked optional require their companion service or setup. Compare current plugin versions and your hosting setup before switching.
Get started in your own WordPress admin
From install to published form.
Begin with the core booking setup. Add integrations when they’re useful for your workflow.
Install Bookingistic
Search for Bookingistic under Plugins → Add New in WordPress, or upload the current release ZIP from GitHub.
Shape the service
Choose an industry appearance preset or set your colors. Add each service, duration, price or deposit, and confirmation preference.
Set staff availability
Add team members, working hours, days off, holidays and any daily booking limits that suit your business.
Publish and test
Add the shortcode or Elementor widget to a page. Test an appointment, review its email flow, then connect optional integrations.
Requires WordPress 6.4+Requires PHP 8.0+Elementor is optionalWooCommerce needed for paid bookings
Keep control of the connections.
Booking records and email logs stay in your WordPress database. Google Calendar is optional and connects only when a staff member explicitly links their calendar with your OAuth setup.
Review the source on GitHub ↗Privacy & transparency
Clear by design.
Use your own WordPress site as the center of your booking operations.
No plugin telemetry or CDN callsThe repository says Bookingistic makes no external CDN calls and ships no telemetry.
Google Calendar is opt-inWhen connected, booking details are sent for confirmed, rescheduled or deleted appointments so calendar events can stay aligned.
Tokens protected at restThe plugin documents encrypted storage for Google OAuth tokens. Review the privacy policy and retention settings for your own site.
Questions, answered
Before your first booking.
Need an installation answer or want to inspect what’s in the plugin? Start with the official resources.
Visit support forumIs Bookingistic free?
Yes. The public repository describes Bookingistic as free and open source under GPL-2.0-or-later, with no license keys and no in-plugin feature gates. Optional services such as WooCommerce and Google Calendar have their own setup requirements.
What kinds of businesses can use it?
It is built for appointment-based services such as salons, clinics, tutors, fitness trainers, consultants, coaches and home service providers. Create bookable services and set staff availability to match your process.
Do customers need a Bookingistic account?
No customer account is required for the booking flow described in the plugin documentation. Signed, expiring links in email can be used to cancel or reschedule a booking.
Can I collect payment when someone books?
Yes, when WooCommerce is installed and configured. Bookingistic can create a WooCommerce order for a paid booking and use any gateway enabled in your store. You can also configure deposits and signed expiring payment links.
Does it sync Google Calendar automatically?
Calendar files and “Add to Google Calendar” links are available without a two-way connection. Two-way sync is optional and configured per staff member with your own Google OAuth client. Connected bookings and calendar free/busy data are sent to Google.
Can I place the form in Elementor?
Yes. Bookingistic includes an Elementor Form widget with service, template and calendar controls. You can also add the booking flow to a page using the [bookingistic] shortcode.
What are the technical requirements?
The repository lists WordPress 6.4 or later and PHP 8.0 or later. Elementor and WooCommerce are optional; WooCommerce is needed for paid booking checkout.
Where can I see the code and current release?
Visit the public GitHub repository for the source and changelog, or the WordPress.org listing to install the plugin from your WordPress dashboard.
Make your next booking easier to say yes to.
Build a clear, branded appointment flow right on your WordPress site.