Getting started
Moving your first steps into the plugin configuration
- PHP version 5.6 or greater (recommended 7 or greater)
- WordPress 5.3 or greater
Compatibility with the latest WordPress version is always ensured.
A Service is something you want your customers to book. You can create any number of services.
To create a new service go to the
Services section and click on the New service button. Provide a name for the service and click on
Create service.To fully configure the service, for example the reservation form and the duration, explore all the available settings in the Service configuration section.
When creating a service just provide its name
TheBooking has three ways to define available time slots for your services, whichever you choose it's up to you. Here is a quick overview of those.
This availability plan is observed by all the services, unless they are individually configured otherwise.
Within the plugin backend, go into the Availability tab.
Define the weekly schedule of available hours and closing days. You can also create one or more locations to assign to your services.
The global availability planner
In case you want a specific service to have its own individual availability plan, open the settings panel of the desired service.
This way, you can specify the availability plan that will be observed by the service, instead of the global availability plan.
In addition to (or in place of) the previous availability sources, you can use your Google Calendar to define availability timeslots directly from it.
This is handy especially if you change the availability schedule frequently, or need extreme flexibility.
Use the following shortcode to show the plugin calendar in a page or post:
[tbk-booking]
The frontend booking widget
Are you using a page builder such as Elementor or the WordPress Block Editor? Then don't bother with shortcodes, use builder-specific page elements instead!
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